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Cheers for the replies. I dont think the actual boiler matters. Its something to do with either the gutter or the soffit/facia expanding. Can easily get someone in to fit a sheild and some grease to the relevant parts. Cheers all.

wall is 1970's boiler is several years old at least. soffits, facias and gutters about a year or so old.

cheers will try the grease for starters.

Wondering if there are any solutions to prevent the heat from this flue causing the soffit (and facia) above it from expanding and contracting and therefore making a ticking type noise. I was thinking a sheet of aluminium or similar to deflect the heat?

Certainly not.. see post #9. Kids are there so has to be safe. Will have to go the bear trap route.. they can't reach the isolator so theyll be fine ;-)

yep not living there but paying half the mtg. joint ownership.. so I have the right to stand there all day. Could even plug my laptop in and work from the cupboard. the solar would effectively charge it ;-)

hmmmmmm That was my thinking. It does only have lock off holes so would need drilling.

Cheers. think im onto a looser here then. Needs to be safe as the kids are in the house. and any isolation method will mean 'she' will turn it off. Thanks all.

Unfortunately the "people" were talking about are the Ex. for some reason she has a bee in her knickers about keeping the solar system turned off depite the fact itll earn her £500 a year plus whatever she saves in elec bills.. so I want it locked on.. that or ill have to stand guard physically...

a cover made of a bear trap perhaps?

@JohnD Is there a regulation stating that. Another opinion / side to that same argument would be its for maintenance.. therefore can be locked on so long as it can be turned off for said maintenance.

Hi, is it possible to lock a panel mount isolator in the ON position? Or is it required to be easily turn offable? This is for a solar system and there are 2 circuit breakers in the line too. Which I believe if locked on will / can still internally trip off in the event of an issue? I want the...

I'll have a look as yes I could use small spade connectors or something like that. Thanks for the tip.

I guess I'll have to turn the key to crank it and wiggle at the same time. If I can't find a cheap solution I may just scrap it and find the money for a new car. Oh how sad I'll be to finally have a new car. The shame ;^)

Hi. Yes i can hear it prime and can hear it pumping whenit's running. But obviously can't hear any pumping while it's cranking. So how can I find the cause and or resolution? Cheers.

Hi thanks for the reply. The connector has a male connector on the wire / loom and a female on the top of the tank. Unfortunately its recessed enough that I think soldering would be tricky.. and i can solder OK. Can I perhaps eliminate the pump by supplying it with 12 volts (into the tricky...

This is for my Clio Make : Renault Model : Clio Engine size/Type : 1.4 16v Year : 99/2000 (X) Mileage : 95k I have a mk2 clio (x reg) its done 95k miles and has just started having a problem starting. She turns over fine, battery is pretty strong. Initially i thought either no spark or no...

Cheers. Yes I was all for option C but I'm being asked to fit architrave. I think if its really required ill push for B. I dont want to faff with slivers of pine and filler etc. If the whole house hadnt already been refurbed I may have gone for pulling out the narrow (standard) liners and...

Need some advice on where to fit architrave on a couple of different doors. Door 1 - in the hall only enough room for the top piece of architrave. any other options? Door 2 - i have a couple of possible options here. a) add in a fillet of some kind to make it appear as if the frame/liner is...

Did a bit more reading.. it looks like a 10mm trowel (or a 20x10 U trowel) will leave a 4mm bed, so I need more like 20 bags. not 50. :whistle: