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Chrome on taps is quite thick (well its seems to be compared with car bright work anyway) so you may be able to polish out the tarnish using a chrome car polish. And lots of elbow grease.

I did this to a Squirel, that had been out in a garden for some years... Started with getting the doors off by soaking with WD40 and very light taps with a little hammer then used electrolytic de rusting ( http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/electrolytic_derusting.htm) to get the air controls...

Ten mins instead of "overnight".... unless joe is one of them off to another job guys.

Yep last week end i used Blue circle from Wickes, and when i ran out B&Q stuff, the B&Q had lots of aggrigate in it and i think would be better for bigger fence posts.... don't half go off fast too!

Ok sorry about being so grumpy, but i did the sensible thing as advised by more sensible people than me.And got an Electrician to check it out... and yes i had "Green Gunge" desease, but its not all the wires, its the green sleeving on the earth wires in the cieling roses About and inch of...

Well in that case.... i might do it, maybe worth waiting for Rumania and Hungry to join the EEC, plenty cheep Electricians then.... only joking Thanks for the information and opinion. Sorry if i get sort of arsey at times, i just paid for new central heating, feeling sore!

yep..... does a checking electrician have the power to turn it all off?

They do a "home care" thing which if you pay enough they will come round and condemn your wire and gas! We suffered from only their gas bit, but i wouldn't trust them as far as i can throw the house now. My i say thanks for the info all.

I meant no disrespect to all the Sparkies out there. But its simply a matter of economics. The wires work, so they dont need fixing. The walls stand up so they don't need fixing, the roof keeps the rain out so that's fine with me too. No sense looking for trouble ah.... anyone smell burning...

No, because we made the mistake of letting British Gas in last year. And that's wiped us out of money for the next few years. Letting someone with a vested interest in condemning the wires in is unthinkable. No disrespect to anyone but i cant afford new wires. I presume the fuses Will blow etc...

Well thanks for the information, i notice that it burned when left on my skin!.. as for rewiring... not going to happen, not for a some long years anyway. Cant afford it. The house as put up in 1800 but "done up" (more like done over actual) in the mid seventies. Ive only found the green slime...

I was just attempting to change the light fitting and the white plastic ceiling rose (that unscrews) has bright green semi liquid) deposit in its wire side... what is that then!.....

Almost certainly not... but phone the council, they just love being asked!

Yes but get the right linner.

http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2002/foodforlife/history_of_plants.htm "In 1649, Jan Baptista Van Helmont did the first biological experiment in which the ingredients were measured accurately and all changes noted precisely......For five years, Van Helmont waited patiently, watching the...

cheers, Ive turned it down to zero on the boiler box. Its difficult to know what acceptable noise from a fan is, never having heard one up close, i will mention it to the sparks when he arrives as hes probably heard hundreds. All in all the guys fitted it all very well. Its a 1800's house made...

Over the last four days we have had central heating fitted (thanks to Homewarm grant) replacing the condemned back boiler. Now the guys who fitted it all explained everything to me well but as is the way of things i sort of missed asking some questions, i wonder if someone can fill me in...

Yes as i understand it Coal needs air from beneath while wood burns best this only air from above... As for carbon neutrality I'm not sure what its about, as you said in the grand design of thing coal is carbon neutral, only trouble is its carbon neutral in geological time and not human time lol

Thanks for that i will pass it on. My friend uses wood on principle, she says its carbon neutral and the "green option". He last chimney fire has made her very nervous of even lighting the fire, and its getting cold!... I'm not sure what wood she uses, i will ask. thanks again.

A fried had a big chimney fire quiet last year, fire brigade round etc all very dramatic. Afterwards the insurance payed for the chimney repair and lining (it wasn't lined before). Yesterday she had a sweep round who also happens to chimney lining who said that the whole chimney is clogged up...