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Spark, The mcb supplying the cellar is 32A. There are two other 32A mcb's on the box - one for the rest of the sockets in the house and one for the cooker. There is also a 6A mcb which supplies all the lights in the house.

any more suggestions please?

Thanks spark123, the fuse box doesn't have wire, it has switches - he told me the box was 40 years old - could you get this type 40 years ago (fuse box is a wylex 404). The house is a 3 bed terraced. The problem circuit is in the cellar which runs a washer, tumble drier, fridge-freezer and...

Thanks for the replies so far. My main concern is that he is wanting to do work that isn't required. We only have 1 circuit that is tripping - everything else in the house is fine. This doesn't sound like a fuse box problem to me. Is he just going for the guaranteed fix that isn't necessarily...

Hi, We have a problem with the plug sockets in our cellar. The circuit breaker keeps tripping - sometimes withing seconds, sometimes after about an hour. I had an 'electrician' round to look at the problem, and he told me i need the wiring replaced in the cellar as none of the sockets were...

Hi, We have a combi. Does that make any difference? Rob

Thanks for all your help guys. Ive managed to get the rad off now but have another problem: The inlet valve to the rad is dripping a bit from the compression joint. I have tried tightening it a bit but no joy. I want to drain the system a bit to take the water level below the pipe but I...

Thanks for the reply, I will be changing the valve before I put the new radiator on. However, I need to get the old radiator off and leave it off for a couple of days whilst I tile. I need to leave the old valves on until I get the new ones. I will try tightening the nut below the valve as...

Hi, I am trying to remove a radiator in my bathroom so I can tile behind it. There is a lockshield valve at either end of the rad both valves seem to be turned fully anti-clockwise, so, I have tried turning them clockwise to turn them off so I can remove the rad, but woter escapes from the...

i've looked on every radiator in the house and there is no drain cock. i just wanted to know before i start searching again for a drain cock, if it's possible to put an extension pipe between the valve and the towel radiator?

i've looked on every radiator in the house and there is no drain cock. i just wanted to know before i start searching again for a drain cock, if it's possible to put an extension pipe between the valve and the towel radiator?

Thanks for the replies. I don't know if this is possible or not, but could I just leave the old valves on the copper pipes and then run an extension from the valves to the new towel rail? If I can, this will save me draining the system won't it? Thanks Rob

sorry, im going to sound really thick now. what will the drain cock look like? and where near the radiator will it be?

how do i drain the c/h system though? Thanks Rob

Hi, I want to replace the rad in our bathroom with a towel rail. The current rad is 800mm wide, the c/h runs off a vokera 20/80 combi boiler and this rad doesn't have a trv. The problem I have is that the towel rail is only 600mm wide so I will have to take off the valves to try and...

well i was asked if i lived in a town and i was just stating that i did :D I live in the savile park area.

I will check with the neighbours to see if they have any problems. I live in halifax which is a town. The area i live in is quite built up. Most of the time it is just the lights that flicker, but sometimes when the electric cuts out for a fraction of a second longer, everything will power...

Thanks for the advice. Are there any electircians on here from the Halifax area who may want to have a look at see if the fault is at my side of the meter or not? :D Cheers Rob

Im no electrician, so excuse me if I sound thick. I don't think we have an overhead supply into the house. I'm sure the supply comes under the house into the fusebox in the cellar. Is this something my supplier would charge to look at the problem? Thanks Rob

Hi, I bought my house about a year ago and since we moved in we have a problem when it rains heavily. The lights flicker and go very dim. Sometimes the whole electricity supply can cut off for about a second causing everything in the house to switch off and back on again. Does anyone...