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I have had a look and the chimney stacks are just plain terracotta things with an open top from what I can see. I have removed the inappropriate screw that was preventing the flap at the back (Storm flap?) closing, so now the room can be sealed from the draft, albeit without the opportunity...

I will go and see what's up there, I have to admit that I'm not sure offhand as we are still new to the place and don't have a full mental map of what's fitted where! :-) It was a surprise as we'd used the fire before and it behaved quite normally. Perhaps the still conditions have...

Hi all, I'm posting this here as on searching there seem to be a few other chimney related questions and some good responses. We've moved recently. The new house is 1908, large Georgian pile, V-nice etc... Has double glazing all round, quite well sealed etc. Last night we were in our...

Thank you for your response, very helpful. My wife has contacted the council, and a final inspection has been arranged for next week. No further mention was made of any outstanding fees. If the costs were incorparated in the upfront fee from 92 on, then we should be fine as it was 2004 when...

We are selling our house, which had a small extention built 8 years ago. It didn't require PP but the BC guy came aorund regularly, inspected the foundations and work during etc. and appeared at the end. No certificate was issued at the time, it wasn't discussed as a requirement to have one...

Well it turned out to be Rodent damage after all! The ring turned out to not be very ring shaped in the end. In tracing back the known bad cable to see how it connected the only two remaining bad sockets, I discovered a section of it that ran in some trunking in the pantry, and then dived...

An update: The electrician came round last night.... good guy that he is! We tested the circuit as a whole first, and then broke it at a socket, and chased the 'bad' section down and down, until we only had two outlets left with the 'bad' in the middle of it. We ran out of time last...

There is a friendly electrician who lives very nearby. He's a good guy, but he's always very busy and works long hours, so I don't want to trouble him needlessly. He's tried to find a bit of time over the weekend but he often works it and has a family as well! He will come and test the...

Thanks for the info, it is all very helpful. I have realised that I do have one area that I can possibly access the beneath floor space. Unfortunately it's a whole room away in the space under the stairs! I will have a look at it tonight to see if it's doable? I'm pretty slim so although it'll...

The other problem is that we're trying to sell the house, have it under offer, so are in a bit of a position in trying to rectify the fault and not leave it behind, yet not get involved in any major works and expense! We are glad that the mains leak didn't occur very shortly after the new people...

The thing is, it will be very difficult to get below the floor, so it would be helpful to try and pin down as accurately as is possible where the fault lays. Would it be a sensible in that case to remove every socket on the downstairs ring, seperate the wiring to break it into shorter runs...

Perhaps someone can help? Last week we were watching TV and the RCD for the downstairs ring clicked off. We clicked it back on and finished the program. Then afterwards it did it again whilst using the PC. So we decided to hit the sack. Just before heading up we noticed some blistered gloss...