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Hi I will have a look tomorrow but don't think it is. Does this make a difference at all? In meantime have set HW not to come on in morning and CH only so will know if valve is faulty by 8am...:)

Yes it is a three port motorised valve. Only know this as it broke last year (about 12 months ago!) as it was clogged with sludge in the system. Sludge may have returned.... I will give it a test tomorrow and report back what I found. I think this sounds like the likely fault though...thanks

Hi Just trying to figure out a problem with our hot water. The water is coming out very hot all of a sudden. We have a baxi boiler and HW cyclinder system. I have done one test so far and turned off the CH and left the HW on. I experimented with turning the thermostat down to below 60 and...

Hi For the last couple of nights there has been this banging or shuffling noise coming from behind our wall in the front room where the pipes lead from the back boiler up to the hot water tank. The noise lasts about five seconds and I thought initially it was the neighbour or some rodent...

I am very much a novice and wasn't great at science at school! How does a earth and a neutral wire cause a trip in the system if the fuse is turned off? Is thee still a residue current and how comes it doesn't electrocute you?

Thanks for the answers, I will re open but will wait until Monday as I am too worried that if something happens I will have to get an emergency electrician! If I mess about on Monday, and take a photo then, if something goes wrong I can get a sparky out then. LOL, a bit risk averse.

No I am not sure that the rcd blew when I turned it back on actually. It could have happened when I was working on it. I was struggling with the wires so they could have touched. I didn't know it would trip if the fuse was switched off...

I have since turned all the fuses back on and everything is now working including the new socket. Do you still think I should check even if all okay now?

I just changed a plug socket for the first time carefully following the wiring instructions and making sure all bare wires were covered. I changed it from a plastic one to a metal one with a plastic casing. I isolated the fuse for the sockets in that part of the house and switched it off...

I have just moved into a 1930's house and there is a missing roof tile at the rear although no sign of water penetration after rain or snow. The missing tile is near the top of the roof and there seems to be a tile overlapping underneath and the roof is also felted and insulated. Therefore do...

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who responded (including Herts who I think I spoke with on the phone yesterday!). In the end Thames Water came out this morning as the house is pre 1937....so thank you so much for that advice. The man just opened the manhole cover to the front of the...

Hi I moved into my home (freehold and mortgaged so no freeholders or landlords applicable) 3 weeks ago. This morning the downstairs toilet made some bubbling noises although no plumbing appliances were being used in the house. Anyway I plunged the toilet a few times after flushing it as at...

My partner lives in the top floor flat of a converted victorian building (so basically in the attic portion). There is a flat roof along the main section of the roof which was replaced in 2009. In the last week we have had some really odd noises that have happened on 3 occasions and lasted for...

I think the angle is slightly off as water tends to sit in this far end. It still drains the majority but some remains until it drys up. I was wondering if the leak was something to do with the snow and ice and some extra slippage....

Hi I recently had new guttering installed - 5 inches to cope with the steep roof as it was overflowing in one particular area where there was a further gutter above to drain away water from two dormer windows. The new guttering has solved the original problem (so far!) however I have noted...

We love the suggestion of pooing in the letterbox although understand this could get us into some bother if they DNA'ed it! Yes I am all for moving sooner than 2 years as she is awful (although other neighbours are perfect in contrast). The freeholder has given permission (although will cost...

There is no gas supply - that is another story! There are two fixed eleccy heaters - not much idea of what type. They are big, bulky, beige (thinking the 1970's here) with bricks in them running on economy 7. If that helps at all.

My partner wants to install new electric heaters in her flat. Are there any difficulties involved in this e.g wiring or is it a straightforward job for a qualified sparky? Thanks

My partner lives in a converted flat (top floor of three in an old Victorian house). I live on the middle and a neighbour on the ground floor. Both of us has GCH and my partner wants to install. She has contacted National Grid and got a quote for works. The neighbour on the bottom is a bit of...

LOL to the DIY! Whilst not a traditionalist I am a young female (5'2" to add in terms of reaching a tile on the roof!) with no DIY skills at all except maybe putting up the odd shelf. It seems ridiculous that H&S dictates in cases of one slipped tile costing people hundreds of pounds for some...