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If there are tennants involved then get a professional in. Someone with greater knowledge will be along soon but water getting into a socket wouldn't always mean changing the socket will be the right repair. The short created by the water entering the socket may have knackered the cable...

Glad you're not my neighbour. I wouldn't advise sneaking over the boundary even if it's only 2cms, could be a legal minefield.

Probably a motorised valve stuck... Can you find something that looks like this?

Drill the cap stones underneath, insert some rawl pulgs and put some galvanised screws in so that they are sticking out by about 5mm. Then mix your mortar and mortar the cap stones back on. The screws will help make them less liable to being pushed off.

Any chance of some pictures?

They're there to help the window locate nicely into the frame.

Unsure to be honest. I have a friend who is a drainage engineer, so think he'll be the next person to ask. What difference will it make if its mine or shared?

We have a conny at the moment, we'd like to demolish and build a proper extension instead. Going to apply for permission etc... Hopefully in the near future. However, there is a sealed manhole under the floor at the moment which would have to stay anyway, but my questions are; How do I know...

You need to do the following; Stop drying clothes on radiators. Install an extractor fan in the kitchen and bathroom. Use the fans whilst cooking or showering. Ventilate the house. Install retro fit trickle vents in the windows if you can. If not open the window each day. Make sure the...

I did a similar extension to my house, but it was an upstairs extension on the side of the house. Builder just did the shell. I found it very hard work, fitting it in around working full time and dealing with 2 kids and a pregnant wifey at the same time, but can honestly say its was one of...

Ok, will heed the good advice. Was only thinking about doing it, but at the same time don't want to mess with it, lives could be at stake. Will get an RGI on the job, or wait till it fails and claim it on my domestic emergency insurance... I work in aircraft construction, so am not...

Hi, The flue fan on my ideal classic boiler seems to be running noisily at the moment, I suspect that the bearings are on their way out. Is replacing the fan something I can do myself, I am an aircraft engineer by trade, but as such not a qualified gas safe engineer. Before anyone...

Could you try listening to the pipe. Turn on a cold water tap and then put a metal bar or long screwdriver on the pipe, then putting your ear on the other end you may be able to hear water moving through the pipe. Much like a doctor would do with a stethoscope.

Sounds like the power switch has been overloaded and failed. Have you checked the switch by removing the cover, with the power switched off of course.

A photo would help....

If you do I hope the local fire station isn't too far away.... From an insurance point of view I'd suspect you wouldn't get a payout either.

Indus, My installation is as follows; From the top of the floor down to the ceiling below. Carpet Underlay Floor boards Rockwool Cellotex Fireboard platerboard Skim finish. Hope this helps. Just make sure that the Cellotex is cut so it's nice and tight between the joists...

I just did a suspended floor, with the underside being exposed to the outside air. I used 50mm Cellotex, nice tight fit, then put fibreglass (rockwool) insulation on top. You can't even tell the floor is exposed to the outside air, even in winter!