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I have 5 recessed ceiling lights and an extractor fan in the bathroom. Today, all the electrics in the bathroom only suddenly stopped working. Nothing has tripped in the fuse box. I have tried to pull out the fuses but they seem to be stuck in. Is there a technique? I have attachd a picture of...

My washine still works but the door will not open. The handle is very floppy suggesting that the spring mechanism is no longer functioning properly. Does anyone know how to get the door off so that I can order a spare part and get my washing out of the machine? Thanks.

I have a log fire in the living room but no central heating. I can't justify ripping up the wood floors to install underfloor heating but I am aware of under rug heating. Is this type of heating effective and most of all safe? Can it be connected to a thermostat?

Its says on the packet caustic soda. I have tried hot water but still no luck. Can I pour vinegar down the hole? Is that safe?

My cleaner put neat caustic soda down the bath plug hole without fully dissolving in water. The bath is now completely blocked. I'm assuming the soda has compacted or reacted to create a plug of some sort. What can I do to unblock?

After being reported to Gas Safe, the company refused to disclose to GS the identity of the person who began the installation. GS then referred the matter to HSE. HSE said they would take action if the company were caught again breaching the law but for now have issued them a warning under HSE...

There was no damage in my neighbour's property. All the heat and steam rose upwards in to my property. The overhead tank does not have a lid and appears to be quite old. Should it be replaced with one which is heat resistant?

The property below mine has an immersion heating system which recently overheated. The heat and moisture filtered up through the flooring of my property and resulted in contorting door frames and dislodging ceramic floor tiles which were cemented in. Should immersions not have some kind of fail...

That's interesting. If the company tries to sue me, can I counter sue them for breaching GS regs?

I've removed the original company from all works. What can GS do to a company which is caught breaching their regulations? Are those regulations covered under statutory law?

I have sacked the company who were originally fitting the boiler. I have since employed a Gas Safe registered engineer to reinstall. Sadly, I had already paid the original company some money which they are refusing to pay back. The company is also accusing me of terminating the contract unfairly...

The limited company is a building firm.

I've just this second come off the phone to Gas Safe who agree with you and have asked me to submit a formal report. Thanks.

He has fitted the gas pipe and is due to fit the flue today today. He's going to drill into the wall with a special drill bit which he didn't have with him yesterday. I wonder if I should contact gas safe about this matter.

I'm having a new boiler installed by a limited company who have employed an outsider to fit the machine. He's due to complete the works today. Whilst talking to him yesterday, I discovered that he wasn't an accredited fitter. I spoke to the company who said that he was not gas safe but that they...

Just reporting back that I brought in an electrician who confirmed that there was an earth fault with the underfloor heating which he disconnected at the consumer unit. I can now use as many appliances as I want without fear of tripping. Thanks to everyone in this thead for helping me to help...

I had thought of that already. I tried plugging in an electric fire in the living room resulting in the electrics in the kitchen cutting out. Before I call an electrician, is it worth unplugging every single appliance in the property?

Sadly, the problem of the electics cutting out has returned. I carried out the vacuum test last night a few times. On each occasion, the RCD tripped.

I'll get an electrician to cut off the power supply to the underfloor heating permanently. We've established the microwave should have a plug rather than be hardwired. Should the microwave also have its own circuit similar to the hob? At the moment, it shares with the fridge freezer, oven...

Luckily the underfloor heating has its own trip switch at the mains. The heating still works but was off at the mains throughout the time the electrics were cutting out. I will keep it switched off.