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Thanks, Ian. Sounds like it's obvious to you what the problem is. Would it be forbidden to hint at the size/cost of the potential fix?

Thanks very much for your reply, Andrew. I'm reading and learning more about the love some gas engineers have for Ferroli :eek: I've devoted a little time to watch it this afternoon and might describe the problem a bit differently now... I first put the central heating temperature up to 60° to...

I have an old Ferroli F-30 combi-boiler (twelve-ish years) which for a time has been taking longer and longer to heat water. In the last few days it seems to have stopped doing so to any useful effect. The heating continues to work, though I haven't checked all radiators. The "water heating"...

Hello - A recurrence of a previous problem, namely the knob on the boiler that should control the central heating temperature has broken, leaving part of itself lodged inside and my parents unable to adjust the temperature. Fortunately it seems to have happened while the temperature has been set...

Many thanks to all who helped my understanding in this, your patience and knowledge is appreciated greatly. The new oven is working beautifully, 1.5mm² heat resistant flex and all. And lots of lessons learned! :D

DS - unfortunately I'm not at home right now (begging hot food from a friend!) but I'll check as soon as I get back.

Deadshort - Yes, the oven supply is on a circuit breaker and the cable comes directly out of the cooker switch.

Thanks John - so would this fit the bill? 5 metres would be perfect, long enough for me to connect it all in comfort. http://www.diy.com/departments/tower-white-pvc-heat-resistant-cable-240v-16a-3-core-15mm-5m/188938_BQ.prd

[/url] From the link ban-all-sheds included, it states that the cable already in place is not three core - only a red, black and earth wire? :?

I was going to ask about that - you're all too good! I'd certainly look for an electrician before I dared to touch the breaker box. Next dumb question - where do I find 2 core, heat resistant, 1.5mm² cable? B&Q look to only have the 3-core variety, not seeing anything other than industrial...

Cheers TTC - The existing cooker switch is a double one, one side supplying the cooker and a 'normal' three-pin socket as its neighbour. Instead of fitting a plug as you suggest, and therefore having to change the socket plate, would it be feasible and safe for me to connect the 1.5mm sq cable...

Hello - I've bought a new oven and made the amateur error of hoping that it would be a simple job of disconnecting the old one and reconnecting the cable to the new one. Wrong. The existing cable is huge! The new oven is a Beko single oven (OIF21300B) with much smaller terminal connections...

Andy - yep, it's going to be a pain trying to get to it as it is, I'll get as much out of the way as possible before I start!

Thanks a lot, Andy. I'll hope that the washer replacement option is straightforward with the limited access I have to the cistern from the top, report back with progress/success. Sarah

Thanks John - I've just done your test and confirmed that the noise only happens when I let go of the float and allow the cistern to fill up again. Some photos attached, hopefully not so awful as to be useless! Sarah