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I can't get a good face on view of the lead because that'd involve getting on the roof and i don't do heights very well but it sort of just tucks under the window sill. I just push it back. Over time it comes forward a bit and i just push it back again. I don't think planes go over here much or...

Noticed a hole in one of our tiles which must've only appeared in the last month or so. I don't know the makeup of a roof so i don't know if this will be a problem or not. Obviously it's not ideal but question is whether it's disastrous kind of thing. I think the tile is a Mini Stonewold...

The electricity bill isn't so bad. The numerous fish tanks will cost more i'm sure. Who knows (regards 1932). I can only assume that their viewpoint then was in line with the drainage surveyor guy (i forget his title now, i'd have to find the email but something to do with drainage) - in that a...

If we're talking about pumping out crap then right at the very start when we had various guys out looking at the issue i was advised more than once to not do that. The feedback was to have the water pumped out, yes, but pumping out the ground (all that sludge down there you see in the photo) is...

So ran the suggested test tonight - turned ALL electrics off downstairs so that the pump would be the only thing turned on - my wife said that for a split second you can hear the pump try to kick in (literally like a half second) before the electrics have then gone again. So at least we know...

As has been mentioned earlier in the thread, he'll have to install to a standard. It's no good just replacing the pump if say there's been revisions in regulations since the last install than now say he has to do XYZ also. So on that note can he 'just replace the pump' without running wiring...

Ah you're from Cumbria. You're just up the road then really so you'll have been hit with the same ones we got hit with in recent years. Our living room has been tanked using the Sovereign K11 system. Everything was sent back to brick & then the system used. The floor - both boards & joists were...

Sleeper wall & the crawl space floor... The old pump in the hole that was dug out. This pump was just thrown in & looked like a Screwfix cheapy so it would've been sucking all kinds of crap. When the new pump was installed they dug out a bigger hole to sink the new pump in proper... The...

Before we bought it i contacted some companies & gave them photographs of the crawl space environment and described in detail and was told that the pump used was ideal for the situation so i don't think it's a compatibility issue - unless they gave me duff info. Yes i meant it's in a bucket and...

Fair few replies while i've been at work. I'll run through them... I'm happy enough with the electrician. We've had him out for a couple jobs and i've been happy with his work & pricing so far. We've suffered from corner-cutting tradesmen in the past more than once, so i'd prefer to stick to...

So you find yourself in my situation, question is - who do you call (or rather what profession)? As the electrics aren't working we went for an electrician. For all i know the pump may actually be ok and something may have gone wrong with the electrics for some reason. I could buy in a new...

No problem. As i don't have a clue with this stuff you can expect a bit of that (me not providing info straight away) so just let me know what you need & i'll try my best to find out. Anyway as i don't know my RCD from my MCB here's a thumbnail... It's the black switch that's in the down...

I'm not really sure if this should be in the plumbing forum or electrical forum (or elsewhere). We have a problem under our living room floor where it fills up with water. It seems the area must've been built on wet land as the water just comes up from below. The span is about 25m2 and if...