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Doesn't look like its related to the damp smell. The electricians who had a look at it today traced the tripping to a faulty live wire in a socket. As the socket was being unscrewed it went bang, the screw must have contacted an exposed part of the live wire. The exposed bit has been...

Thanks for the reply. Sorry my technical knowledge is a little limited. If you look at the circuit breaker box, its just one of the switches which is tripping, the one labelled "upstairs sockets" which accounts for all sockets on 2nd and 3rd floor. Everything else is working normally...

Hello all, I'll be getting an electrician in to look at this but wondered if you could offer some thoughts. I was away on holiday for a week during which time the hot water and heating was switched off. I got back at 1am Friday morning and switched hot water and heating back on. When I got...

I called out somebody from reactfast to try and get it done quickly as Barratt were initially not being very cooperative and my days off are limited. After some testing, it appeared likely it was the PCB. As its an expensive component, I was advised to get it done under the warranty...

Thanks for the reply. I did wonder about the point in Barratt sending me someone to sort out my boiler who wasn't actually qualified to open it up and have a look.. :roll: Stupidly, I'd forgotten about the 12 month service, its been 14 months since installation and I hadn't got it done...

Hello all, over the weekend the boiler in my new Barratt house seems to have packed in. The control / timer unit on the wall for the central heating is lit up and thermostat clicks as it should, but the boiler does not respond at all. There are no status lights on the front of the boiler...