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The pure beauty of clear crisp water dripping from the boiler onto a vinyl surface, leaving a beautiful shimmer It was tongue in cheek and a bit of sarcasm because of finding it freezing bloody cold in socks at 2 in the morning!

Hi all, Came into the en-suite where the boiler is to find the floor damp, and a quite regular drip from the bottom of the boiler (Worcester Bosch 30Cdi Combi). Following the drips up, it would appear that it's leaking from near this plastic piece. If you turn the hot taps on/off you seem to...

I've watched a big turkey be prepared, turkey crown all the way. This is why I've been looking at units that use mainly air cooling vs the shelves being the evaporator. Unless I can find a way to the thermostat (this ff has the dial on the top at the front outside the unit, I know some...

Moved our fridge/freezer into the garage as we need some more space in our kitchen. Bad move - I didn't realise quite how cold it gets in there and the freezer is getting above -10 as the fridge isn't warming enough to kick on the compressor. It's also a model without a "fast freeze" function...

EIC suggests it was a ring, 32A MCB, back in early 2010s, it's now a 16A MCB so changed at some point before our ownership. The flag on the EICR from memory was a C3 "Multiple circuits in one protective device". That spark was the one that advised me to get them split onto their own MCBs as...

A seemingly proper electrician, and it came complete with EIC that looks genuine enough to me. That's how I know it was originally a ring and someone has changed it since (before our ownership).

Property was rewired in early 2010s, but seemingly poorly, non mf jbs inaccessible, left aluminium stranded cable in use, one short section of VIR (now changed). No mention of new CU except for info in EICR about it not being metal. There are plenty of spare ways. We've only been here 6...

Hi all, Just a question to the hive mind, I have had two different opposing answers from different electricians so wanted to see the general consensus of those in the know (one said leave as radial, other said to re-create the ring). Currently: Downstairs: 16A radial in 2.5T+E (was a ring when...

Lo and behold: Dsbuds is a weakling The engineer visited, found nothing wrong with the outside tap (I think he loosened it, it moves more freely now), and even read my meter for me! It is indeed a quarter turn, clockwise (12 o'clock to 3 o'clock) for off from the position in the picture...

Cheers Rob! Water co emailed at 1 this morning advising an engineer would visit FoC within a few days. Seems like South staffs water are not like the others!

They looked a bit big when I looked at them in Toolstation and City plumbing, but will give the Amazon special a go (has two sizes on the end, one for a brass stopcock and a slot which looks like it's just the right size and shape for this one), that is unless SSW get there first and tell me to...

Hi Stuckinarut, The rest of the chamber is just my meter (removed due to serial number, etc). The water company has already confirmed this is "one of their new taps that is less likely to snap" but I'm a bit wary of testing that theory, albeit I think I found a compatible key on Amazon. I've...

Hi Exedon, Thanks for your reply. Above the stopcock is a drain off valve and then it runs up behind the kitchen cupboards, as you can see I've already butchered this one a bit to get access - a new kitchen is on the cards in the next couple of years. I am pretty certain the kitchen is a solid...

Hi all, Trying to fit a new bath tap/shower mixer to the bathroom, unfortunately there are no isolators fitted, and the usual story the main stopcock was seized. Got the stopcock moving (loosening the gland nut, working back and forth), but whilst it turned the water off almost all the way, it...