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This is the side wall before my partner gave it a coat of sandtex masonry paint to make it look nicer. You can see the lead DPM folded over above the second brick. We live on an incline, and the back of the garage is higher than the inside of the garage, as you can see in the other picture...

I'm looking for some advice on stopping my garage from getting so wet. We've lived in this house for about 6 years, and until now we've only used the garage for storage, but we'd like to start using it as a workshop and home gym. The house is a bungalow built in the 1950's, and the attached...

I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'disconnected from everything else'. I didnt remove them from the heater. I just touched the probes to the point at which they connect into the terminal block.

Yes, I disconnected it at the mains box. The meter was set to the symbol which looks like a diode. According to the instructions this is continuity testing mode. The display read 1, but changed to 000 when the probes were touched together. When I touched them to the terminals on the element...

Ok, ive attached a picture of the bottom of my heater. It seems it does have two elements. I used the multimeter in continuity testing mode across both elements terminals, but nothing changed on the multimeter for either. Does this mean that both of the elements are shot, or that I'm doing...

The input knob (which is physically the thermostat as I understand it) does indeed click when I turn it up. I'll try and check tonight. It's only a small slimline heater, so I believe there is only one element. Is it obvious where I need to take the readings?

Thanks for your reply. If by 'safely isolate' you mean switch it off at the main breaker box, then yes. I am able to use a multimeter.

Hi everyone. My Creda TSR Newera 79341/TSR12A storage heater stopped working last winter. I managed last year without it, but I really need to get this fixed before it gets colder this winter. I've tried calling an electrician, but at the costs ive been quoted, it would be more cost effective to...