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The kitchen mixer tap is leaking. I have changed the very same taps 5 years ago. Could you please confirm if to change the washers I have to empty the immersion heater? To change the taps the water from the mains and from the immersion heater had to be switched off. When the repair was...

Thank you all for your invaluable advice.

My house was constructed around 1986. It is a three-bedroom one, with a kitchen in the ground floor, three bedrooms and a bathroom I the first floor. The house is central heated with a 5-year boiler in the ground kitchen, an immersion heater and a shower pump in the first floor, and a water tank...

My house was constructed is a three-bedroom one, with a kitchen in the ground floor, three bedrooms and a bathroom I the first floor. The house is central heated with a 5-year boiler in the ground kitchen, an immersion heater and a shower pump in the first floor, and a water tank in the loft. I...

I informed the forum that I have a faulty Salamander pump. You recommended I use Stuart Turner Monsoon S Twin Shower Pump 2.0 Bar but a plumber I contacted insists I need Stuart Turner Techflo TP Twin Shower Pump 1.5 Bar Could you please tell me what the difference is between the two, other...

Thank you for your help. I have managed to removed the the seal by pushing a sharp blade in the gap between the glass and the seal and breaking the seal at various places. The glass was not damaged. There was some glue that was removed with a spirit liquid. With undiluted bleach and a brush I...

Could you please recommend a fuse box for a 4 bedroom house and 2 or 3 bathrooms? +++++++++++++++ please do not hijack threads //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/forum-rules-general-info.19448/ +++++++++++++++

Thank you all for your replies. I presume that the descaler could be bought in a supermarket. Where can one buy carburettor, if that is required?

Here is the requested photograph. Please give me all the information you have to help me remove the old seal.

Thank you very much for your helpful replies and suggestions.

A shower pump Salamander installed in my property no longer works. The water pressure in the shower is poor. I am not certain if the pump also controlled the water pressure in the cistern, as that is now also very poor. I need to know the following: 1 - Can the pump be repaired? 2 - Should I...

PBC_1956 asks: "Is that the same as your fuses? The carrier you pictured is Wylex brand, and that doesn't look like a Wylex consumer unit (fuse box)". The photograph I attached was taken from the Internet. However, my fuses look exactly the same, in color and shape.

The original seal of the shower screen has become brittle and calcified. I do not know how to remove it without chipping the screen. Do you know how this is done? I tried pushing a sharp knife through the gap between the seal and the screen and push the seal down. It does not move.

I do not know the electrician. As always, thank you very much for your help and advice.

In my absence a foreighn electrician atempted to repair a socket without switching off the fuse box. I was told he accidentally touched the wires with his screwdriver and expected that that would automatically switch off the fuse box. When it did't he said the fuse box was faulty.

I would like to thank Elfimpudence for his comments and apologise for inserting 'repair a plug' where I intended to say 'repair a socket'. I believe I can conclude that there is nothing wrong with the fuse box. When a repair required is simple and it is carried out in day light, I normally...

I am in London. ++++++++++++++++++++ moved from "Electrics Outside of the UK" to "Electrics UK" ++++++++++++++++++++

My house was built around 1989. All the houses along my street have the same type of fuse box, and mine has so far cause no problem. (see below) The electrician believes that the wire in the relevant fuse switch should break if a socket along the circuit is in any way faulty. If this does...

Thank you for the replies. The lights mentioned are in the communal stairs. They are not enclosed and are in areas with plenty of natural light. I believe that before they were switch on and off by sensor placed on the roof. They are 20 (5 per floor)