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Water dripping into lounge from two locations in ceiling, apraently from bathroom above. . Having recently experienced a very bad leaking roof into a bedroom, I thought 'Oh no not again!' and proceded to tear holes in lounge ceiling , determined to quickly trace leak, having first ripped up...

Hi There, Have members had experience of the installtion/ running costs of a wood burning stove that also runs radiators (via water jacket)? I am proposing buying a 3 bed semi that currently uses propane bottled gas to heat the house and appears to be very expensive. The cost of a new oil fired...

Hi there, Has anyone used the 'Scalewatcher'- electronic scale control unit @£150 and if so is it any good?

All young people should have access to a decent shed, it would stop deliquent behavior. Then they can do stuff. You should never have to explain what you are doing nor how long it will take. A grandad should be supplied too. One who smokes Digger Flake and has no regard for health and safety.

When does a shed become a workshop? Does a garage count as a shed? Should there be starter packs for a young person wanting to have his own shed? eg lenghths of flex, some bits of timber?

Ok, Thanks Dave and Chris for your quick responses. We have gone as far as we can without someone seeing the boiler. I will leave things until after Christmas now, at least the house is warm! They are designed to fail at this time of year I suppose. Seasons greetings to you both.

Dear Dave, I will write to the engineer and tell him to specify what he did for the money. He said he ran diagnostic tests. I have now followed your instructions re. switch. Micro switch fires up boiler, pin moves out when hot tap turned on.

Dear Gas4you, Thank you for your comment. I will tell the heating engineer who is coming next week what you said. I do not know what the switches look like and could well do more harm than good!Mind you I had one engineer come round who stayed an hour and said it could be the heat exchanger...

Dear ChrisR, Does this mean the diverter needs replacing?

The hot water starts very hot then rapidly cools and does not warmup again. Central heating works fine. In addition turning the hot water off frequently trips the electric! The boiler is about six years old.