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Thanks to all responders. Its helpful, for me, to know what to expect. Also, I hadn't thought of the potential for circuits to keep tripping the new CU. While this work is being quoted for I'm tempted to ask for some extras like a) provision for an EV charger connection (for when the time...

I have a fusebox that I'd like to get changed to a consumer unit for the improved safety that I guess circuit breakers give. My questions then.. a) Are electricians allowed to do this sort of swapout irrespective of the rest of the house wiring? b) Are electricians empowered to insist on...

Sorted. I found I just needed to 'pursuade' it hard enough, using a v.thin screwdriver like footprints said. Here is what it looked like in case anyone else has a similar tap .. TIP: to unscrew that chromium-plated sleeve covering the tap internals I first wrapped a few layers of duct tape...

My tap is becoming stiff to turn. It was fitted some years ago and I've not needed to get into it before. Unfortunately I have no note of the make. I want to clean it before it gets worse but am unsure how to take it apart. 1/ I assume there is a screw under the 'C' which allows me to remove...

I've just replaced the thermostatic cartridge on this unit as I read that a leaking shower (its been dripping a lot recently) can be fixed by a new cartridge. Its expensive. On taking the old one out I was horrified to see all the pieces of rubber caught up in it, see picture. I'm not...

I must share this one with you all. If your boiler suffers from repeated cycles of ignition, flame detection failure, re-ignition, flame detection failure etc leading to the continuous red LED after 5 or so cycles try this.. ...REMOVE the flame detection electrode and CLEAN it with...

This is really weird... Suspecting the bottle trap under the kitchen sink might be blocked I unscrewed it and tipped out the crud like I've done a few times in the past. Noticing that the black rubber sealing ring was slightly raised at one point I pushed it back into the groove only to have...

I have the same problem with banging when the cold taps are closed quickly. I haven't heard of shock absorbers in plumbing. Is this a wind-up or is it true? Another side-effect of ceramic taps with high water pressure is that the taps are incredibly noisy when turned on to a trickle (like...

I have a Baxi Barcelona condensing boiler, about 4 years old. It started making quite a loud explosive bang when it ignited and this turned out to be the combustion box door seal which had perished in places. The engineer replaced it a month ago with some new (similar looking) strip all...