The Natural Philosopher wrote:


does she actually HAVE a hot water tank?


Blowed if I know. :-)

However, she managed to get the plumber in and the problem was ........
a dripping hot water tap in the bath!

She hadn't noticed that it had a fast drip (plumber says it was losing
about a pint of water every few minutes) so he's replaced the washer.

So that's that I hope! Thanks for all your help folks. :-)
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