Is it worth loosening and tightening up your rear wheel quick release...that solve my ticking issue that I thought was BB related. Apologies if already done, I read the tip elsewhere and it saved a whole lot of pain.
I have recently changed the wheels so that got done when I made the change. Then I had 2 rear wheel tube problems so the wheel was in and out another couple of times. And then I took it out again to tighten the lock ring. So ... I reckon it has had plenty of reseating/tightening.
The BB is the one thing that I haven't changed/adjusted. It feels okay, no play, and spins well. It has only done about 3,000 dry miles so I'd hope that it doesn't need replacing. It seems to be in nice and tight. It is a fairly cheap Shimano square taper type so it wouldn't cost much to try a new one. If a new BB fixed the problem, then I would sling the old one. If a new BB didn't eliminate the problem then the BB isn't the source of the ticking noise and I'd keep the old one as a spare.
PS I forgot to check to see if the ticking noise is still there when pedalling hard out of the saddle. If it isn't, then that points to the saddle/seat post. The other thing I could try is to pedal hard no handed to see if the bars/stem/headset/shifters are causing problems. (I'm not great at making big efforts without holding the bars so that could be tricky. Anyway, the stem and bars have just been replaced, and one of the shifters removed and serviced so I think the problem lies elsewhere.)
. Changed it but the old tube pumped up fine and only goes down slowly. I hate p'tures like that as there's no obvious cause. I suspect the valve is damaged
Ours started leaking 10-12 month ago, we had the plumber out and he changed our solid one for a flexy one, no leak for a few months, then we had the emergency plumber out late one Saturday night because every time we flushed the toilet we had waste running down the wall down stairs, no leak for a while, this weekend it started leaking again. this morning I went up and took apart the flexy pipe soil pipe connection cleaned it and reassembled it. I also took up the boarding in that corner, the floors not in good condition and I boarded it a few years ago, and cut a bigger notch in it to give the pipe more space to sit in, the flexy pipe is almost on the floor at the connection, I'm now waiting to see if the leaks cured, I've left the lino up to give the floor a chance to dry out, if it don't I'll have to have the plumber out again. 
On the tempo commute this morning it came more loose, took a multi tool to it this evening but that was only a proverbial elastoplast as the bolt is hard to reach and had to wait until I got home to a proper hex key.
