i can't tell if my shower tap (cock stop) is leaking or not ...............so after showering, the shower head will drip fast for 2 hours, then drip slowly after that...........i put a bucket under the shower head to collect the water for 26 hours the first time.............then 19 hours the...
I need to change my shower mixer and I have a unvented hot water cylinder. Is it sufficient to turn off the mains? Do I need to drain the cylinder?
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I'm going to have my bathroom renovated and that includes changing my rusty old rad for a towel rail. I wanna cut down the costs as much as possible so there's things I want to do myself. In order to change the rad I'll have to turn off the lock shields then slowly drain the rad.
The thing is...
I currently have a Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 438 system boiler which is 13 years old. I have been having problems with the boiler which potentially boils down to the heat exchanger so I am now looking to bite the bullet and have a new boiler installed.
My set up at home is that I have a 4-bed...
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I recently changed the washers on my kitchen mixer tap due to it dripping, I reseated it using a tool but it's still dripping. I have had another go today and on closer inspection of the seat it appears to have a hairline crack. Can this be repaired or do I change them completely...
I need to change my scalemaster magnetic scale inhibitor as it is leaking but I cannot work out how to take it off! I ordered a new one the same so I could see how it's fitted but have received a completely different one!! Help please
Hi all, really need a suggestion.. We recently bought this house and started seeing drain backflow issues when using washing machine into the kitchen,with continuous usage of Mr Muscle it was good for a couple of weeks later we had major backflow issue and kitchen flooding when we use...
This winter seemed colder than last so I am thinking of replacing my central heating radiators for new ones.
The existing radiators are probably around 20 years old, they have TRV's fitted and most are double panel. they all get hot and the combi boiler is working fine.
Would there be any...
Look as though the battery is dead on the LP522 which is in eccess of 10 years of age
Can I just do a straight swap with a Flowmaster 3439G which I have spareI
I presume the backplate may be the same
Had two pipes changed - one cold and one hot. The cold had a leak and the warm was punctured and about to leak so both were replaced - about 50cm sections in each pipe.
After that I started getting water hammer - banging of pipes. I've tried lowering the water pressure - that helps a bit but...
Heating System
Have 2 houses where identical Heating systems installed (self & neighbour)
In Dec both Baxi boilers were replaced with Viessmann Vittodens 30W due to ageing reliability issue.
System is as per drawing
Hot Water Draw off
Thermal Store operates by the process that as DHW is drawn...
Hello folks, I am hoping to get some advice, please, on whether or not to change my hot water cylinder.
I recently moved house and the heating control is an old wall thermostat and rotary dial.
I want to investigate converting it to a smart system (that I can control with an app), maybe with...
problem with my oil boiler everything has been change all cleaned out set up but still locks out , if I remove photcell and shine a light on it it runs fine replace photocell and it stops again , new cell and control box, heating engineer is beat now as well
It looks like I have 2 options. The first uses the existing pump, the second uses another pump to pump water exclusively to the ufh manifold and pump. I have already taken off a separate flow and return from the top of the boiler. I would like to know which would work best. Any advice welcome...
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In my 2 bedroom flat I have a Worcester Greenstar 24i boiler and a 200 litre Zip AquaFlow hot water cylinder.
The hot water cylinder has started to slowly leak from the bottom and I think it will need completely replaced - quote to replace is around £1000.
Given that this is only a 2...
I'm after some advice.
I am looking to move our flush from the right side to the left, so that we can cover exposed pipes on the right.
There is a space for the flush on the left & can turn siphon to face the other way but the attachment for the flush to siphon is too short and to the ballcock...
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