you have had a lot of good feed back here with loads of good guys with loads of good experience. my opinion, well geo thermal is a great theroy, suppose to date back to roman times when they had fires under ground heating running water. it doesn't use any fosiel fuels? well it is essential that...
yeah drain cleaner is the way forward. beware though, some brands r very strong. get some kind of flunnel to ensure the liquid goes straight down the out let as they can damage the bath / or other sanitaryware itself. there can also b overpowering fumes comes off it. i was using it one time and...
there r special plastic jacketed plastic pipework availible but they r intented to be use underground. i have seen plumbers fit standard copper pipes up walls and insulate with standard lagging however birds peak it off and uses it as very convenient to make their nests more cosyer. a local...
fair enough doitall, but sometimes u can get air locks draining down and surely thats one headache this chap doesn't need to be typing in next :!: i would plug the tank with plugging kits. draining down is also time comsuming.
check all water valves ie stopcocks and balllfixes r opened fully. if there is any restrition in water supply going to the unit then this can cause the shower to shut off. then make sure there is acutually water going to the unit. sounds like power is geeting to the unit with the lights being...
the problem is with microbore is that the smaller bore pipes can only can a certain ammount of heat. if radiators r upgraded over the years and larger convecter ones installed then 8 and 10mm pipework won't carry the heat to them. there is a whole calculation which consutant enginers do when...
gate valves jam in cloed position all the time. because of this i seldomly close the valve and use plugging kits instead. if it is broke in the close position then a telltail sign is that the valve will keep turmning endlessly. if opened and working then its an air lock. if u have a mixer atp...
common problem. thing is u used a metal top hat (which i have never heard of b4.) the idea of using tophats is that they r plastic, and have a little give in them meaning as u tighten the back nut the top hat compresses slightly. also use brass back nuts as plastic ones always break.
i take it ur talking about standard hep, speedfit or other trade plastic pipes used for domestic plimbing and heating? there is no real difference in using pushfit or compression fiiting. kind of defeats the purpose of using plastic pipe if ur going to use compession. as for waste pipes the...
there r a number of things that cause water hammer. faulty incoming watermains isolating stop cocks or as already pointed out, faulty taps. loose watermains pipework, sometimes in roofspaces at the storage tanks can shudder. this can travel through the rest of the mains water pipework. valves...
how long did it take for they plumbers to install the new cylinder? i take it was just a one day job cos any longer then they r not worth their salt. yeah diffinitly ripped off :(