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Can anyone tell me how this is supposed to work? I decided that this clog was to blame, so drilled some small holes in it and injected some caustic soda to try to clear the block, then re-sealed the holes. http://instagram.com/p/d-YP4sNWK4/ This seems to have worked but I would like to...

Not sure about that model but we have an Elica ELBHT80 which we bought because it was about the only one that would fit the space we have. The filters go in the dishwasher (which was one of our requirements) and it has given us no problems over the last 3 years. It is a pretty simple thing...

Perhaps this is responsible? Narrowed down the error to the last 10 minutes or so of any wash, essentially when it is pumping out for the final time. Everything is reasonably clean, but (removed and) rinsed out final hose and drain with Sodium Hydroxide to be sure. Can anyone tell...

Can you vent up the chimney if it is out of use?

Hi, I have a Siemens Eco Sense Dishwasher giving an E15 fault with the little tap symbol lit up. I have had the sides off and no sign of a flood in there. Dishwasher will sometimes complete a cycle but more often fails and gives the error about 10 minutes from the end. It then says End...

Thanks for the reply. Is there any advantage to using the liquid ptfe over the tape? Are there any "tricks" to doing this? It seems like I need the threads to hit the bottom of the elbow at the exact same moment that the exterior fitting meets the tiles, I could mount the wall elbow with...

Well the arm arrived today and seems to leave me with the same issue as the elbow. There is a long 1/2" BSPP thread to go into the wall with a thread on "cosmetic cover" up against a shoulder and a nut to go ont he back (which I cant get to). The only thing I can think of to do with these two...

Hi, I am about to fit a concealed thermostatic shower with a fixed head, and a seperate hose with a handset on the end. My fixed head is on an arm, which is essentially a fancy pipe with a thread on each end 1/2" BSP. I assume that I use a 1/2" wallplate elbow behind the tiles to screw...

Thanks that sounds reasonable. I am putting isolation valves on both lines below this section where they are easily accessible, and if the pipe ever leaks I am happy to break back into the chased section of wall to fix or replace, (or at least happier than I would be trying to explain to my wife...

Sorry, should have said, it is being fed off a combi so mains pressure. I have done a fair bit of searching and the point about being "withdrawn for inspection" keeps coming up, but this is virtually impossible without building enormous access panels. How is a duct distinguished from conduit?

Hi, I plan on running a hot and cold supply to a very small hand basin and toilet cistern (no hot to the toilet mind) and the only neat short way to do it involves about 3m burried in a wall with two 90 degree bends in it. There has been an old lead pipe doing this job for the last hundred...

^^^ Thanks for the reply. I think you are right, if the instantaneous electric heaters are not thermostatic then it definitely isnt a good idea. Every tarriff I have ever looked at for economy 7 type use has had a substantially higher tarrif during the day, we also have an electric oven...

Thanks for the reply. Should have said we will be using a dish washer for most of the washing-up so the requirement wont be that much. We dont have storage heaters so I cant see it being worth going on a tarriff that has an off peak saving because they usually claw it all back during the...

Thanks for the reply Muggles, nice to get one... Sounds reasonable but I am worried about the inconvenience of having to wait ages to get the hot water as much as the cost... Would an electric one make more sense given that the pilot wouldnt have to be continually running and they are...

Does this sound reasonable? I guestimate I am getting 15 l/min out of the existing hot taps (which have to fight through a maze of bodged lead, copper and plastic). 10m of 15mm copper has a volume of about 1.5 litres. So adding 10m of run should only add 6 seconds to the wait for hot...