Recent content by katy01

My employers have lost a set of keys to the back door and seem to think its my fault!!! Ihave managed to find one of the keys to a lock but am still missing a key for one of the locks,a chubb one. Is it going to be hard and more importantly expensive to get it opened from the inside? Will it...

Thanks to all of you for all your help tonight,i might just be able to have a glass of vino now and calm down!! BIG kiss for you all, Katy. :D

Ok,after turning of the pump and leaving alone for a bit i have bled all the radiators starting from bottom of house,got lots of watery air upstairs. I have now been running the system for 15 mims and all the radiators are warming up all be it with lots gurgeling noise around the boiler.Should i...

Have looked at the pump,its got what looks like a screw but its not at the top but on its side.Is that just down to the way its fitted? Its got the name SELECTRIC on it. I tried turning the screw,has a slot on it for a flat screw but did not seem to loosen.

Yes i think he poured in a bottle of inhibitor,cant remember its name but it begun with s and was a square bottle. Dont know if he balanced the system as i dont know how he would do that.

The boiler is a POTERTON and the pump upstairs is a GRUNDFOS. Have not heard any strange noises from pump or from radiators themselves. I did notice that the pump felt very hot to the touch,is this normail? Have now managed to turn the pump off as it has its own separate power button in the...

Thanks guys,i would be grateful for info on how to purge the air out. My dad could help if you could advise. He is ok at DIY,i think!

Thanks Andy,ive been trying to get hold of the plumber but he is not replying,just goes to voice mail so no luck there!

I have just had two valves replaced on one of my rads. The guy started by shutting off all the valves on the other radiators(11). He shut the tap that fills the tank which fills the radiators and then drained the radiators. Once the new valves were fitted he re-filled the system and...

hi,thanks for your replies. i have tested the supply pipe using the instructions on the three valleys web site and it seems our leak is quite bad,a litre a minute.i was told about a contraption that makes a hole for a new pipe,is this the pneumatic mole?as my meter is in my front drive and its...

i have just had my water meter read for the first time since having it installed. The reading was much higher than expected,that of 5 people rather than 2. I was told that i must have a leak within my property. After closing the mains stop cock within my house i noticed the spinner on my meter...

hi,i have a query regarding the distance of my boiler flue from the wall of an extension my neighbour is proposing to build.At present i have a potterton profile 40el-80el installed to the rear of my single storey extension. The flue is facing outwards towards the rear of our extension, it is...