Recent content by kidgreen61

They're bothe the same

I usually fit a small length of pipe between flow & return for the water to circulate

I'll wager a virtual pound that the copper pipe below the tap is 1/2" imperial.

Just buy a flexi with an integral iso valve

All modern loos are like this now, if the inlet valve fails/passes water, it will just run into the pan. That how it is .

I would be very wary about trying to add solder to an already leaking, dirty joint like that, I can almost gaurantee the solder won't run into the joint properly, and you'll be back to square one. To do it properly, cut it out and start again, if there's no lateral give in the pipe that will...

Sounds like an issue with your thermostat if HW is working?

Those thing never work particularly well as they are so sensitive to water pressure fluctuations, it may be something as simple as your neighbours flushing their loos at the same time causing a small pressure drop, which in turn will affect your shower. If it were me, I'd fit a thermostatic...

Good luck with that in the middle of winter when they haven't enough staff to cope.

You have a blockage somewhere, almost certainly around the area near where cold feed joins the system, or in the air separater.

How did she not manage to see drips coming from the cabinet?

These kits seem to be Marmite. One issue I've had with them is if the threaded part of the waste fitting is quite short, then there isn't room for them I prefer to fit waste into basin, then put plenty of silicone around gap between waste and basin, then fit washer, then vcrucially, put plenty...

Intersestlingly enough, one of the most expensive installers is BG. Most independant installers can do the same job as them for around half the price, presumably because of their massive overheads. The house in which I now live had a new boiler fitted 15yrs ago by BG, I have all the paperwork...

For your info, a Bar is a metric measure of pressure, roughly equal to 15psi, does that help? It is usual to pressurise heating sytems to around 1-1.5 bar so that the boiler doesn't dry fire and self destrust. Most, but not all boilers have a low pressure sensor in them which won't allow them to...

One is supposed to use the correct inserts according to make of pipe. Eg, Speedfit inserts won't go in Hep pipe because it has a thicker wall. I think that as long as you've got an insert in, you'll be fine. Others will, I'm sure disagree.