Recent content by londonmackam

I've noticed some faint spots on my ceilings in my two rooms upstairs and wondered if anyone could shed any light. The spots are in equal spacing on the walls, I've circled them in red on the photographs. The roof seems ok, apart from where one tile has come away as you can see in the photos...

No powerflush mentioned, just draining the system which I'd presume you would do when changing the boiler anyway

Had my plumber in again. It looks like the boiler is on its last legs anyway. It's 10 year old (was told that they don't last much longer than this), the expansion vessel had deflated since yesterday so would need replacing. Also the PRV did not go outside so water has been coming out of the...

Thanks for the replies, I know the site is for asking for DIY problems and advice rather than 'how much should this be' questions so appreciate the ones who answered. I was charged £356 inc VAT, the part was £240 including VAT although I've since seen it online at £150 inc VAT so think that...

My boiler developed a fault. It would switch on and off randomly for 10 sec or so without the HW or CH being on. The PCB was faulty and also found the expansion vessel empty. Does anyone know roughly what a supply and install of a new PCB and to re-pressurise expansion vessel should cost...

Could this still be water hammer when the flat does not have a tank? I contacted a plumber and that his what he said. There was recently a lot of work done by Thames water replacing pipes in the street. Could this have had an effect on the water pressure and be the cause of this noise? As the...

I live in a ground floor flat in a converted house. In the last 3 weeks I have been subjected to intermittent noise from the upstairs flat. The majority of times when the tenants have a bath or shower I hear a banging sound from the pipes in my bedroom which can range between sounding like a...