Recent content by oliew

thanks chris, ive just realised my bath hot tap is leaking too but its not noticeable only when you put your hand on the underside of it!!! ill see how it goes now, if my ch stops i know i need a new diverter piece! hey ive learnt something about combis today anyway! thanks for all your help Oli

ive changed the tap washer, it was a mixer tap so a half turn fitting was needed, the washer was built into it. since doing that and turning all the water back on, the boiler still only does the ch when the main water inlet is turned off at the valve would this mean i definetly need a new...

yes it is 4" over a worktop i had trouble even getting a screwdriver in to turn off the cold water inlet!!! ill go out and get a tap washer today!! thanks for all your help again :) this forum is great! Oli

ok isolated that main cold water inlet valve, also turned the tap valve off under sink so it wont drip. both CH flow and return are as normal, not shut off. the end of the wax doesnt get very hot at all no. im leaving it on constant now... 5 mins later it fired up, hot water coming...

gaz, ill try your advice thanks! :), i just looked under the boiler and the water inlet has a stop valve on it with 2 screwdriver valves next to each other in the same fitting, do i just need to turn one of them to cut the water off. cheers Oli

ive just isolated the tap that was dripping turning the valve under the sink so that should eliminate that. if i wait a bit and then click the boiler to constant it fires up, give it 30/40 seconds then i hear it filling up then it makes a little high pitched noise as if it starts to push the...

Hi there, I have a potterton puma 80 combi, recently i replaced the extractor fan through your advice it worked beautifully thanks for that!, this morning i came downstairs and thought it was pretty cold!!! i checked the boiler it was set to be on CH but the radiators are cold! i turned the...

ok!!! thanks for the advice, i thought it was something bearing/fan related. shall i just leave it on idle for now, so long as i dont use it alot it shouldnt do as much damage slow speed as if it was constantly on? i wont really use the heating side of it until it gets cold. ;) thanks again...

hi all, wondered if you could give me some advice about my boiler, i have lived here for 18 months and over the summer didnt really use the boiler much except for taps, recently while the boiler is just sitting there not doing much its very noisy whirring noise, once the boiler fires up...