Recent content by phargreaves

No, it's not fine. 2 minutes waiting for hot water is a lot of cold litres down the drain. My question is about fitting an electric instantaneous heater to the hot supply. Why not?

Tony, No, the hot and cold supplies reduce down to 15mm for a long leg. And, by the way, I am not unsympathetic when jobs take longer than estimated and I don't care where anybody is sitting when they are not at my place. But I become less then happy if three months is taken to do a job...

I was hoping to save energy; if several attempts are made to draw hot water, the supply from the megaflow eventually gets through, so there is no need to re-heat the water. If the thermostat in the electric heater picks up the fact that the water is already hot, presumably the electric heater...

Last year I spent many thousands on a new condensing boiler and new pipework to old radiators (the old space heating system was a 1 pipe system). At the same time the new pressurised (megaflow) cylinder was connected to the bathrooms and kitchen and 2 bathrooms were completely re-fitted...

Thanks to all who responded. I found the vent I was looking for and in case it is of use to anybody else, the supplier is:- http://www.rwsimon.co.uk/index.htm No luck with the spirits of salt, but I might just try the uric acid idea as suggested. Best wishes, Paul

Does anybody know where I might obtain one of those plastic ventilators that gas companies used to fit in windows whenever a gas appliance was installed? The reason I ask is that one such ventilator broke into pieces when I removed it for cleaning and I need to replace it with a new one if...