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Ok folks, need some advice here. My father-in-law has a cold water storage tank in the attic which feeds the cold bathroom taps - the kitchen cold is direct from the mains. There is no traditional boiler - combi or otherwise - as hot water comes from a timed immersion heater in the ground floor...

What's the best way to determine if my shower's cold water is coming direct from the mains? We have a gravity-fed system with a cold water storage tank in the attic, but I'm not 100% sure it supplys the shower.

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to get a shower mixer for a gravity fed system that can cope with high cold water pressure and low hot water pressure? I think my cold inlet for the shower comes direct from the mains.

I'm refurbing my bathroom and would like to install a digital shower, but I'm not sure if my plumbing is suitable as it currently stands. It's a gravity fed, vented system with the expected high cold water pressure and low hot water pressure. I watched a professional plumber install a Mira...

Hello all. I have a gravity fed system and my cold water storage tank started overfilling yesterday. I replaced the ballcock valve just in case it was a simple fix, but no joy. When I looked at the water outlet I could see the ripple of warm water being pushed back up into the tank, which leads...

Hi all. I was hoping to lay a patio before December but, with the hardcore down and the pavers bought, my back has had enough. As a rough guide can anyone tell me how much I should expect to pay if I get someone in to lay a 16² metre area? Cheers - N

My mum has a Worcester Bosch gravity fed boiler with an Altech ALTHC001 control panel. For some reason the 1 hour override buttons for heating and water don't fire up the boiler. They light up when pressed, but nothing happens. The manual doesn't really shed any light on this. Can anyone help?

Can anyone tell me if Ideal gas boilers are any good? It'd be nice to buy British, but if they're poor quality I'll give them a miss. Cheers P

I'll wager this question has been asked many a time before - my Myson Orion regular boiler is well over 15-years-old and about as efficient as the space shuttle. Consequently it needs replacing. I live in a small three bed terraced house - can anyone give me a ball-park figure for the purchase...

Evening all. I'm close to buying a 12ft x 8ft shed from one of the many online suppliers, but I'm unsure just how much better a T&G shed is going to be over an overlap. There's quite a big price difference (£650 for the T&G, £450 for the equivalent overlap), I'm just concerned that an overlap...

I recently removed the shower controls below to try and find out why hot water has stopped coming through. After taking it apart the only thing that I could assess might be the problem is a small pin which slides in and out some sort of narrow cartridge when the shower handle is turned. Can...

Is anyone out there familiar with this type of shower control? It's stopped allowing hot water to pass through it so I decided to take it apart and look for damage/wear and tear, but can't get into the thing. Any help much appreciated. Neil

Morning all. My shower has stopped allowing any hot water to pass through the controls, even when I crank the handle (see pic) all the way round to what should be piping hot. I decided to dismantle the controls after turning off/draining the required water supplies, to see if there is some...

The radiator in my bedroom has stopped heating up. It was fine last winter, but when I removed the thermostatic control section the other day it became clear the pin was fully pushed in and stuck. Does this valve require a replacement or can it be salvaged? My first instinct is to reach for my...

I've just had a drainage chap out to check a blocked/faulty drain at the front of my house. Following a 30 minute check which included shoving a camera down the drain before telling me repairs were needed, I was presented with a £97 bill. Is this rate the norm for 40 minutes work? I figured a...

I need to attach a bottle gully at the front of my house to carry washing machine water into the foul drain waste pipe which runs across my property just a couple of feet away. Can anybody suggest the best method for connecting the gully to this existing pipe? I should also mention that the foul...

My current central heating system is controlled via a Drayton Lifestyle LP112 control unit, which has the hot water and heating linked. I've just been given a Danfoss FP715 control panel which would give me heating and hot water control independent of each other, but I'm uncertain as to whether...