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Thanks all for your support. I followed @just pumps advice and all good.

Dear all, after seeing the appearance of a dreaded water mark on the living room ceiling I traced the fault to a leak where the fill valve unit goes through the cistern to join the inflow pipe (apologies if I’ve got the names wrong). I emptied the cistern and installed a new fill valve unit...

Grateful if anyone can advise how to tighten a loose window handle as it's not obvious at first glance? Cheers, Kevin.

Vaillant service agent came out today and; changed the fill loop valves, changed the PCB which failed just before he arrived and replaced an internal flexible pipe which had a worrisome bulge! All back up and running. Many thx to all for your support and feedback. Regards, Kevin.

As per advice unscrewed the grey plastic knobs and checked tightness with a small spanner, sadly all well so I suspect it may well be internals. I'll back brief when I know more. Regards, Kevin.

How bloomin annoying, after releasing the pressure before going to bed I popped down to check it roughly 6 hours later and you guessed it pressure has climed once again from 1.2bar up to 2.5bar. Something has clearly failed :(. A call on Monday then and a frequent use of the radiator key until...

Thanks for your speedy and informative replies. I checked the fill loop valves, two in number and both firmly in the closed position, well one was ever so slightly open I noticed bur both now facing me with the word closed on each clearly visible. Previous boiler was a storage tank unit, how I...

Dear all I have the following problem and would welcome your support. I have a combo boiler as described in the title. This morning I noticed that it was wet below the boiler and I then noticed dripping water from the underside of the boiler. I opened the access panel and saw that the pressure...

Gentlemen, many thanks to both of you for guidance. Rest assured failure to remove said paint will lead to shortness of breath ;). Kind regards.

Never paint when the missus has annoyed you! I painted the surrounding woodwork of the patio doors & unfortunately I've given the very edges of the brickwork a loupe White scarf in a few areas. I won't comment on the wifes assessment :(. Anyway I tried using a rag with White spirit - no real...

Replacement service valve fitted earlier today, all seemed to go well just leaving it a few days to check for leaks. Noticed that the old valve, pictured in the first post, where the screwdriver head is pointing is actually a threaded joint and it was that that was leaking. The replacement unit...

Thanks everyone for your guidance, I purchased a replacement service valve today and will fit it on Friday. regards, Kevin.

Ha! Not my choice, the wife covers such matters. Reference the tape, I can remove that easily enough and I've put in a new fibre washer. It just doesn't seem to be leaking from that point. If you look at the section below the nut which joins the ball valve it 'looks' like a sold piece of pipe...

Gents, I have noticed what I've called an isolation valve which feeds the WC refil unit leaks. I thought it was something simple like a replacement seal however on putting a new unit it I've noticed the problem seems to be a bit more annoying! If you look at the attached image, in particular...

The screwdriver tip is pointing at the point where the water seeps out.

Pics of what I call an isolation valve which is leaking at the point the screwdriver is pointing at.