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Our upvc lounge windows have terrible draughts. The draught comes through the two opening sections of the windows. If you cast an eye down the length of the opening section you can see it quite visibly bow as if it is being wedged into a too small aperture. Is it simply poorly adjusted during...

The previous owners of our house thought it would make perfect sense to spec a conservatory with no lighting. As it is also the dining room it can make evening meals 'interesting'. My random question is, if I pay attention to where they are presently tightened too, can I temporarily undo the...

Morning peeps As per the title, I have a Grant Multipass Oil Boiler which has been sweet as a nut until Sunday morning when the heating didn't come on. The HW works perfectly. The observant amongst you may have seen another recent thread where I was in the process of fitting a Netatmo app...

Hi folks, it's a while since I've needed assistance on here and I'm hoping you can steer me right as you've never done me wrong in the past. I have a Grants Multipass Oil boiler with onboard digital timer and no room stat. I have invested in the Netatmo wireless room stat, timer intelligent...

Hi All, My bath has a mixer tap on it, is one of those that also has a shower head. The cold is fed from a loft tank almost directly above, the hot is fed from an immersion tank on the same level. The pressure of the hot water has always been relatively good, though would drop to almost...

Hi Guys, Our new house has a De Dietrich electric oven (quite old), the only identification i can find is on the warranty card that states it is a 2848, though net searches don't show anything for this model number. The problem is that after working perfectly fine with no obvious signs of...

Hi Guys, After placing a thread on here and reading others i am interested in the idea of a Venturi shower. I have visited several sites on the matter which all appear to be a rehash of each other. I believe i now understand the basic concept. So, what are the pitfalls? What are the...

Hi Guys, I am moving house and at present the shower is fed from the hot water tank. The CH/HW are powered by a conventional gas boiler (not a combi). The shower is very low on pressure and I am wanting to fit a new more powerful shower. What are my options? I have heard that power...

Hi Guys, Over the last 2 days the plumbing in my bathroom has developed 2 problems which i am assuming are connected. When turning the cold tap on for the bath, there was a large clunking noise then a massive drop in pressure. The tap has to almost fully open to get any flow at all and at...

I have a Hotpoint Aquarius WD62 that has been absolutely brilliant until last week when the local water board did some maintenance on the water supply which put airlocks into our system (not sure this is related may just be coincidence). Since around that time, when used the washer does not...

Hi Guys, Merry Christmas to you all. Some of you will remember all the difficulties i was having with my system before Christmas, basically pump was knacked so no heat, replaced pump, everything fine for a week then nothing. I got a plumbe in who diagnosed an airlock, he spent some time...

Hello again, Some of you will aleady be up to speed on the trials i have been having with my boiler/pump. As mentioned in a previous thread i have replaced my knackered cp61 pump in my potterton puma 80 combi with a cp63. I balanced the system and everything was hunky dory, for the first...

Hello again, the CP63 i have just installed is making quite a bit of noise. The instructions say this can be normal but the pump may need to be bled if it does not appear to be venting itself. the instructions state to loosen the manual start and push the screw against the side of the hole...

As per title i am about to swap a CP61 pump for a CP63 pump. As per my other thread, it has been recommended to me that i just remove the internals of the CP61 without disturbing the housing. Q1. Stupid Q i know but i assume i have to drain the system before doing this? Q2. The CP61 has...

Hi Guys, I have asked a few questions lately which a few of you have kindly helped with, thank you. I have a Potterton Puma 80 Combi Boiler with a Myson Pump feeding 8 rads (4 up, 4 down). The heating has been off since last winter and after being put back in to use is barely working. I...

I am a damaged pipe on my CH system, this has occured as i installed new rads last winter that were doubles rather than singles, hence the supply pipe to the rad has to be further from the wall. There wasn't really enough play in the pipe to do this but i managed, the strain was obviously too...

Hi Guys, I have a Potterton Puma 80 Combi which is presently switched off as i am doing some work on my rads. I have a damaged pipe (seperate thread) so at the minute this pipe is open to the air (i.e. not fastened to a rad or capped off). This may be a stupid question but i want to be...

Hi, on my Potterton Puma 80 what pressure should the expansion vessel be at? What effect does increasing/decreasing that pressure have on the CH. I have a couple of Lockshields that leak when fully/almost closed, to balance the system i need them almost closed. Can they be serviced whilst in...

Hi Guys, I have been posting and researching on here for some time now trying to get to the bottom of my central heating dilemna. I have also had paid professionals in to no avail. I have the above mentioned combi running 8 rads (4 up & 4 down). HW system is excellent but CH is pitiful...

My Potterton Puma Combi has recently started tripping out. If you don't use any hot water for a few hours the boiler trips out and the red light comes on and the tap just runs cold, as soon as you reset you can get hot water from the tap. It is fine once in use, i.e. will fill a bath with hot...