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My central heating pump has been rattly for a long time now but this morning it gave out a death rattle and died. It is also red hot. It is a grundfos 15-50. I am going to replace it with a wilo yonos as our local screwfix has one in stock. My question is my grundfos has been fitted upside down...

Hi all, i have recently changed our taps in the bathroom to pretty mixer taps and have lost all my hot water pressure. It takes easily half an hour to fill the bath. I have read up and it seems these taps are designed to work with mains pressure like you get from a combi boiler but we just have...

Hi all, my central heating has developed an intermittent fault. It appears that the central heating side of the system stops working for a few hours, then will work fine for a while, just enough to get the radiators hot and then stop working again. I have checked the programmer and room...

We have just had a problem with our back upvc door and after following other threads on here i found the cam on the euro cylinder has moved out of alignment. I have sourced a new cam and the size i need to replace like for like is 40 x 50. However, this size sticks out of the door by 5cm...

Hi all, i want to install timber garden gates at the end of our drive. Total gate width will be 360cm The gates are going to be bi-fold so will be 2 x 90cm wide by 180cm high gates fastened together with strap hinges. The one side is fine as they will be fastened to a concrete...

Hi all, When i pull the isolator switch on the ceiling the red power light comes on. However, when i then turn the shower on, nothing happens and the red power light on the isolator goes off. When i turn the shower switch to off the red power light then comes back on. Anybody got any...

We have decided that we are going to get rid of our dual fuel oven and go all electric. There is a gas isolating valve on the supply to the oven and the oven is connected by a bayonet fitting. Is it acceptable to isolate the gas by using the valve and then put a compression stop end on the...

Hello, i want to take our gas fire out as it is never used and i can create more space in our living room by binning it. I am assuming i am not allowed to do it as i am not a gas man but what is needed to be done and how much (ish) would i be looking at to get it done? I can remove the fire...

Hello all, our boiler has decided not to work. It is an Ideal Classic and it was installed in 1992/93. When you switch on the heating or hot water the boiler clicks but dosn't fire up and the pump starts running I have been up in our airing cupboard and i don't know if the problem...

Hello all i need advice on the heating controls for our central heating. The boiler and current heating controls were installed in 1992/93 ish (before we moved in). The boiler is an Ideal Classic (thats all it says on the front) and it's controlled by an ACL Lifestyle Model LP772 up in the...

I have added some of this to my CH system and it says on the bottle for well sludged up systems you can leave it in for three weeks. Does anyone know what the conseqences of leaving it in for longer would be if any? I now have to change the mid position valve so will have to drain the...

Hello all, my first post on here. I have a problem with the central heating/ hot water. It dosn't matter if i have hot water or central heating selected, both come on together. After doing lots of searching on this forum i reckon i have it narrowed down to the mid-position valve, which...