Recent content by Ackoman

No - that's an adjustment that is made on the filter head, using an Allen key. I'm referring to an inline isolating valve that is in the mains pipe which feeds the filter - it's more or less in the off position.

Hi Thanks - although, unless I am being blind, I can't see any reference to the flow rate through the filter, in the sense of whether the mains feed flow rate needs to be stepped down as per my question. Page 5 talks about how to configure the filter head for different hardness. Unless I've...

Hi A year or so ago, we had our kitchen done up and had an undersink Brita Water filter (P1000) installed. The flow rate through it is pretty slow, but I've never questioned it and thought that it must be normal. However, yesterday I noticed that the valve in the pipe which feeds the cartridge...

Further to the above, I am slightly surprised that it "only" needed 35 drops - I live in Hemel Hempstead which apparently has some of the hardest water in the country, so I'm a bit surprised that the number of drops, and therefore the setting on the softener, weren't closer to the upper end...

On those occasions when I'm certain it has not automatically regenerated overnight and I've measured the hardness in the morning, the test kit claims that the hardness is 180ppm. After I've done a manual regen, it is allegedly zero ppm. The softener has been set at 35, i.e. it took 35 drops for...

The manual regeneration takes the same length of time as the 2am one - I set it going earlier and it took 60 mins.

Hi We had a Monarch Midi HE water softener installed a few weeks ago. It worked perfectly for quite a while, but of late we have noticed that our water is becoming harder again. I stayed up one night to see if the automatic regeneration, which is supposed to take place at 2am, occurred - but it...

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Hi, We have had a lot of work just done in our house, one small part of it was to get the hallway redecorated. The plumber, whom we paid over £3000 to do various things elsewhere in the house, asked for £70 to take off the radiator in the hallway so that it could be decorated. Perhaps we were...

Hi, I've got a Samsung American Style Fridge Freezer (model number RSH5SHMH), and the freezer side seems to have stopped getting cold - the fridge side seems fine. I have checked that the internal fan is working. I have also taken the internal panel out to see if there is anything wrong with...

Hello, The flush on my toilet has started to play up - it is a push button flush, and increasingly needs several presses in order to stop it from filling and having water overflow into the bowl. I was going to replace the flush mechanism but I've got no idea how I am supposed to access it. The...

Panic over - the 2nd one was craftily "hidden" upstairs in the cupboard next to the hot water cylinder. All is forgiven! :)

Hi My heating is not working but my hot water is, so I've just been on the phone to my plumber who has said it is most likely the motorised valve. He installed the system himself a couple of years ago, so he ought to remember, but he just told me that I ought to have two 2 way valves or 1 three...

Hello, Last summer, I painted our very old garden fence panels with Cuprinol Ducksback, which I had been recommended to use. The fence panels are very old and had no sign of ever having been painted previously. They looked great after painting and I was well satisfied with my efforts. BUT...

Hi I'm hanging wallpaper and have run into an issue - I used a pencil to draw a plumb line on the wall, and when I laid a sheet of paper over the line and used the wallpaper brush to brush it down, a small amount of paste came up through the seam, carrying some pencil lead with it. Now instead...