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I am moving house in a few weeks to a property that has one of these boilers, which I think was installed circa 1982. I am quite surprised that there is no information available about them on the internet, presumably because they are rare and old. The vendor says it's working fine and is...

Thanks for all the advice - it's definitely the strainer needing a good clean. Couldn't pull the cartridge out but all the prodding and twisting has helped - just put it all back together and the flow is greatly improved. I will give RWC a call on Monday to see how the cartridge can be...

Many thanks for the link. My valve is slightly different - it's a RWC 312 series with 3 bar stamped on the top (looks non-adjustable). Very frustrating - I can unscrew the cartridge but can't actually pull it away from the main body, even using brute force. Is there a retaining clip or something?

Okay, I can unscrew the head of the pressure reducing valve so it rotates freely but I can't for the life of me pull it off. Am I missing a trick? Many thanks.

Thanks. Tundish is bone dry (and I regenerated air gap a few weeks ago). Why would a blocked strainer into the Megaflo cause flow problems to all the cold water taps in the house?

The stopcock is metal. Flow is equally poor from all cold taps but much better from the hot taps (which is odd because I always thought the hot output from a Megaflo was at the same rate as the incoming cold feed?) Just downstream from the stopcock is a pressure reducing valve closely...

Can't be sure but the incoming pipework that I can see emerging from the ground is 32mm blue plastic pipework which then connects to a 22mm stopcock. I live on a modern development about 9 years old.

Cold water flow rate has deteriorated in my house to about 6 litres per minute. Water company have checked at the meter and they are providing a respectable 25 litres per minute at 4 bar. What's the first thing I should check in my house? I was thinking of replacing the stopcock in case it...

I'm buying a timber-framed farmhouse that is a hotch-potch of extensions, with the work dating from 1550 up to the 1980's. It's not a listed building. I've just had a building survey done and have been recommended to have the roof, chimneys, flashing and gutters professionally inspected...

The great advantage of a programmable roomstat is that you can set a Maximum temperature, thus preventing the wife from Cranking It Up to sauna levels in your absence :wink:

Perfect! Thanks

My wife has been hassling me to do this for ages. The honed limestone tiles in our bathroom have quite a lot of grout (cement?) residue on them that can't be removed with the household cleaners we have. I understand the tiles were chemically sealed when laid. Is there a specialist chemical...

Avoid ever getting into a car; they can do this: PS. It's "Megaflo".

I had this; turned out to be a faulty 2-port zone valve (or, rather, a faulty microswitch in the zone valve). I gave the lever a few wiggles and it sorted itself out.

I spent an incredibly boring couple of hours going over the grout lines with a thin bead of clear Dow Corning sealant. The price one pays for being a perfectionist :roll: .