Recent content by BarryStephens79

Any recommendation on what to buy? I still have the old pipework in place on bypass so hopefully a simple replacement

Thanks for this video. Will have a look at the kinetico

what softener did you go for? I’m annoyed with my monarch that broke after 2 years. Also I can’t find the receipt to speak to the manufacturer

Hi All I recently bypassed and removed my monarch water softener due to a fault releasing silicon like beads into my pipework. Since removing I’ve noticed the water pressure in the whole house has increased drastically inc the mains tap. I live in a hard water area so was wondering is there...

Nope hot water and cold now perfect since I cleared. I actually had to clear again today so left the filters off for now with the softener on bypass

Yeah deffo resin annoying so small it sticks to my hand even when trying to wash off. Nasty stuff

It’s a gledhill

Wow superstar. Many thanks for this. See pic of the cold water group valve going into the cylinder Also Any recommendation for new water softener?

Many thanks. So just keep clearing the filters on taps etc. anything I need to do on the unvented cylinder or would that just pass through?

Hello all I’ve recently started seeing a slowdown of flow in the water and started troubleshooting and discovered these yellowish resin beads stuck and blocking at the filters for taps, showers and washing machine. I’ve read this is due to my water softener which is a monarch midi. I have...

Ok here are some pictures. I also left the house 2 hours ago and checked the water meter. Returned just now and the meter number of needle has no movement. So at least there is no leak. Pictures as below 1) mains tap in kitchen showing good water flow 2) pipework around boiler with outlets to...

Hello all I was wondering if I could get some assistance. In the last few months my upstairs pressure is non existent across both hot water and cold water. when someone uses toilet the sink literally drips and even doesn’t make it into the basin. I have a unvented cylinder and when installed...

good shout on tiles.. looks quite easy to install as well. So long it’s still hard enough for my son to do football training in there as well.

Hello all wondering if I can get some advice. I painted my garage floor with Johnstone’s flortred but the paint seems really poor quality and scuffs/chips easily. I’m in 2 minds to go over this with something stronger like an epoxy or another regular garage floor paint. we won’t be parking...

Forgot to mention I also notice the grunfos alpha 2 pump body get really hot when it’s about to cut. Not sure if that’s a sign of anything