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Please can someone help. Our dishwasher does not appear to be heating water, it runs extra long and the items are not getting clean. It fills/arms spin and goes through the motions but the water stays cold. The last time it was known to be working the power tripped out for the house and I am...

As someone looking to purchase a new boiler, probably system - are we saying Worcester are pants?! They are currently on the top of my very short list (single entry). The free 5yr warranty was an attraction. What brands would you recommend (anyone). I'm aware of the general feel that...

Thanks for the details on the recover time for the accumulator. As for the mains coming in, I'm pretty sure. We had a look under the kitchen units and its a copper 15mm pipe coming out of the concrete floor :( Can anyone tell me what advantages a unvented system offers above gravity fed...

Hi Simon - thanks for the offer. So if the street static pressure to the house reduced from 4bar to say 2bar - what would the effect be if I had an accumulator. It seems that the focus is on the boost to flow rate, but I get the impression that accumulators have a balloon inside that relies...

Thanks Chris. Its pretty depressing really. I am beginning to wonder if its worth going for unvented. Since the water board could reduce it down to 1bar with 10l/min that I guess would make the whole think terrible. I am starting to wonder if we should look to stick with a new gravity fed...

Much appreciated. The chap didn't test to see if the stoptaps were both open - but he did the test on the garden tap (directly outside kitchen window where mains comes in) and repeated the flow test in the house on our pretty mixer taps. Both seemed the same. The general stance was as long as...

Thanks everyone. I rang the water board (3valleys) and they have said the charge £280 to connect a new water main to the stop tap (that would be replaced as part of the process). They cannot however give a guide on what the flow rate would be other than 'improved'. When I mentioned a 35mm...

Hi, thanks for that. The dreaming bit was I didn't understand if unvented systems build up and store water at a higher pressure than the mains feed. Just terms like expansion vessels etc. What is the dynamic flow?, how is it calculated from the 14 l/min flow measured by the water board and...

I'd rather if possible avoid upgrading the water main into the property. I read somewhere else on the forum that a plumber was aware of someone with a similar 15mm feed and an unvented solution that appeared to be working well (interpreted that as meaning the customer was happy) for several...

Hello, We live in a 3 bed detached house - soon to be a 4 bed. The existing ten rads will probably increase to 15 rads. There are two baths and three showers. Our existing gravity fed system with a roof tank and cylinder in the airing cupboard need to go due to the airing cupboard being...