Recent content by blackberrie

Tufnell Park North London - anyone know a great plumbing firm in that area - let me know

Nope not topping it up at all You all seem to feel that it's the heater coil I'm so surprised the plumber did not diagnose this on the second visit and just recommended a power flush. he did not even mention heater coil as possibility

ok - turned the screw on the isolation valve. Still dripped Turned off the main supply (was I supposed to do that???) no dripping Cannot access the ball valve myself to adjust too awkwardly positioned. Have I done this right - if so what does this mean? By the way the model is an Elson...

Ok - thanks for all of your responses Feeling my way through this I have the user instructions with the same diagram The way the Elson is positioned in the airing cupboard means I cannot get to the top of it at all. Cannot see the top... I'm not even sure how the plumber even managed to...

Ok - I have to admit I am a complete novice to all this - so not familar with a lot of the terms being used. How do I isolate water to header tank? Coil leak? How much does this cost? I've lost faith in my plumber so how do I ensure I have someone competent diagnosing the prob. There's so...

My overflow pipe has been leaking for a week now. I have had the plumber in twice and it's still leaking. On the first visit the plumber changed the ballcock valve. Afterwards the pipe was still leaking and I had no hot water. So I called him back. He did something to fix the hot water I don't...