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Thanks for response. I was looking for advice on the instantaneous heaters that can be used for the two points from the existing immersion tank location really. Space in the kitchen (even in the cupboards) and bathroom is extremely tight and I don't want to have to install additional...

Hi My family are fortunate enough to own a small holiday home in norfolk. It has no central heating and budgets are tight but the immersion water tank is ready to be binned (we've had a few leaks where people haven't drained the tank and left it for a wee while..). We'd rather not have a...

Hi Simon. I can only find one valve and that was replaced a few months ago. Would there be another somewhere?

Hi. We have an issue that when the system controller is off, the boiler is still firing up and heating the hot water. Boiler is a Grant vortex Eco external 26-35. Controller is a danfoss with wireless thermostat. Grunfoss pump. All is about two years old. We had the plumber out recently and he...

Yep, purely decorative. Thanks

Thanks woody, thats confirmed my suspicions.

Have had an outhouse in the garden rebuilt. Roof was designed to be essentially a flat roof with 10 degree single pitch with reclaimed hand made pantiles as a covering to make it look prettier with a. Seems the builder didn't quite get it and installed it as follows: 20mm marine ply, tyvek...

Thought that might be the case. Will, as suggested, install from the header tank with the twin impellor pump and drop the PRV. I'm thinking of the salamander CT50, anyone got any feedback on this pump? It has a continuous rating so should be OK and i've not seen anything bad written about...

I am going to be putting a mixer shower into my bathroom with a shower pump. The pump will be installed prior to the mixer valve. The cold feed will be from the mains supply with a pressure reducing valve fitted to equalise the wpressure difference between the cold and hot supplies. The...

Hi Thanks for that, in the end found Sadolin Wood Worktop Oil which (so far- touch wood!!) has worked out fine. Needs oiling regularly but frequency is now slowing down. I have a table made of beech and have treated it like this for the last ten years and has only needed oiling once a year...

I'm a bit anxious about my new worktop finish. Some say danish oil- which I don't like as it seems to go quite shiny. I would like to finish it with butcher block oil (is this just a clear mineral oil?) but most of the websites and suppliers recommend the former. Any advice, as evre...

Its a traditional roof. Theres only one internal wall that runs longest length of the house. Not sure what size the joists are but they're not big- 60's council house. Am now considering situating the new tank in place of the old one and installing a shower pump as it'll probably cost the...

I was kindly given a brand new shower by a friend. However on inspection I will need to upgrade the loft tank to a larger size (50gallon) to avoid problems with cold water supply. Currently I have an old asbestos tank (25gallon) which I will leave in the loft until I can get it out safely and...

I have an old water main - still active -that the previous owner has joyfully hooked up a standard garden hose to and then buried it below concrete going up to the end of the garden and the greenhouse. Fine except the hose has developed a leak and its not possible to cut the offending part of...

I have noticed that my fireplace firebrick cheek has a crack in it. The brickwork behind this has slowly rotted to dust. Should I replace the cheek and if so what would I need to do? If not then what should I fill behind the cheek with, by looking at it I think i'm going to be removeing the...