Recent content by BookerT

Thanks for the advice - I'll get on to the plumber.

Hi, I think I have a problem! I am having a new bathroom installed and so far all of the underfloor pipe work has been done - the fitters are due back on Tuesday. This morning I decided to lift the floorboards to look at their work and noticed a huge notch in one of the joists to house the 2"...

I'm just going by what the heating engineer told me. Do you think it could be something else? The pilot does stay on long enough to light the burners.

Thanks for the info. The bottom line is I can't afford £2,000+ for a new boiler right now so I have to fix it if possible. I've got the original GW manual and the gas valve is a honeywell V8800C and I've found a couple of suppliers on the web who sell them for around £120 - do you know if...

Thanks for the reply. I've got one bathroom with shower upstairs and a toilet and electric shower downstairs. 3 sinks in other rooms. I'd say there would only be 2 or possibly 3 hot taps on at the same time. I hope the installation doesn't need changing - once the burners are burning, all...

Hi, I recently moved to a house with a 35 year old boiler (Glow-worm 105-120) which was ticking along nicely until 3 days ago. I can light the pilot light which in turn lights the burners, but the pilot doesn't stay lit so I only get one blast from the burners. A heating engineer cleaned the...