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Earlier this week, our boiler - in a sealed system - started losing pressure rapidly (ie 1.4 bar to 0 bar in an hour). We have had intermittent pressure issues in the past but whilst I had to repressurise after a boiler service in November, prior to that pressure hadn’t dropped since May...

Just to confirm newboy that the water hammer affects both and hot and cold. St0rmer66 thanks for your message. Would a mini expansion vessel or shock arrestor make any difference if a loose pipe clipping was causing the water hammer? Thanks.

Thanks newboy for such a quick and helpful response. Yes I am sure the pipe work is plastic. With regards the taps, all three of our taps (bath, kitchen and bathroom sink) cause the issue, though more so with the bathroom basin. The bathroom basin is 1/4 turn, the others are I think called...

I live in a new build one bedroom flat, built October 2011, and recently we have started noticing a sequence of banging noises after turning off the taps in our flat. I called Pimlico Plumbers and whilst the plumber was very helpful, the upshot of an expensive call-out was a new water...