Recent content by cb1980

I did mention that the broken knob was still partly there earlier, I will have to try and dig the remains out as it prevents the rad key attaching. What is the effect of the left tap being permanently open? I don't remember there being a key on that one and so I can't imagine I've ever touched...

Thanks, that's the answer I was hoping for.

Not sure how that helps me right now. Perhaps something to consider in future. I've tried that and it didn't move with as much force as I felt comfortable with, seeing as the boiler is still operational. Is there any way to loosen it up?

Here's the broken lever: This is the underside of the boiler, looks like part is stuck in one tap, I can't get the rad key in that one.

Actually, it seems that a radiator bleed key will fit around the square fitting, but I still can't (easily) move it.

We have the above boiler, which was serviced in July, all fine. I noticed the pressure was a bit low today, so I tried to turn the lever as usual and it broke off in my hand. Looking underneath there is also a screwdriver notch, but I can't budge that (with minimal force anyway, I don't want to...

Ah, the washer was just so perished that it was holding the rest of the valve in. Different pliers got a better grip and it's out now. :)

Nice quick job I thought, to fix the dripping tap in the kitchen... Initial stubbornness overcome with WD40 and a bit of force, the tap valve unscrewed and was wobbly, but would not pull out. Some more twisting and pulling and still wouldn't come. I then decided to screw it back in, but this...

Thanks, that's perfect. :)

Yes, the outlet pipe obviously couldn't cope with the flow, plus there's a bad seal around it, which was a minor contributor. Regardless, valves do leak at times and I'd rather any overflow went into the bowl, as asked...?

Hi, Simple question (hopefully) before I call someone out... A while back our toilet cistern overflowed and we had water all over the floor. Obviously once we heard the water we were able to stop it and have made sure that the water has stopped each time we've flushed it since before leaving...

A couple of weeks ago we used a pressure washer, plugged into one of the sockets in our conservatory. After a while, it stopped working, but we assumed a thermal cutout on the pressure washer. We left it to cool down and then moved it to another socket the other side of the house to use it for...

Yeah, unfortunately I had a very busy summer and now suddenly it's autumn! I did have it descaled back in 2009. Thanks again. :)

Thanks. Yes of course not going to do anything like that myself, just wondered if there were any suggestions to try in case it was something silly.

My Biasi 24s wasn't on when I came home but could hear the fan running. Tried turning it off and on and it just made a buzzing noise but no ignition. Same in "summer" mode when turning the hot tap on. I noticed the pressure was on zero so tried letting more water into the system and tried...