Recent content by clairetab

Can anyone help? A visitor accidentally pushed my window handle into the locked position whilst it was open - and I've mislaid the key. Any bright ideas? Sadly, the window is a different one to all the others in the house, so no chance of finding a second key...

Hurrah - it works! Thanks for your help :)

OK, I found something similar, but turning it doesn't seem to do anything! Should I be being more patient, or am I barking up the wrong tree? The thing I found was underneath the boiler, 2 pipes attached with a thing like in the picture, each with a tap on. Undoing either tap doesn't seem to...

Have been reading entries where people have bled radiators and lost pressure in their central heating system - I think I've done this, and need help! Can anyone tell me where I might find this much-referred to 'filling valve' or 'filling loop'? My boiler is made by Ariston, no idea what model...