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Oilman, thanks so much for your help. It helped to pinpoint the problem. My husband took apart the boiler and found that the heat exchanger was totally and completely filled with lime scale. He cleaned with a descaler for hours and got as much out as he could and then rinsed and rinsed it...

Hi Oilman, Thanks much for the help! The flow from the hot tap is much reduced from the rate before the problems started. In fact, the rate is down to what I think must be the cold water that is put back in by the blending valve. I think this is the blending valve because it is the...

Thanks. My husband was able to manually trip the diverter valve, so we think it's ok. We think the heat exchanger is probably covered in lime scale. Is there a good way to clean it? We'd like to try to fix it tomorrow, because the water is freezing and taking a shower is torture! :shock...

We have a 3-yr-old Grant oil-fired combi boiler -- model MPCOMBI9O. For a while, we could only get hot (ok warm) water if the CH was on. Now, even with CH turned on, we can't get any hot water. The boiler doesn't turn on at all when running the hot water, but it does come on fine for heat...

My Maytag dishwasher (model: MSE560FAKW) has a built-in water softener. The dishwasher is less than a year old and has worked fine until the last time I replaced the salt in the softener. It is now leaving huge amounts of salt residue on the dishes, where the dishes have to be hand rinsed...

I don't have the manual, but I fiddled around with some buttons (with icons I don't understand) and got it started. I'll have to find the manual. The cake is baked. Sorry for the false alarm and thanks for your help.

Today is my 5-yr-old's birthday and when I went to bake his cake, I found the oven isn't working. We've been living in our house a couple of months and have used the hob regularly and the small grill/oven, but this was the first time we've tried to use the main oven. The cooker is less...