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This just to alert people of the cheap plastic clips used in some sofas. Our sofa is about 5 years old and it was a fairly good make. But they used plastic clips to hold the zig zag clips and after a few years the plastic has deteriorated and the clips just snap off. I have ordered metal clips...

We have water coming through the garage wall which is single brick. This is at least 40 years old. The water is running down the wall and then coming in through various mortar joints, the worst is the course with the damp course in it. There are no obvious holes in the mortar but it seems to...

Looks like someone has put the sealant on to stop the leak. The flexible pipe has a section that goes inside the outside pipe and that is where it should seal. The inside section has rubber fins on it which seal against the inside of the outer pipe.

It is possible to have a system boiler. You could call this a hybrid system. The system boiler is pressurised so the radiators are pressurised and the heating coil in the HW tank is pressurised. The CH small tank in the loft is no longer needed. But the HW side is not pressurised so still runs...

Here is a photo of the Kingfisher 2. Suggestions for replacement welcome. Currently a 2 pump system which would be converted to single pump with two valves S plan system. Flow pipe in the middle with F/E pipes, return on the right. Two pipes on the left - one is the gas pipe. The other pipe on...

Hi Drec, did you proceed with replacing the Potterton Kingfisher 2 ? How did it go. We have a Kingfisher 2RS 80 - that is a balanced flue out of the wall. It was installed new in 1997. I am also thinking of having our replaced. The flue and condensate drain are no problem. My consideration is...

Can you move the top knob to the middle and not bother with the rain shower as a temp measure ?

Turn off some of the other radiators to increase pressure to the faulty one - this may clear the problem then you can restore things back to normal.

Is it in fact a power shower i.e. a shower pump ? This type need a bit of water flow to start the pump so you opening a tap causes a shock wave in the pipe causing the pump to start. You need to check why there is not enough flow to trip the switch to start the pump. Isolating valve not fully...

If there is a problem i.e. combi boiler shower output is effected by a cold tap being opened elsewhere then it may be worth it.

Surely , it depends on the size of cable already installed for the EV charger ? If there is spare capacity then you can T off it for a garage CU. Or put a larger CU on the end of the existing cable with positions for the EV charger, power sockets and lighting circuits.

Please give details of your hot and cold system. Are they both from a tank or do you have a combi boiler or some other system ? A traditional boiler would have a hot water cylinder etc

You need to look for the sticker on the valve itself to get the original manufacturer's part number.

One solution is to use a timer fan with live supply (as normal) but use a separate "momentary" pull switch to trigger it (Instead of the light switch). The momentary pull switch only provides a live when being pulled but switches off when released. This triggers the timer fan which then runs...