Recent content by Dannyj1984

Possibly. I can't find any online diagram which shows the part to identify what it is... But the amount of water coming out would match with it being condensation. Thanks

This morning came down to a drip under our valiant ecotec pro boiler. Looked at the pipes and no signed of a leak. The leak appears to be coming from a gap at the side of the front cover. I removed the cover and there is a pool of water at the bottom. I've soaked this up and noticed that...

Thanks notch. Fortunately my dad's a bricklayer albeit retired. But has 50+ years experience. He's the one who mentioned the cavity tray but he does like to go ott on every job. It's going to be tricky to get to which is why if it needs doing it makes sense the take the current roof off and...

We have a side extension with a utility room in and the roof has started leaking a little. We are looking to repair the roof but before doing this, the inside is currently boarded out with some wood. We want to plasterboard this to make it look better. But wondered if there should be some kind...

Hi. We have an old garage with some kind of corrugated aluminium roof. It is starting to leak so we are going to replace it. It currently has 3x2 rafters spaced about 600mm apart and then some 7x2 timber laid horizontally from wall to wall fastened to the rafters. I am not sure why such small...

Thanks Chris. I also find it expensive as I have checked with Vaillant and you can buy the EV direct from them for £150inc VAT so that means being Charged £150 for approx an hours work (an hour is what the engineer said it would take) I have no idea how long it would take for an internal one...

Could you confirm that if there is water coming out of the valve on the EV then that means it has failed and needs replacing? Also could you advise if I need to do anything else to add the external EV as stated in my original post. Many thanks

Well I presume a heating engineer would buy in bulk and the website I am looking at the EV from states it is £5 cheaper if you buy 5 or more.... you can bulk buy inhibitor fluid which halves the price etc etc.. Anyway, you make some good points, I am totally in the hands of the guy who serviced...

It looks as though the gas engineer is charging £100 labour for an hours work? probably more as they will get the parts cheaper than I can.

Yes I suppose that could happen, but can I not just check when it arrives? to check what pressure it is showing?

Hi, I have checked and the new EV I am looking at is pre charged to 1 bar. Thanks

We have a 10 year old vaillant boiler and at its annual service this week we were told that the expansion vessel had failed. A new one costs £300 Inc fitting. As the boiler is 10 year old I had a look at an external one we can fit ourselves. It looks like I can get one with all the necessary...