Recent content by David_m

Thanks for the replies. Am I correct in thinking that with 2.8 bar coming in to the house there should not be any low pressure problems with the hot water system?

Hi all. I’ve just fitted a pressure gauge to my 3 bar pressure reducing valve. It is reading 2.8 bar. We are getting really poor pressure to our showers. It is an unvented system. I recently found a video showing how to put the bubble back in the tank which I did. The hot water now stops totally...

thanks for this...have now replaced the valve head (it was a honeywell 4043 so easy to replace the head. All working again and family happy! Only issue was that whoever installed the system installed the valves and pump in a narrow gap down the side of the cylinder making it near impossible to...

Hi there For past week my boiler has not been firing up for hot water. Strange thing is that if I switch off the boiler and power down at the wall, switch back on then it works straight away. Boiler is firing up fine for central heating. I am suspecting either the motorised valve or the tank...

Hi there. I’m building a small timber kit extension to my house. House walls are roughcast. Is it better to remove the roughcast back to concrete block for attaching the timber runner for the timber stud wall? Thanks