Recent content by DesperateStan

Thanks to corgiman and Chris R for your replies - our water company tells me they guarantee 1 bar at the stop cock; expect 1.5 bar in the main and design new for 2 bars. These pipes are 75 yrs old but if the cold can take it I guess the hot should too. I'll see how they cope with the pressure...

I am about to have a new combi & radiators fitted in a system with pretty old CH and HW pipework. Is normal practice just to replace the CH pipes? If so is it usual for the HW pipes to leak when they get pressure tested having led an easy life for years just being gravity fed. Or should a...