Recent content by diamondrobbins

Thanks for this guys. Do you think that underfloor heating is incompatible with lime mortar?

Hi, I have been asked to point up the perimeter of the ground floor of a barn conversion. Originally, lime mortar was used to lay and point the stone flags that are laid throughout. I understand the pointing between the flags started to crack and fall out, so the builder used a...

Thanks for all your responses chaps. Have replaced isolation valve and all now seems ok - for now.

Thanks Prenticeboy, but the manufacturer was Pegler, who I thiught were OK. Perhaps I'm just unlucky.

Hi, Wonder if anyone can help me with a problem. Over the past 2 years or so the hot water isolation tap on my washing machine has been replaced 3 times. After a while, the tap (elbow type from screwfix) starts to let water out when it's in the closed position. Is it possible that the water...

Thanks very much namsag Diamondrobbins

Hi, I have a baxi 105he which has a weep on the DHW diverter valve where the pushrod enters the nut on the front of the valve. This is not the first time it has leaked, I changed the o-ring & nut about a year ago, cleaned up the pushrod and it has started weeping again. Does anybody...

Hi, I have just replaced the o-ring on the dwh diverter valve on my boiler.After running for approx an hour, the fast-blow 2A fuse on the PCB blew. I replaced it but again after a while running OK it blew again, I replaced the fuse again and is running OK for now, but I'm sure it'll blow...