Recent content by DMC88

Looking to upgrade my controls to the wireless version. Bought this kit https://www.screwfix.com/p/tado-v3-black-edition-wireless-heating-hot-water-smart-thermostat-starter-kit/701kg To replace a Potterton EP2000, Satchwell TL35 (I think, looking at pictures, although mine has 4 wires, blue...

Update, called a local plumber as it was beyond my ability, last thing I wanted to do was try to fix it myself, cause a water problem and then end up with ceilings down and electrics fried. He came out and found the stop cock for the F&E tank had been turned off, hence it being empty. Once he...

Sounds like I have inherited multiple problems here then, that mucky, possibly broken, tank in the cupboard needs sorting so the cylinder doesn't become blocked and I am now starving the heating of its water replenishment supply. Thanks both for your kind and responsive help tonight

The cupboard tank is approx H50 X W40 X D60 cm The loft tank is probably half that size. The pipe exits the tank, there is a turn valve (assume turning that opens closes the feed) and then I snakes down the bottom of the cylinder as pictured. Is that the drain cock in the picture? Many thanks

I've attached a picture of the pump. There is a small black tank in the loft but it is bone dry, or was in the summer when I went up there for the first time. I thought it may just be redundant and the previous owner couldn't be bothered to remove it? The tank I've pictured above is in the same...

Hi John, I will attempt it again in the morning when he is awake, I did try to bleed it again tonight but it is now fully hot and there was no air in it anymore, however this was while the system was on (how I've always done it... Googling seems to reveal 2 different schools of thought on that...

Hello My son's bedroom radiator has been cold at the top since the start of the cold spell recently so tonight I decided to bleed it. I've done this before on various radiators in this and my last house, thought I knew what I was doing. Let the air out, of which there was quite a lot, it was...