Recent content by ekcopyephilips

Hi Richard Thanks for the prompt reply. I knew that in the last house i had i used tile backer board, so am glad i didnt end up buying the pink waterproof plasterboard. Ill get the WBP ply but can you just clarify for me, that i seal the edges and surface that the tile will be adhered to...

Hi All Im currently stripping out my bathroom, its a modern house and has chipboard floors (about10-15mm thick) and dot and dab plaster walls. Where i have removed a leaky shower there is no plaster behined so i need to put up new plasterboard. Is the splashproof pink stuff ok to use or do...

Hi All Ive finally managed to fix this and now its all working correctly. I applied a bit of logic and reasoned that the output from the pumpmust be occluded otherwise the pump should run. I disconnected everything and blew as hard as i could down the flexi tube on the outlet side. I...

Yup used new mesh filters, and flow to the pump from the hot water tank is good too.

I used to original ones. I was wondering if i have an air lock on the hot water pump outpus side and there isnt enough pressure to clear it. Should i connect cold mains to this side and blast it out ? To my knowledge there are not any one way valves fitted anywhere

Hi All Im totally perplexed by this problem and was wondering if anyone can help me solve it. I have a thermostatic mixer shower with a power pump fed from a hot water cylinder, with the header tank in the loft about 1.5 meters above. All was working fine with this untill a few weeks ago...

Ok ill try the magnet trick. Im unfarmilliar with conventional systems, but was fine with combi setups. Ill report back tomorrow

Hi all I have a conventional central heating system with header tanks in the loft, Baxi gas boiler and storage tank in airing cupboard along with the pump and divertor valve. All rads have TRVs and there is a room stat in the hall. I noticed last night when i went in the loft to get the...

When you get flung across the room is time to worry. Seriously though, call a local TV repair company out if your worried about your safety. The power supply in a tv set (switched mode) works at line rate i.e 15,625KHz, that gives the tingling feeling, There are safety isolating components...

very strange, indeed. I too have a Philips bedside radio alarm clock and the same thing happens !!

Hi what exactly were your hands on when you got a tingling ? You will feel a sensation if your touching any of the screens (aerial screen, scart screen, phono screens) and another metal object as the tv secondry side power supply is effectivly floating. If you put a meter on and measure...

Hi all Not really a horror story, but thought it would give you a chuckle. The taps in my bathroom were a cheap standard type with rubber washers that dripped and had started to look a bit tired. At the weekend i saw a bathroom pack basin and bath taps in chrome with ceramic insets for a...

Just remember it only takes 25mA across your heart to stop it ! Thats a medical fact

Hi all Right for the children amongst us, fabric conditioners used to contain tallow oil - rendered down beef or mutton suet !! There probably is now a chemical alternative used. However i was advised on here by someone else to not use the popular brands because of said animal fat content...

Hi Tony I did wash out the F &R ports on the heat exchanger and a fair amount of rubbish came out, nothing huge, just the size of tea leaves, i guess this is enough to block it totally in time. The whole system was drained down and has fernox added in 2007, so im hoping this will stop any...