Recent content by FrankyTheFrog

I was hoping someone can tell me how to change the thermostat so we can programme 6 events per day? It is currently set up for 4 but says in the manual that the installer set this option - 2, 4 & 6 events are available according to the instructions but it doesn't say how to change what the...

Thanks for that! Will give it a go as soon as I get chance & report back :-)

The balancing act. Start by switching off the system and letting the water cool down. The lockshield valve is normally hidden under a push on cover at one end of the radiator and has an adjustment requiring a long narrow spanner. An adjustable spanner closed very small is probably the best...

New central heating plumbing has been installed to correct the botched job done by WarmFront in Feb 2011. We had an additional radiator installed so now have 9 radiators running off our Worcester Greenstar 24i Junior Combi Mark III. One radiator refuses to work (the living room) - we believe...

Addition: we have checked the exterior drain both at the top of the drive & bottom (we live on a hill) & it is running fine - no blockages.

Well, our newly installed bathroom is proving pretty troublesome :-( The toilet now stinks! It is a Phoenix Cube toilet which goes right back to the wall hiding the waste pipes. It was fitted with a non-flexible plastic waste pipe with black rubber seal, into the old external clay pipe. The...

Garden is an utter nightmare - on various levels! No idea if the current pipe is lead but would assume so - the property was built in the 1950's & as far as we know from old neighbours no pipe work has been done. How would we go about locating the stop valve inside? :-)

Thanks for the advice Tony :-) We have had the stopcock inside the property replaced to no avail. The external stopcock is quite far underground - the plumber needed a long pole thing to turn it off/on when doing the heating & bathroom upgrades. Our drive is shared, steep & at least 7...

There's no comeback on the installers Tony as it was through the WarmFront government grant - we happened to be eligible at the time & thought we should take it up but now wish we flippin' hadn't cos are having to pay out loads to rectify botched jobs both on the heating side & water plumbing...

Thanks Rami - I'll look into the Flow Restrictor! The boiler was only fitted February of this year tho so should there really be any cleaning necessary? :-)

Thanks for that Tony - have done so & here's the results: 1ltr jug Cold Kitchen Tap: 6.5s Hot Kitchen Tap: 9.5s Cold Bath Tap: 5.5s Hot Bath Tap: 9.5s (also did cold & hot bathroom sink taps which were exactly the same as the bath) We have concluded that our hot water pressure in...

Will give it a go when the boiler is back on later today - thanks :-)

Are we talking measure the hot then the cold flow rates or just the hot?

To get the water literally about 5-6 inches deep for the baby to sit in would take about 14 minutes including adding a bit of cold to make it cooler - to get it a little warmer for an adult to sit in it with the water covering your legs but still not deep a lot longer. Its honestly atrocious -...

I haven't often filled it to 2 as I quickly learned it shouldn't be higher than 1-1.5 but just put it in as an example. It was when I was first learning how to bleed radiators & yes I did the classic newbie thing of bleeding til the water stopped spitting thinking it was releasing all the...