Recent content by Gareth6848

Sorry to bring back this thread, I was hoping it to tell you everything is working but we're still getting cold baths in the mornings. I've switched the timer off the central heating and put the hot water on from 4:30 to 6:00. The gate valve is 2 full turns open. However when the bath is run at...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them out and get back if I have any success.

I've tried undoing it fully petit_pablo and the bathroom water runs pretty much luke warm/cold. I don't think its sheared completely as fiddling with it definitely has some effect - normally varying degrees of tepidness. Which coincidentally is how I'd describe the wife's mood when she runs the...

Thanks 45years. It probably is a gate valve as it comes out of a pipe from the bottom of the tank. I've tried lots of adjustments around the 2-3 turns mark but there still is a problem and lots of other turns, from fully closed to fully open. It it possible it's a coincidence the problem started...

I'm tiling a wall and needed to move a sink out the way to access. Thanks.

Hello, I’m hoping someone can help me put right a big booboo I’ve made with my hot-water system. Whilst trying to isolate the hot-water I turned a red stop-cock next to the tank labelled “Balancing Valve – do not adjust”. Or rather the label wasn’t attached but I later found it knocking around...