Recent content by Isabelle

Thanks, will try and check that. Will also get BG in for another quote for a new boiler, cylinder and other bits. Last one was over £4k - hence I never got it done. Not looking forward to that. Many thanks for your help.

Yes it does

Oh, now that's getting a bit too technical for me. What would the valve look like? I'm even more confused now I know about the immersion heater - shower worked fine with the immersion on (other than being too hot) and still okay now but the water in the cylinder is still very hot. Since last...

Stuart Turner Showermate 1.4? You're being really helpful - really appreciate it.

Hmm, yes. Better not use it then. Immersion off - I have hot water everywhere but the shower. I still don't get it.

Just checked the water again and it has never been - and shouldn't be - that hot! The pipe leading to the cylinder is also VERY hot. I've turned the switch off again as per your advice, but can't find a thermostat on the cylinder. The immersion switch should have been on in the first place...

Thanks Hugh. I turned that switch back to 'on', and yes, I now have hot water through the shower, also unusually SCALDING hot water coming out of the kitchen tap. I have an old gas boiler, Glow Worm Space Saver38. It is temperamental anyway, seems to heat all day when I turn the dial to twice...

Hi lightning. Please can you expand? If I turned it off in error then how come I still had hot water everywhere else in the house, but not through the shower? Sorry I know nothing about heating systems :] Thanks.

Hi This may seem like a silly question but I have two switches on the wall in my airing cupboard - one is the power shower switch, what is the other one (it has a cable that goes into the top of the water tank)? I haven't had any hot water through the shower for a few days (though the...