Recent content by James Gretton

Hi all, an update for you. I dismantled the mixer as best I could, but when I got down to the last bits (K & L in the instructions), it all got a bit scary. I think K probably is supposed to unscrew, however I was too scared about cracking the tiles around the water pipes, so I didn't give it...

Indeed - lets see what happens if / when I get inside. Any advice or getting it open with breaking the ceramic cap bit?

Thanks Storms, I think I'd need to take the side off the bath to get to the valve, which would involve ruining the sealant so I'm avoiding it for the moment! The cartridge that you think might need cleaning or replacing - is that the "thermostatic cartridge" - part 22 on the instructions? Many...

Hello all, I've got one of these: Homebase Westminster Concentric Mixer Instructions here It's about 6 months old, and this morning it decided not to turn off. My wife says it was very stiff to turn on this morning, and now when you rotate the handle to the off position, it slips round with a...

I can confirm that the plate heat exchanger was the problem - it was absolutely full of debris - Tony (Agile) came round and cleaned it out and the hot water is now working perfectly! Thanks Tony, as well as everyone else for all your help. PS. I will be much more careful when draining the...

Thanks Tony, that makes sense. I spoke to the plumber that I usually use this morning, but although he's gas registered and all that, he didn't seem very confident in diagnosing the problem based on what I told him. I'll say "blocked plate HE / pump impeller" and see if they're something he'd...

I have added anti-corrosion stuff into the system, but I can absolutely understand that the changes will cause corrosion. Simon, can you just confirm - is an airlock not the cause because it's run with the water temp on low without overheating, or because it's almost certainly grit in the...

Hi Simon, thanks for your help! What am I looking for when running with the gas off? In case it's equivalent: I have run quite a bit with the water temp turned down to minimum, which so far hasn't caused the display temperature to go over 70C (which I'm assuming is fine). It's also worth saying...

Thanks Tony, do you have any thoughts about what the glugging water sound could have been that seemed to sort it previously? It has definitely had this problem each time I've topped it up (have been sprucing up house and so radiators have been coming off one at a time over the last year), it's...

Hi all, I've found lots of good advice here regarding Vailliant boilers so signed up to see if anyone could offer me any advice on my current problem. I've got a Vaillant Turbomax combi boiler (not sure of exact model). I recently drained down the whole system to fix a leaking joint in the...