Recent content by jasyk34

Thanks. Will give that a try. Not sure why it would have stuck closed. It had never been touched and it's at max ( fully opened)

Hi In my parents house the hot water cylinder water was heated wherever the heat was on in the house but has stopped working. The heat still works but no hot water in cylinder. They are able to use the immersion heater to heat the water. Anyone suggest what the problem might be. Had a plumber...

Yeah, I've no idea. I have the manual and it says to cover rust with a high quality touch up paint but no further details. I have contacted the manufacturer who are based in Illinois to see if they can suggest what type of paint. TBH it's gone beyond the scope of a bit of touch up paint :LOL:

Thanks will have a look now for the red oxide primer.

I have a 10" x 12" metal apex shed and the roof is starting to rust after 7 years. Was wondering what would be the best paint to apply to the roof ? Would the hammerite direct to rust paint be suitable for this ? Thanks

Went for the Amazon one as the eBay seller didn't deliver to NI and then postal strikes as well. The one from Amazon was a perfect fit and done the job. Thanks again.

No, the length is not critical. Thanks for that, looks like it should work.

Here are a few pictures of the part I was looking.

Was wondering if anyone knows of where I could buy connectors for the hozelock 7819 ultra metal garden pump. I have searched the hozelock spares website and its been discontinued so no parts available there. Also tried the usual Google searches and eBay and Amazon but can't find anything. The...

I knew that I had missed some detail from my post :lol: There are 2 thermostats in the house. 1 Towerstat RS on the upstairs landing and 1 Hortsmann HRT2 thermostat in the downstairs hallway. The heating is controlled via a Horstmann channelplus H37XL panel. The heating is an unvented...

I am having a problem where the central heating will not come on sometimes. It is set to come up automatically at 5:30am for both upstairs and downstairs, but for the last few weeks it has not been coming on downstairs. The opposite was happening in the springtime of this year where downstairs...