Recent content by jbw1

Hi there. Looking for some help as we have no hot water or heating and unable to get an engineer out until later tomorrow. If the heating or hot water is turned on! The boiler tries to fire up but then the red reset light/button comes on and the boiler shuts down. If I hold down the reset...

Thanks. I'm not sure of the make as there are no markings. It was already installed when I moved here. If I can replace the front part that would be good. Cheers.

Hi there, I have a bar type thermostatic shower valve - the type with on/off flow to the left and themostatic control on right. The hose started to leak from the end near the bar and when I tried to replace, the actual male pipe thread coming out of the valve sheared off which is quite odd...

Hi, I've just had a Potterton Puma 80 boiler replaced with a Worc Bosch 24i (literally today). When I shopped around for a few quotes, some gas fitters mentioned that I would need to get the 15mm pipework replaced with 22m. Apparently, the gas pipe from the outside meter is 22mm as it goes...

Thanks guys. Fibre washer and a bit of sealing tape did the trick.

Thanks guys. Bought a double insulated light, fitted and all works fine.

Hi, I've just fitted a new cistern on a close coupled toilet as the old one was cracked across the front of the tank. All has gone well until I turned the water supply on. There is a leak from the nut on the cold water supply as it attaches to the bottom of the plastic thread on the fill...

I want to fit a wall light to the top of the stairwell in my flat. There was previously some kind of light fitting there which looks like a bedside lamp stuck to a wall! Have removed the previous fitting and there are just the 2 core wires coming out of the wall into a terminator block. I...

Thanks for the replies. No dead leg left in system. I think it's just trapped air which seems to be improving gradually. Cheers Jim

Hi, I've just had a mixer valve shower fitted and this works from my Puma Potterton 80 combi boiler system. When I turn the cold water on and off, I get a clicking sound from boiler as though it is firing up but it's only for a split second. Is this a dead leg caused by an air gap in the...

PCB looks absolutely fine. Not sure what I'm really doing with electrics to test the pump etc. Have arranged for British Gas to come out in the morning - probably far safer! Thanks for your help Jim

Thanks for that advice. Will give it a go. Cheers

I have a Potterton Puma 80 boiler. Every time the boiler switches on from timer or fires up, the RCD trips out. For a few weeks intermittently, only the hot water will work and CH not firing up. If I switch on the hot water, sometimes the boiler will stay fired up for the CH to come on. My...

Thanks for the help guys. Managed to get this sorted now. Boiler drained and a few leaks patched. Pressure now on 1.5 Working again.

Hi. Please could you advise. Moved into house 6 months ago. House is around 10 years old - Puma Potterton 80 boiler is around that age. Pilot light is there - but not firing up on demand from heating or hot water. Low pressure red LED light is on. Have turned on top up tap to fill up -...