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I also thought it was white silicone sealant - thanks. Is that safe / appropriate to use in this location? I honestly reckon the chimney may have ben attached to the wall itself using this sealant alone! But I need to check. I'm a bit scared to try and remove it in case the whole thing...

Hello all, forgive the following stupid question but I am a novice at kitchen appliances. I inherited a New World cooker extraction hood and noticed that there is a lot of nasty metal vibration noise if it is turned up to the highest setting. Closer inspection revealed that one possible...

Thanks all for the information and in locating the correct part. I am having a gas safety check done later this year, so at this point I'll probably ask the engineer about replacing the gauge. I think this job is just a little bit beyond my comfort zone, given how many precautions need to be...

Thanks Tony for your response - from what I've read this is normally the case if the gauge reads 1 bar - mine reads 0. Do you think this is still a possible cause. If so, could you try to explain how to get to this end of the capillary (and what I need to switch off / isolate before doing...

Indeed. It's either a 30CDi or 32CDi (I think, just based on previous research). Anyway if I could find the part number for the pressure gauge, and/or find out whether the capillary for the gauge is the plastic or brass type, then I'm basically home Other than figuring out how to change the...

If only I could get through on their insanely long telephonic answering system queues!

Hello all, I inherited the above-mentioned boiler and have concluded the pressure gauge is completely stuffed - plastic cover missing, reading consistently zero (not 1 bar). I'm interested in replacing this - is this something a non-boiler tech can do? I believe it's just connected via a...

Haha... :D Good idea Anyway, not to worry, it turns out I was being absolutely stupid and just needed to apply a bit more brute force to solve the problem. Pipes are actually the same size! I will now retreat to my corner

Help. Oh dear I wish I had never tackled this job. Got all the pipes removed, clipped in and put back together now. Then thought oh well, I may as well use 2x speedfit elbows to take the gravity load off of that (see grey pipe in photos) hot supply for the shower. I now have everything in...

Thanks both for the suggestions. Yep sadly the floor is concrete. From what you've said I'm gathering the idea is to use pushfit rather than compression to build the 'double elbow' structure down to the floor - seems reasonable, as long as the connections hold over time! I had thought about...

Thanks for the reply. I assume I need a compression elbow (rather than plastic) and I also need the corresponding 2x plastic compression rings for each section of pipe? Also, clip it to the floor - really? Space is a bit cramped in there to drill - any suggestions? Finally, you may or may...

Hello all, as those of you that have read my previous posts will know, I'm spending much more time under my bath than I would care to remember recently. Anyway, I'm suffering from vibrating pipes under my bath when switching off a tap (full pressure) or when the toilet stops filling (so, a...

Gave up on the straight coupler, flexihose too short. Found another annoying problem, which is contributing to the pipes moving, so going to post a new topic to see if I can get some help with it. This thread can die now

I've updated my post above with some more images, showing the setup. Thanks to the helpful previous post, I determined that my main supply tap was not fully open and that does seem to have reduced the problem fairly significantly, although not completely eliminated it. I'm going to try and...

Stop tap....what's that? The main tap that lets water into the property you mean? PS - going to post a photo of the setup under the bath tomorrow morning!