Recent content by jez9999

I feared as much. I knew my plumber was talking out of his arse when he said combi boiler size didnt make much of a difference apart from big houses with multiple bathrooms. :) People should stop saying that a direct mains connection via a combi is 'good for showers' - it isn't particularly...

Hello all. Here's the situation: when I moved into this house, I was beholden to what was installed. What was installed was a combi boiler (Ferroli Modena 80 E), and a crappy electric shower. The electric shower gave out a mediocre 'power' (I won't use the terms flow rate or pressure, as...

It is indeed a dual flush. What possible purpose the 'half flush' could have is beyond me. 6l the legal maximum cistern size, eh? Sounds about right for this retarded country. Could get Thames Water to fix their leaking mains but, nope, cistern size is key.

So, I just got a new bathroom installed (complete renovation) and I'm pretty happy with it except for one thing - the toilet. Design is good but WTF is this new trend towards small toilet cisterns? They suck. I'm going to have to get a new toilet installed, I think. I measured it and this...

Looks like I'm going against the flow here (no pun intended), but when I moved in I had a Ferroli Modena 80 E installed and apart from needing a new digital display thingy, it's worked fine, no problems, for several years now. They have excellent online documentation downloadable for their...

Hi, The boiler's a Ferroli Modena 80 E. I tried filling a bucket with the cold kitchen sink tap for 30 seconds - there was about 10 litres of water. It seems the mains pressure and flow isn't that bad. Probably the boiler that causes the slow hot water flow. We did today remove both a...

Hi all, Over the past couple of weeks I've been having my bathroom totally renovated. Today or tomorrow is the last day the plumber/DIY man will be here, he'll have finished by then. Mostly I'm pleased, but the flow rate of the water coming out of the bath and basin taps is, frankly...