Recent content by JimmyS81

Thank you for the replies - you've pretty much echoed my thoughts. I have had a second quote which is less than the first, but still seems high. I think it is exactly as suggested - they've bumped up the price to take advantage. Someone from the second company as good as admitted this has been...

Hi everyone I have just had a quote for cavity wall insulation, which I'm hoping to get done using the government green deal scheme which is about to close - basically the quote seems way higher than I was expecting. House is a two storey semi, quote is for 'energy store super beads' at...

It's also very lucky the motor didn't burn out/catch fire while it was trying to spin

It wasn't in the pump itself, it had somehow fallen into the gap between the motor housing and the impeller casing, although I didn't see it til I took the casing off. I probably would have had to anyway to free it. Oddly, there are built in strainers on the outlets of the pump. Wouldn't it...

Maybe this thread will help someone else one day. There was an olive jammed between one impeller casing and the spindle. It fell out when I took the casings off to see inside. Works perfectly now

Do these shed any light on the issue? The pipe runs look quite torturous which can't be helping

No I didn't. I have mentioned which pump it is, it is a Stuart Turner Showermate twin standard 1.8 bar. The shower mixer is a generic thermostatic mixer bar, no branding, like this:

Assuming limescale/debris blockage is the issue, without the strainers, where is is this likely to accumulate, and would it be accessible to clean out with the pump disconnected? Regarding isolators, both hot and cold outlets have the usual flat head valves on the pipes, perhaps these are not...

Thanks for your replies. Meldrewsmate: It is a Showermate pump, the inlet hoses are 15mm, but Stuart Turner's website reccommends/insists on 22mm for the runs before these. There are no inlet strainers, perhaps there is a build up of debris in the inlet hoses which could be cleared out...

Hello Just moved house which has a traditional gravity fed hot water system, with an old back boiler. This all works fine and has been regularly serviced (except an issue with one of the motorised valves which is unrelated to this post). The hot and cold water from the taps is fine, but the...