Oh for heavens's sake! If I could find a tradesman who knew how to diagnose a fault, rather than blindly changing components until the fault disappears, I wouldn't even consider doing these things myself. I didn't resort to personal insults!
This looks like a fairly simple job, as it's not gas-side, I think I'm OK to do this, but wondered if there were any gotchas/warnings.
Thanks in advance,
John
"Is this a wind up?"
No.
Maybe I should rephrase.
If I want to fit TRVs on existing radiators that already have tails, and the flange size/thread on the TRV matches the rad tail, is it still advisable to change the tails?
Is there a reason why TRVs all seem to come with radiator tails?
It seems it would be much quicker to replace an existing valve using the existing tail. Same goes for the olive and nut on the pipework, although I can see how a pre-used olive might cause problems. Is it because the flange type...
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Yep, already tried them. Out of stock.
Baxi are now saying that they've found one in a Plumb Center nearby, and will pick it up and fit on Friday. Quite why they couldn't have done of that last Wednesday, I don't know.
Boiler packed up last Monday, had the Baxi engineer out last Wednesday, a seal had apparently gone, causing some damage. Now they tell me that they won't have one of the parts in stock until the 16th January. Meantime we are shivering, with no heating or hot water. They say they'll happily come...
Thanks. I rang Thames Water. At first they tried to shift the responsibility to the local council, but then they agreed to come and have a look. I had a better look this afternoon. It's a real bodge job. One side of the pressed steel hatch is sitting on half of the old cast iron cover.
Not really sure if this is the right forum - maybe should be in plumbing?
Anyway, at our tennis club there is a pressed steel inspection cover over the water meter. It straddles the boundary, as far as I can tell, the gate from the pavement to our property sits approximately half way across it...
"It may be just a little leak to you but you are very lucky that the water has not spoilt the motor unit ( yet ). "
You and your big mouth :D
Water had indeed got into the motor, and shorted out one of the limit switches. I took it apart, dried it out and gently cleaned the contacts, but...