Recent content by Joleigh

Thanks again for all the advice, really appreciated!

Yes definitely, the first thing I did when I moved in was get the cheapest economy 7 tariff I could as I knew coming from a gas supplied home, electric heating was going to be a lot more expensive.

Thank you so much for the responses, I have learnt a lot. I now understand what I am dealing with and what I need to do to fix the issue and it seems if I get an unvented it will solve the shower problem also (the pressure can't be any worse than what I get now). Time to get quotes! I am...

I can't see anything that looks like a lower immersion heater, but the insulation could be in the way? I did just have a feel of the tank underneath and it did it feel warm at the bottom if that means anything. I do own the house, moved in about 6 months ago, and there is no gas supply to the...

That's interesting thank you, I will check the lower immersion heater if I can. Incidentally, I don't even use the cold tap while filling a bath, as the hot water will run out and turn cold about half way through filling if not sooner (if I've done washing up).

Thanks for the quick reply. The cylinder is insulated so I can't see any labels but with the insulation it's approximately 90cm high x 40cm across if that helps. I'm not sure about the pipework, from the pipework I can see in the airing cupboard, it's not insulated but the cylinder is. The...

Hi, I am a total layman when it comes to this subject so please bear with me. I have a hot water tank that works off an immersion heater (Economy 7). The problem is if I use a relatively small amount of hot water in the morning (e.g. to do the washing up) I won't have enough hot water to fill...