Recent content by katie279

Good idea - I've set the motorised valve to manual this morning and will see if this does anything (assume this is the same thing?!)

Hi, thanks for your reply - it's certainly been noticeable over the last couple of days, might have been longer. I'd guess it's been a gradual decline over last few weeks. You could be right on the lazy pump, is there any way to test this?

Hi all, Ok, I'm a dimbo on these things, but I want to avoid the usual lazy forum question 'my boiler's broke how do I fix', so I've tried to detail as much as I can below. My plumber's down with flu at the moment, so it might be next week before he can look and I'd kick myself if it was...

Hi sparkwright, thanks for your reply - yes 1 and 2 just came out as it is, wasn't connected before, will need to ensure it's covered - there was no other light (though guess there may have been at some point with previous owners). I will wire up the remainders as you describe and see what...

Hi Folks, Am fitting a new kitchen light, but am a bit confused by the wires that have come out of the old fluorescent tube style light (am replacing with a nice pendant one) Can anyone look at these two photos and join the dots? I've labelled them both, so would appreciate a quick 'A goes...

Ah found it behind a fake skirting board in a cupboard, was like the da vinci code following all these pipes and valves - knew I'd either end up at the stop cock or in a secret lair inside the Vatican.... ;o) Thanks for all your kind help! Now just need to figure how the heck I'm gonna get...

thanks for the wizardy fast reply! Ok, I definitely haven't got one of those, have looked everywhere! I've got two pipes coming into the house out the concrete with H & C written on the wall, they look like they've got valves of some sort which I can turn 90 degrees with a flat head...

Ok, am doing my nut here. Trying to locate the mains water supply so I can fit a new tap in the kitchen, but can't find it anywhere (under the sink the tap just has two pipes that descend and disappear into the wall) I've got a combi boiler, which has six pipes that go in, one of them has...