Recent content by leshill1

Hi All. I had a leak from the outlet joint on my Mira88 shower valve and the leak was behind the wall tile. Using a multitool I managed to remove the tile without breaking it and I've now repaired the leaking joint. We've check for leaks and all is now perfectly sealed. Next step is to replace...

Hello, I’ve got a leaking shower valve and the leak is behind tiling that fixes onto plasterboard onto brick outer wall. In order to get to the leak and replace the faulty valve, I’m thinking of cutting out the tiles around the valve so these can be re-used using a multi tool. My concern is...

Hello, I have a Mira 88 installed which is about 25 yrs old. I have a leak from the shower head outlet at the compression fitting behind the tiling that bends 90 degrees to the shower head hose. It’s not the seal that sits at the end of the plastic fitting, it’s from the elbow connector that...

Yep but keep in mind that the toilet base will be secure to the floor along with the wall so I don’t want the floor to be moving due to not being secure to all edges. if it means spending £80 to make sure it’s not going to shift then I think that’s £80 well spent to be honest. I’m not one for...

So here is what I’m thinking of doing. First of all, because the floor was tiled it means I have 6mm gap between current wall tiles and the floor since the tiles have now been removed and are not going back down. I fill in the gap with new chipboard 18mm to match current chipboard. Next I apply...

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Hello, I have a floating floor in my downstairs toilet area which due to a small water leak that remained undetected has damaged a section of the floor to the point i now have a hole that is about 2ft x 3 ft wide. Underneath the flooring is polystyrene blocks so there is no joists in which to...

Hi Andy that makes sense so now I need to look at how easy it is to fit the flange in place of the current connection. Not sure I have enough room in front of the h/w cylinder to fit the pump, as such I’m looking to raise the entire h/w cylinder two feet on a wooden platform and then put the...

Hi Andy, yep know about the separate h/w value so as to stop air circulation. my main concern was the expansion pipe in that what do I do with that. If I do nothing and the pump is plumbed into the entire house then the water is going to escape through the expansion and into the header tank...

Hello, I have a gravity fed water system that feeds two shower heads from a tank in my loft. Hot water feed for the showers is fed from regular indirect hot water cylinder that is heated using a regular gas boiler. The water pressure is not great on the showers both cold and hot feeds. The cold...

Thanks Ian, it looks to be working fine for now then. Call for Heat only and it moves to H position, call for water only and it moves to W, call for both moves to mid-position which now makes sense. What i didn't expect was that it remains at last position when all calls for heat are removed...

Yes sorry, 3-port value is correct.

ok, so here's the thing. If neither the water or the heating was making a call for heat i would have thought that the 2 port value would not come into play here. Today I inspected the 2-port value and when i make the call for heat it moves over to the Heat position but when i stop the call for...

I have a Vailiant 430 and today for the first time I turned the heating on due to it being cold. I found that after a while the heating was remaining on despite the Nest having been switched off. I went to the boiler and found the radiator symbol flashing which I understand means its active. I...