Recent content by M Mannas

Thanks for all your help. I think I have located the aav but with my back in a brace I am unable to do much with it. I think you are right and will contact a plumber. I guess they may also advise with move the stink pipe to an external location elevated above the house.

I am still trying to trace the location and cause of the smell. It does not seem to occur for any one item we are doing eg. sometimes smell occurs when turning on heating other time when heating is off. Sometimes when toilet is flushed other times when not. We have used dishwasher/washing...

I added pressure to the water system as a couple of months ago it was low and the pump started making lots of noise and became very hot. Since then I have had to top up the pressure to the water system a few times. I have noticed this has dropped again. I'm not quiet certain I know where or...

Another thought has just occured to me that over the past month maybe two I have had to add a little pressure to our system. Could it be there is a leak causing the pressure loss and therefore smell?

Maybe I was incorrect and on closer analysis it seems the smell is now occuring when the heating is turned on. Again it is not always occuring and does seem to go away after a while. I have tried tracing the smell but again cannot seem to find the point it is coming from. If it is the heating...

Hi sorry for the late reply. I have recently fractured my spine so whizzing around the house is not easy. As far as I can see there seems to be no AAAV. The overflow for the basin looks fine but can't check the bath. The previous owners installed a posh whirlpool type bath thing and I...

Sorry I am a complete novice but am willing to try. What is an auto air admittance value and where would I find it? Also can you confirm what you mean by the bath/basin overflows and again where would i find them? Thanks for replying and taking your time to help.

Not sure of the cause of a bad sewer type smell when our upstairs toliet is flushed. The smell does not occur each time and also does not seem to come from the toilet and the rest of the house smells. It has only happened recently and we have had bad weather (cold/snow) in the past few weeks...

What do you mean when you say "Clean the can" on the circulator? Matt

Thanks all for your help. Its still hot and have made sure the pump is well clear to let the heat escape. The pressure is dropping slightly so will keep an eye on this if it continues to do so I think I might ask a plumber to bleed the system. Matt

Thanks for your help its really appreciated. No tanks in the loft. I think its a pressurized system. I did notice that the pressure dropped very low (almost to 0) while i was checking and have since adjusted to above 1 again. Not sure why it dropped so suddenly. I have turned hot water...

Hi all, Please forgive my ignorance. I am trying to learn about my central heating system but need help. I have a very noisy Grundfos pump. I have lived at this house for about three years now but over the past few days it has suddenly become very noisy. It sounds as if the pump...

So... If I am able to get a replacement head is this something I can replace myself or are we talking about calling a plumber?

Thanks for the reply. I am very new to all this and just getting my head round how this works. Does it make sense that I am getting heating when water is on? The strange thing is that it works until HW is not longer required.

I have a Danfoss 75 controller for a Ideal Classic LXFF & FF Fanned flue gas boiler. I can get HW any time I want but when requesting Heating I can have it as long as I also request HW. The problem comes when the HW tank is full as the heating then goes off. From then on every time I switch...