Recent content by Mark2000

Ok, admission time - I think it IS a Fortic! I thought that a Fortic was a tank that supplied both hot and cold water to the flat ie the cold water in my tap came from a small tank in the Fortic but I now understand that the cold water in the Fortic tank is to supply the hot water heating...

Thanks for the replies guys. I definitely don't have a Fortic cylinder. The cold water in my flat comes from a communal tank on the roof and is gravity fed into the HW cylinder and is controlled by a ball valve in the HW cylinder. The HW cylinder does not have a separate tank for cold in it...

As far as I know an open vented system is one which has (as mine does) a totally open top ie at the top of the cylinder there is a lid (completely loose that just perches on top) and when you take this off there is a hole about a metre across and you can readily see inside the cylinder. A vented...

By the way the basin taps in bathroom and kitchen are mixers

Hi all, first post here, any advice greatly appreciated. I live in a flat on a high floor, cold water comes from communal tank 10+ meters above me and is very powerful. However the hot water comes from an open vented economy seven heated water cylinder and the head to the taps is about 1 metre...