Recent content by Martyng2

My Smeg built-in dishwasher made a very loud bang about 6 months ago, and threw the fuse in the consumer unit. It was under warranty, the engineer called but could find no fault - it ran through a complete cycle no problem. Last night it did the same thing again. I checked there were no...

That's great thank you, I'll give it a try. Regards, Martyn

Thanks chrishutt. I meant to say pressure INCREASING valve, obviously! Yes, the installer did say I might need this but I think he's trying to get away with doing the minimum amount of work - and he's so expensive that I don't really want him back. If I can use a ball valve as you suggest...

I have just had a new Vaillant Ecomax Pro boiler and vented system installed in my house, 22mm primaries connected to the 10mm microbore that I put in (I just have to hide my pipes!) Whilst everything works fine, when the diverter valve is set to both HW and CH the resistance due to the...