Recent content by Melter

Yep that's exactly it and got it working again. Unscrewed the grey nut, found the washer and flipped it out of the mount, gave the whole thing a good clean and bingo! The water does just start to go over the overfill pipe before shutting off so there's a few seconds of trickle into the basin...

Not a lot of space to work in and I just know this would be a sod to replace so would obviously prefer a simpler solution. Disagree about lasting five minutes, more like five years here! Might have just got lucky with this one though :).

Yes water continues to run into pan. Lifted up the left hand float as suggested and of course it functioned as normal! Flushed out again and let it run on its own and the problem occurred again. Did another release and again held the float up but this time the water continued to flow in. The...

Just been looking for more info and this system looks like it has a diaphragm washer (if that's what you mean by dealing washer?) which seems to cause this problem. Can I access this easily to check or do I have to extract everything?

Hi, just developed a problem with our toilet continuing to let in water after the flush has done its action. I've got as far as working out that the flush system is a Wirquin Jollyfill telescopic bottom entry inlet valve (pic below). Also had a look at the installation instructions on...

Thanks for that. Think I've got enough info now to put together a letter back to the plumbers stating our position. Probably on a hiding to nothing but got to try. Cheers.

Ok couple more questions. Can the thermostat be changed without removing the element? i.e. Does the image I posted show the thermostat and element or thermostat on a rod that slides into the element? How much does a new element cost (not installed)?

Hard to say. The first time it happened the element was replaced. The second time the plumber noted the wire had melted and just stripped it back and it was working again. This last time the plumber saw that the wire and the thermostat had burnt out and just ordered a new element. He said to get...

We had a new bathroom installed about 15 months ago and with that came a new Gledhill Stainless Lite tank. In that time we've had to call the plumbers and electrician out 3 times because the main element keeps burning out. The plumber initially thought it was a wiring problem because the end...

Okay chipped away a small section to see what's going on back there. Render's quite thick so going to take some time shifting if I carry on. More pics taken to show progress so far. Looks like there's a course of brick above the half bricks then about a 1 1/4" fill and then the granite...

Here you go. Found a pic from a couple of years ago when we had the electrics done. Would you reinstate a fireplace like this? You can't see from this that the hearth was 3 flagstones in the same colour as the brick. Hideous.

I think I'm going to do some hacking tomorrow and see what's further up. It's got to be rendered anyway and I might regret not having a look if I don't do it now. The house appears to have had a fair bit of work done in the 70s and it's infuriating that they've ripped out nearly everything...

Ripped out the hideous 70s brick work around our fireplace at the weekend to reveal this eyesore. We live in a house in Cornwall that has 2ft thick granite walls so what are the chances of me finding a stone lintel above this fireplace if I keep chipping away at the render? Failing that I...

Yep plumber knows we have no gas and the house was totally rewired 2 years ago. Got his quote through today. He's asking for £2500 for bathroom refit and new 150l cylinder. Or £2000 for the bathroom and £3500 if we go for the combi instead along with 6 rads around the house installed with...

Needing a bit of advice on heating and refit of bathroom. We've decided to bite the bullet and get some big jobs out of the way in one go. The bathroom is in desperate need of updating and we need to look at heating solutions in the house too. We have a downstairs bathroom with hot water...