Recent content by mfripp

I finally got a chance to dig deeper, and yes indeed, the faucet was not properly tightened down to the tub, so water was getting under it and running down the hot pipe. The locknut on the bottom of the faucet wasn't even finger-tight on the hot side. I tightened it up, and that seems to have...

We are in the process of getting quotes for a new boiler in our kitchen. It will very likely be a Vaillant Ecotec Pro 24 or 28. We are also putting in new cabinets, and will eventually put one around the new boiler as well. While measuring everything in, I've noticed that if the boiler is...

Thanks very much for these comments. As it is, we are removing a rectangular section of false wall/ceiling that intersects this pipe box horizontally. So we need to replace a 40x20 cm piece of drywall on the upper part of the soil pipe box, where the old hollow wall/ceiling section used to...

Our flat is in a multi-storey building, with other flats above and below. The building has a common drain pipe that runs vertically through all the flats, in one corner of the kitchen. This pipe is grey plastic, about 10cm in diameter, and sits about 3 cm from the wall. In our flat, they have...

Thanks for the advice everyone! I think this is the advice we'll take for now. As we just bought the flat, we were hoping we could get the former owners to pay for the repair, so we thought we should do it right away and get the process moving along. But they are not so keen on that idea, so...

Hi everyone. Thanks for all your responses. No, there is no sign of condensation. The air and tank are fairly warm, usually around 25°C, since they are in a small closet with the main hot water storage tank. I'm not sure what an Elsan system is. This system has a large cold water storage...

We recently moved into a new flat and discovered that the copper expansion tank for the heating system has a slow, steady drip (one drip every few seconds). The drips seem to occur whether or not the system is running. The tank is surrounded by styrofoam insulation and a steel casing, so it is...