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Would a thermostatic shower do that as well rather than just a mixer?

I meant the temperature of the water coming out of the tap with the thermometer - it's a food probe but should work! Regarding the temp of the actual taps and mixers I have just realised I have a infra red camera that I can attach to my phone. That should show if any of the mixers are hotter...

I have an instant read thermometer so will try and measure the temp between tonight and tomorrow morning with the cold mains on and then the following night with the cold mains off to see what the difference is. There is no water meter so I can't check that although it is mains pressure cold I...

The tank is still losing heat overnight with the secondary circulation system isolated so the lack of insulation shouldn't have an affect?

It's been a while since I responded on this thread but life has been busy this last year! The cylinder is in the loft so higher than all the outlets. The return pipe is 15mm and it's flow is towards the cylinder and the pump flows this way too. I have now had double check valves fitted on...

There is a NRV installed between the cylinder and the bronze pump already but that doesn't seem to help with the heat loss. If it is being lost through convection would a motorised valve (designed for drinking water) opening and closing the secondary return when motion is detected maybe be the...

Not fully insulated but maybe 70% of it is. It runs over 3 floors (tank on the second/top floor). So with that in mind would convection be enough to empty a 300l tank in circa 6 hours? That might explain it then.

No isolation valves on the taps I'm afraid and if I was to go down that road it might be easier to just install check valves on the hot side rather than isolation valves?

Hi All, I have an issue which my plumber has been struggling to get to the bottom of so thought I'd post here for some ideas! I have a 300l UVC which loses all its heat overnight. It's been like this since day one. The house is a self build. Initially we thought it was because there wasn't a...

The thing is - i have boiler care so any part required will be at the expense of British Gas. I'd rather this ones keeps chugging along rather than having to fork out of my own pocket for a replacement boiler. After all thats why i have been paying the BG premium all these years. How will i...

Not knowing much about these things i didn't think a repair would be possible for that part.

Hi guys, I have a Potterton which has recently stopped working. I called out British Gas who are responsible for maintaining it and they have said that I need a new heat exchanger. Trouble is they don't make it any more. The part number they gave me is 03/10/18262. A call to Potterton...

Hi, I'm in the process of building a new house and although I know my way (roughly) around how it's going to be built etc etc, trying to sort out the insulation has left me with a sore head. I was asked to get Kingspan 60mm K12 framing boards but then I stumbled upon Celotex 60mm GA3000 boards...

Hi, I'm in the process of building my dream house and have decided to have underfloor heating installed. However, I have been receiving conflicting information as to whether UFH is actually viable. The house is going to be timber joist construction. The systems I am looking at will install the...