Recent content by Paul not a plumber

Okay thanks for that i shall try that next, may be a day or two though until i have time. Will update the thread in any event. Cheers

Okay got up in the loft last night and both the larger water tanks up there (not sure why there are 2 large ones? The central heating header tank is located slightly different area and is obviously much smaller) were absolutely crystal clear, any exit pipe was about 5 inches off the bottom and...

I hope it was a good one, you still got it !!

I will update as soon as i can get back and get in the loft. I will start at the top as that seems a sensible approach and check the feeder tank to see if any crap in the bottom of it near where it exits to feed the cylinder. Thanks all

Unfortunately it appears i may be back to square one. The pump started spluttering last night and the cycle of stop starting kicked in. So would this suggest that its a cold water feed issue given the back flush using the basin mixer tap sort of temporarily worked? The gate valve is def fully...

A little update. I tried using the cold water pressure to back flush it like mentioned above by Muggles. This appears to have stopped the coughing and spluttering (thanks Muggles) and the pump is kicking in and for NOW its continuing to run but... Im not convinced the hot water is coming out...

Oh and thank you to everyone who is responding you dont know how exasperated i have become with this! Typical in that i am in Newcastle Upon Tyne area and i see you all appear to be based down south !!

I am watching the thread just not possible to to check anything as at work just now. Will try to back flush the cold feed tonight and see if that helps. I suppose checking the dip tube is a bit of a pain im guessing? Would that involve removing the flange etc to see into the top of the cylinder?

I will give that a go and see what happens.

Cold feed blocked, how do i check if this is flowing as well as possible? When i flushed the new pump to rid it of air plenty water came through the pump and out the pumps exit hole when i opened the gate valve or would that not prove anything? Yes i appear to have a gate valve on the cold...

Hi as you can see many of my local plumbers have tried and failed and my missus is getting fed up I know this is a slight on the profession but i also know there are some really good plumbers out there i just dont know any local to me (yet) We have a shower fed from a thermostatic tap and is in...