Recent content by Phaete

I've just tried to turn off the cold water supply to the hot water cylinder but it is stiff! After a bit of research I can attempt to loosen the packing nut after applying some grease to it. This should hopefully dislodge some of the minerals that have built up around the base. However it's been...

Thanks for the quick reply Whitespirit66. The problem with those two methods is that we live in a flat with three other flats above ours. We have a feed-and-expansion tank in the airing cupboard but I think the cold water storage cistern is in one of the flats above. Basically - I don't want...

Problem: No hot water in kitchen sink but hot water works in bathroom sink and bathtub. All cold water taps work. I initially thought the problem was an airlock but after taking off the hot water tap handle, I found a lot of hardened "gunk" around the headgear nut. I cleaned it with some wire...