Recent content by preston2005

i posted afew questions during the week regarding problems i had with my c/h and emmersion heater - all sorted thanks to the help of some very helpfull people on diynot . i have found other problems with my heating and plumbing - due to the previous owner of my house such as : very poor...

just to add , the boiler is working fine , and the heating itself is ok , just not the hot water ....... cheers

hi , i need some advice on my hot water .......or lack of it !! ok , i have been in the house less than a year , and have only ever used the emmersion heater for my hot water but it has now broke - ive tryed fitting a new thermostat but no joy , so i tryed to fit a new heater but i cannot...

hi , thanks for the advice , its a bit beyond me , so ill have to get a proffesional in to help BUT ............................. in the mean time , i will have to get my emmersion heter to work for the time being ..........so any help and advice would be great ..... ok , firstly when i...

hi regarding the steam from the chimmney, ( the main 1 ) the other steamfrom the roof is from a small outlet type chimmney . so its not just leaking out . although no other houses in my area seem to have this ??? im just worried because the previous owner of this house was a d.i.y bodger - ive...

all pipes are hot untill they reach the emmersion heater. the lowest pipe going into the emmersion heater is hot untill it reaches the gate valve even tho it is fully open .

yep ive opened them , but no difference . could they be broken inside ?

there is a small box with a swich - auto / manual - this is set on manual, and has a turnable screw at the end of the pipe , which is hot , there is another pipe coming of of it which goes to the pump , and the emmersion tank . these all feel hot except when it reaches a gate valve near the...

ok cheers , boiler is a baxi bermuda 552 . ( back boiler ) when i slide the switch accross to cont hot water it just does exactly the same as when i turn the heating on - just heats the rads. the pump feels hot _ not sure if its normal or not ? the pipes are hot above the pump and below it ...

hi , i have always used my emmersion heater for my hot water but it has packed up - possibly the heater or thermostat .... ? so , i tried to get hot water via my boiler - all working fine , rads nice and hot etc .... i slide the switch to constant hot water but all i got washot rads ? could it...

hi , i need help with a heating problem , ill try to describe as much as poss but im totally useles when it comes to plumbing!! ok , i have always used my emmersion heater for my hot water , but it has now packed up - i would guess its the heater - or the therostat ( i cant get a 18 " one...