Recent content by Rob G

This project has taken an unexpected turn in that I've now learnt that the husband has done the repair himself despite not being into doing home repairs at all !! Good luck to him as he seemingly paid no attention to the fact that the hot water flexible pipe would have been required to being...

My neighbours were away all yesterday and are not in at the moment so I will get a photo when they get back. Thanks, Dilalio, for the comment about the flexible pipes being straight - that's going to have to be rectified. Could you let me know how to dismantle the connection between the...

Many thanks for your answer OB. 1 Yes I did wonder about photos but really they wouldn't have shown much other than the water leakage on the cupboard floor, though probably it would have answered your question 4 if that is relevent. 2 & 3 The reason I used the word 'coupler' is that is what...

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My neighbours have an even older house (17th C at least) than mine and called me in to see why a damp patch had appeared in a downstairs room from an upstairs bathroom. I am always suspicious of upstairs showers, but it turned out that the shower pump is the problem - at least it is the...

I have a bedroom that is being fully repainted - it is in a refurbished old cottage, and was painted about 40 years ago so I am assuming the paint would have been oil based. I have acrylic paint that near enough matches the existing woodwork paint. I see that I should 'rub down' the...

Thanks IanMCD - just along the road from you. I should have probably said that it was NOT the 4043H !! I suspect that many didn't know the difference. Unfortunately it is looking ominously like the head is not available for replacement, and I will have to buy the whole valve and then take the...

I have the MV in my system that controls the heating to the HW tank. A Dunsley Neutraliser blends the heat from the oil boiler and the wood stove back boiler and the MV stops the flow to the tank when it's hot enough. The valve has failed open and the HW is far too hot. The MV is a Honeywell...

Many thanks Doogle - appreciated; that's 999 'Thanks' you have now!!!:LOL: Well done.

Quite a lot of years back I replaced the syphon type mechanism with the US style flapper valve from Screwfix. I believe these are now banned in the UK due to their proneness to leaking - and yes, mine has got to that stage. I'm seeing that I can get a Fluidmaster "cable dual flush valve" from...

Thanks Terry Because I run a wood burning stove with back boiler, I have a Neutraliser to blend the two sources, so there is a pump to the oil boiler and another for the CH. The feed from the wood burner is gravity with nothing potentially blocking the flow. When you say all manufacturers fit...

Automatic air bleed valve - can I put one in a boiler housing? I should have foreseen this!! I'm 90+% through the replacement fitting of a new CH boiler - oil fired, external wall hung, 3 ft thick stone wall. So the water pipes put in 25 years ago aren't going to get changed! The problem...

Thanks for getting back Terry Oops - I should have said that it is an external wall hung. I'm now told by the guy who will commission it for me that this is an OFTEC/BSI requirement, so I have no option, but the nett result cannot ever be as tidy and out of visual impact as the neat box I...

I've had a look through the previous Tiger loop queries but can't find anything that addresses this. By coincidence one of the search finds was a guy doing the same as me - that is replacing an external Camray oil boiler with Grants equivalent, but his question was different. My problem is...

Thanks Madrab - that's enough for me to work on, together with the fact that you're likely to get the same frost levels as I.