Recent content by Stuart981

Is the tank outlet higher or lower than the inlet to the pump.

You won't keep them out. They can get in through the tiniest gap so small that you can hardly even see it. I've tried most methods of eradication and the only thing that works is spring loaded snap traps. Put plenty of them around baited with peanut butter and check them every day. After a while...

There are stripped down versions of Windows 11 available. I installed one on my partners 15 year old Toshiba laptop that had been running Windows 7. That was a couple of years ago and it is working just fine.

So DIYer turns off water at mains - tries to graunch off immersion with improvised tool and it doesn't move. Next uses extension bar on tool - puts boot against opposite wall of airing cupboard and heaves. Tank creases and splits at boss boss joint. Jet of water sprays out of split and keeps...

Worse thing you can do is apply torque to an immersion nut. Pretty much guaranteed to wreck the tank.

Maybe the ball valve in the header tank not shutting off completely. Any sign of water dripping out of an overflow anywhere?

I had this problem and just installed a matching wood splashback - just stuck it on with RTV.

If it quickly re-blocks then it could be that root penetration is trapping material.

Fluctuating airflow over the roof can cause the chimney draft to become unstable in some weather conditions. In my experience a properly functioning spinning chimney cowl sorts it out.

Will get it checked out. Thanks for the good advice.

Sometimes you can have a leak that is nothing more than a stain that only appears when the burner is running and evaporates as soon as it forms. Might be worth applying some coloured blotting paper to joints downstream of the pump when the boiler is running.

Thanks for the reply. I suspected that was the case so thanks for the confirmation.

Is the tank outlet below the level of the boiler?

Could be air in the oil. When the solenoid shuts off the fuel, any air entrained in the fuel between the valve and nozzle expands and a squirt of oil is ejected.

Hello I have a 1960's bungalow with steel Crittall windows which I am thinking about replacing with modern plastic double glazed units. My concern about this is that windows on the gable end walls have a soldier course of bricks over the window but no lintel. It appears that the windows are...