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I did the same thing when I was working for a joinery. We were laying a new floor, screwing plywood down over the original boards. When the plumber arrived he had a few tips. If it's a small leak, wedge a match stick or a similar small wooden pointed object in the hole and the wood apparently...

I'm not sure what it was... but now it is working fine :D The hot water comes on without the CH pipe getting hot, havent tried the CH yet. Hopefully it will work too. It still makes some weird noises, but at least I can have a shower! Cheers for you advice, I think next time I will...

I got down to taking the valve out but could not disconnect the CH flow pipe from it as my adjustable wrench was a fraction too small :oops: I put it all back together, put the pressure back upto 1 bar (the automatic air vent was loose to allow air to escape). I turned the boiler on and...

Right... I located the drain point in the boiler! So to drain the boiler I'd have to close the heating out and return and the water inlet. Then drain the water out of the boiler?? Then when I fill it again... turn the gas supply off at the bottom of the boiler (to stop HW getting hot)...

I've taken a look inside the boiler. I tested the microswitch which I overlooked, but worked fine. I have no problem with taking the parts out to have a closer look, I just cant figure out how to drain the water out of the boiler. I've read that manually opening the pressure relief valve...

Ok, so you are saying that is probably the diverter valve? Is it hard to take out a diverter valve?

Hi there! If you have a modern consumer unit (the box with all the fuses in) you can turn off the individual electrical circuits e.g. the lighting circuits. If not then turn the main power switch off on the consumer unit (usually a large red switch). In most lighting circuits there are 2...

For a while now our hot water has been... not so hot :( It started one night, I went in the bathroom and there was water sprayed everywhere (from the boiler). We called the British Gas man in to take a look and he got it working, but the HW hasn't been well ever since. I've been scanning...