Recent content by stubertio

Hi My dad's heating suddenly packed up on Thursday, of course just as the temperature really dropped. It's intermittent and will work about 20% of the time but mostly it won't. The ecotec 415 is about 10-15 years old and has been serviced regularly, almost every year like clockwork. The...

thank you both for the advice. It was indeed the washer stuck to the drain cock seat. I fished it out, fitted a new one and greased the threaded mechanism. It now works a treat. New boiler install almost finished and the water that has come out of the system so far has been pretty clear. While...

Evening all I have read the following excellent post: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38902 which details how to flush a system using the filling loop. I thought I'd give this a go this evening. Two things to mention first of all: The four-radiator combi boiler heating...

You tell me! :D They certainly start at 15mm, but the reducer thingymajigs that screw into the standoffs are, I believe, 3/4. Although when I measure them with my callipers they are not 3/4" or 22mm, so I'm not 100%. Based on what I can find on the Grohe website, all of their mixers appear to be...

Hi A semi-productive weekend of DIY. Got the new waste, trap etc fitted to the bath and moved on to the tap once I was happy the waste wasn't leaking... I removed my almost 30 year old mixer yesterday after much swearing and loss of skin. I have a new thermostatic to fit and I thought it...

I've no idea, hence my request on here for help and ideas. This is simply what the plumber said that fitted my hob. Perhaps he meant a team of two people as it seems a bit much for one person over two days. No, they're fine but thanks for your comments anyhow.

ps, it's a one bed flat so the kitchen is relatively small. Four square metres of tiling max. Two walls.

Hi all I posted the following onto rated people a month or two ago. I didn't receive any replies so I wondered if the pros on here could cast their eyes over it and give me their opinion regarding the time and labour charge. I started refitting my kitchen about four years ago and it's now...

My faithful Vokera 20/80 has started to groan. The pump is on its way out and although I'm sure I could replace the pump and get another few years from it, I really ought to get it replaced seeing as it really needed to be replaced five years ago. The fact that I've manage to squeeze this long...