Recent content by terryplumb

I wouldn't expect to see very much ( if any) of the isolators thread,when the hose is connected up.

Is it possible that, when you tighten up the blue plastic nut, it is externally coming up against something that prevents it from fully tightening ? I can't see any reason for the seal not making a watertight connection.

Can you show us a pic of the hose end ,with no washer in place ? And another with the black washer in place please ?

May just be the picture is out of focus ,but the face of that isolation valve doesn't look smooth and flat . You can't really overtighten it by hand

Can't tell much from your pics . Are the mating surfaces of the isolation valve and the hose clean and flat ? If so ,are you tightening up sufficiently when fitting the hose onto the valve ?

Kitchen tap would be fed with mains pressure cold water,not from a header tank.

Waste pipe doesn't enter the waste fitting. The waste fitting connects to the trap. So I don't know what you are actually asking ?

The whole thing looks in poor condition ,and at some point will need replacing. Not sure that anything can be done to keep it working, difficult to work out what is binding.

The key should be pushed fully upwards and turned until it locks into position. Then you turn the small white ,square, clockwise a full turn. Is this what you did ? May take more than 10 seconds.

The question now is ,what caused the fuse to blow ? Is the DW fully working now ?

Are you sure about that ,it would be highly unlikely ? Can't make out how the pump is connected from your pics. What temperature is the heating set to on the boiler?

Have you checked the fuse in the DWashers plug ?

MCB trips if there is a short circuit or an overload . As you appear to have re set the MCB successfully, and the DWasher doesn't work, that would be indicative of an internal fault within it. Is the DW actually being electrically energised , any lights on it working ? By the way the leak on...

What exactly tripped ,show us a picture if you don't know what type of breaker it is. Don't know if the access on your dishwasher for flood tray is that shown in your pic ,but suspect it is. Unless water has got onto the wiring to the dishwasher ,or into it , from the leak ,it's unlikely to be...

On any compression fitting on a copper pipe ,including one that is " correctly fitted",the olive can be pulled off the pipe with an olive puller ,and can usually be removed by tapping the nut against the olive with a spanner , leaving the pipe itself with no visible damage ,and able to be re...