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I can't be the only person with this situation, as any extended house will presumably have similar: We have a 1980's semi. It has timber framing with brick outer. There is insulation in the timber studwork. There is also a significant extension, made of lightweight blocks internally with brick...

Nige, Loctite did the trick on the Surrey Flange etc. This I noticed whilst rummaging around the cylinder. Tried it with Loctite but it needs a bigger spread than the string would give - like a grommet or washer.Putting the RTV on something makes sense, but I think I'll try Essex flange...

Agile, thanks for constructive advice. In some ways it would be easier to buy a new cylinder, providing it was a straight swap but there'd also be lots of pipework to butcher to get it out and... I'm doing this for someone as a favour, on a practically zero budget. I have time but not much...

Is there any compound or washer that I can use to re-bed a weeping coil fitting? I can create good access to it & have cleaned it thoroughly but still weeps when tightened. Seems to be seeping out from the flange nut thread area rather than the skirt where I thought most likely. Does...

Checked inside, the coil is untwisted. However there is a fair amount of surface corrosion around the fitting but this could be caused either by the tightening nut seal failing, or by the 22m pipe joint leaking & running down the fitting. Contemplating taking the cylinder right out for a...

I'm pretty sure that I hadn't put many turns on it, it was just very stiff. Regardless of how many turns I put on it, if it was stiff enough to overcome the resistance of the skin fitting nut, it could have turned a bit. It may well not have turned, just that it was stiff to do up. If the...

Whilst installing a shower pump I noticed that there is a weep from the upper coil fittting. I drained the cylinder & undid the 22mm pipe. This undid the female fitting which attaches to a threaded boss on the cylinder. I cleaned this up & whilst retightening it I had a sinking feeling...

Loctite solution sounds good to me but I've had to go down the PTFE route (for the time being?) as we need HW. If it leaks I'll be out for some Loctite first thing. Thanks for your help J

Hi, I'm fitting a Surrey Flange at the mo - got it all in pieces. The vent pipe comes off an elbow which needs to point at the airing cupboard back wall to join up with the existing pipework. How do you get MI fittings to end up where you want them to? I'm sure loads of PTFE tape is not...

Hello, I have read much about Ravenheat boiler failures & am seeking clarification please. On our boiler, the light comes on randomly - it may take all day with the CH on (and having heated two periods of HW) or it may come on 1st thing. Turning the power off makes it OK for: a) hours, b)...

Thanks for the reassurance. I'll swap the batteries & see how I get on from there.

Denford, It's worth a tenner to rule this out & shut the thing up when the power goes off. Just had a look & found that the battery was not connected so not been charging! Given that we've been here 8 years, presumably the battery is shot? Also, it is a Challenger 1.9Ah jobby...

Hello, Last night our alarm has started triggering. It appears to be when we turn room lights off. It has happened from several rooms in the house. If you turn the light back on again, then off it doesn't happen, then another room a bit later sets it off. Can anyone suggest any...

Hello, I have an alarm installed in our new (not new build) house. I suspect the way the device is wired into the consumer unit is ill-thought out. It is connected to a 6A terminal which is probably satisfactory, but whoever has installed it has put it on the downstairs lighting circuit -...