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Thanks for the replies... First of all, the system has been there for a long time and has never been DIY'd; it has only ever been touched by professional plumbers. The pump has indeed been changed recently (5th August); on the annual service the plumber told me the old one wouldn't last the...

My central heating system has a cylinder and a small tank in the loft so I think it counts as 'open vented'. I don't go into the loft too often but I have noticed that whenever the heating is on, hot water gushes quite fast into the small tank (which I presume is the expansion tank). See photo...

I agree these problems are trivial in the great scheme of things. For comparison....going back to the late 1980s / early 1990s, I think before Corgi qualifications were tightened up, I had a friend do some plumbing work. I can't remember the details but it included putting a hot water cylinder...

On 'Nut' might not be the right word. It's this thing:

It's an Ideal Classic FF250, installed 2004.

I've just realised the last post I made on DIYNot was last September after the previous boiler service, when the plumber left a nut above the boiler loose and water poured out when the time switch came on. It was the same plumber. Maybe I'm a bit too forgiving.

Thanks Dan, all working now and much quieter :). The plumber was in and out very quickly so he likely had several more services to do before he could clock off.

The boiler man did the annual service this afternoon. At 5:30pm the hot water switched on and the whole system was much noisier than usual. The noise didn't seem to be coming from any one place. Also, the pilot light in the boiler was off and it took several attempts to ignite it. I've noticed...

Thanks for the answers gents, I'll get a wrench and give it a cautious tightening.

The plumber came round to service the boiler, which is in the outside WC. A few hours afterwards the timer switched the boiler on and water came deluging into the WC apparently from the boiler. It turned out the water was coming from behind a nut above the boiler, see arrow in photo. I don't...

Thanks everyone for these replies. John, it looks like the cistern is locked to the pan by two bolts: I can't see any connections looking into the inside of the cistern so presumably there are two lugs or something on the base with a thread to receive a bolt. Hopefully the width...

I have a toilet with a 9 litre cistern. It has developed a crack: It leaks about four pints of water overnight which is pretty bad and I have learned from other posts it could disintegrate at any time, deluging house and home. I know either the cistern or the whole toilet have to be...

Joe, I have an aversion to using oil-based paints because of the complications of cleaning brushes and rollers, and the risk to carpets. I notice Dulux sell both oil and water based 'stain blockers'. Is there any reason I can't use a water based one?

A leaky upstairs radiator valve has caused black staining on the wallpaper in the room below: All is now dried out and ready for redecoration. I was going to repaper but I've found the existing (embossed) wallpaper is marked as paintable. My question is, can I paint over that level of...

The side panel on my bath is like a sheet of black glass. A builder friend has told me it is called Vitrolite, made at one time by Pilkingtons but no longer available. At least one of the Mersey tunnels used to be lined with it, he says. The panel has a fracture in it. I could ignore the...