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Not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes .... I live in a 1970 built house and am having my drive block paved. When the excavator arrived I advised him where all the services entered the house. The gas service pipe enters on one side of the integral garage, so he advised me he would...

My daughter lives in rented accomodation and the central heating boiler has developed a problem - basically the pilot light will not stay on. Her landlord called in the 'expert' yesterday who spent a few hours tinkering with and at the end of the day declared he needed to get a new part and...

was it white bread, or wholegrain? If it was wholegrain, the grains may have been just too much for it to handle!

Turn off electric and gas supplies Isolate heating circuit - two valves on 22mm pipes left and right underneath boiler - quarter turn on screw. Drain boiler by opeing the drain vents on the same valves. Now you can replace diverter valve Repressurise boiler to 1.5 bar Open isolating vales...

I dont know if we are supposed to name companies on the forum, but if you do a google search on Vaillant diverter valve you will find lots of places that supply them. They seem to average around £90 but shop around and you will find one at £65 plus vat. I replaced it myself its very easy if...

Replaced the diverter valve today and now have loads of hot water. Thanks for all the replies. My only concern is why replacing the kitchen tap caused this or maybe it was just co-incidence?

Just had the same problem with Turbomax 824. Replaced the diverter valve - cost £77 and took about half an hour to do. I now have hot water again. Seems its a common problem with the rubber ball valve sticking.

Turbomax Plus 824/2E

Thanks Paul, I have closed off the cold supply to the tap so no cold water can be getting back to the boiler now. It seems that the damage whatever it is has now been done. I'm guessing that the divertor valve in the boiler has been damaged. However it seems to work ok the first time hot...

An update on my problem ... After a while it is possible to get hot water. i.e the shower was working fine this morning. However when the hot water has been turned off and then on again, the water is only lukewarm. I seems we have to leave it a while before we can get hot water again. I'm...

I replaced my kitchen sink and tap today, a fairly problem free plumbing job ...... However after checking for leaks I ran the hot water and it seems to cycle between luke warm and cold but never gets hot. I have opened all the taps to make sure there is no air in the system but still not...

There should be a gate valve where the hot water leaves the tank which will avoid you having to drain off the tank.

I need to :- 1. Remove my exisiting gas hob 2. Fit new kitchen worktop 3. Fit new gas hob I will be doing step 2 myself and getting CORGI man to fit the new hob. My question is: - There is no stop cock on the supply to the hob. I am very competent in plumbing. Can I remove the old hob...

Im not a qualified expert on this, but I had the same problem with a Chaffeteux boiler and in this case removing the boiler front cover revealed the expanson vessel which had a 'tyre' valve which was used to pump air into the vessel. Of course you need to know the correct pressure. If your...

Sent an email to Hotpoint querying this and they have replied that this is a requirment for some European countries, but not applicable to UK. But of course it doesn't make that clear in the installation manual.

Expansion vessel could need pressurising. If the pressure is low in the EV, pressure can build up when the system gets hot and force open the pressure relief valve to expel some water. When the system cools again, the pressure will be low. You top up the pressure and the cycle repeats.

Why not go one step further and fit a wall hung pan with concealed cistern. No worries about fixing to the floor. I've recently fitted one and it looks really good.

slightly dampen the pipe before removing. This will prevent any fibres being released into the air.

The hob is a Hotpoint GQ64S Its a nice glass model but I cant see why it should have different requirements than any other hob. The manual seems to imply that its building regs that require the auto extraction

I have just purchased a new gas hob which I am having professionally fitted. I thought it would be a straightforward replacement for the old hob. However the instruction book says that the room must be fitted with an air extraction system i.e cooker hood or extractor fan that starts...