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You're both diamonds and I appreciate your help.... thank you.

The CH is turned off for the summer. I thought the temperature gauge was for HW, but it seems it's for CH. Therefore, I don't understand what controls the water temperature.

Thank you so much. I think I will be getting WB back again! (3rd times!)!

Thanks for reply. I did what you said and can only feel hot water for a short time. I don't know if this is anything, but using the information Harry provided I looked at the temperature gauge on the boiler. The temperature was 27c when set to 'e'. I turned it up to maximum and it's showing...

Hi Harry, thanks for your answer. The only sound I get from the thermostat is if I turn it fully down (40). As you rightly say I do hear the value activate as well. I don't hear any other clicks other than that. The boiler is close to maximum, The one thing I didn't mention, as I thought...

All sorted thanks.. A new ballcock sorted it. Thanks everybody, it never ceases to amaze me how helpful this forum is.

I hope somebody can kindly point me in the right direction, please. Our house has a combi that feeds the water to the bathrooms etc. on one side of the house. On the other side of the house we still have a HW water tank (fed by the combi) that supplies hot water to another bathroom. Whilst the...

I have just had a new roadside stopcock fitted by SE Water. Although there was some grit in my kitchen tap, when cleared all appeared well. However, the feed into my tank is just a tricky, even when applying pressure on the stopcock arm.. Could this be air, dirt or something else (e.g...

Hi, I have replaced the motor in a 2 way Honeywell motorised valve with a Corgi unit. Both wires on the motor are orange, does it matter which is which as I cannot see any marking on the wire? Thanks.

It's a Devo bar shower. The hot has a valve just before the shower inlet. The cold has a valve on the cistern pipe just before its tee'd to the shower. But this doesn't stop the flow, I had to also stop the mains! Which seems bizaar.

Hi, thanks when I say first floor it's more an attic. Interesting point thanks, I have tried the head but as the pipes are old I do wonder about scale elsewhere. Not the best plumbing I've ever seen either.

Hi, I appreciate you responding. The bathroom is on the ground floor, tanks are on the first floor. I'd estimate the tank is approx. 2m above the shower. I don't believe the shower is fed from both the cistern and mains, but I do know that I need to isolate the cistern feed and mains feed to...

I know many questions have been asked about shower pressure, but here's mine. Hope somebody can help. My Mother lives in a bungalow and her shower pressure has got worse over time. I have replaced the shower mixer but it's made no difference. I have also tried removing the head and installing a...

Hi, I am looking for some advice please and will explain the best I can - photo quite tricky to do. I am decorating a bedroom which has a sloping ceiling. When the slope meets the main (flat) ceiling there is a hairline crack roughly 5mm from the corner, which is higher (approx 2mm) than the...

Hi, eventually I got around to sending pictures. In addition, she has a Potterton controller and wireless thermostat (batteries changed). The boiler is an Ideal HE18.

Hi, My Mum's CH is misbehaving. She has a open, gravity system and pressurised bottle where I have checked the pressure, it's on 2. The CH comes on and heats the rads, but after an hour it turns off (I would imagine it's reaches the thermostat temp), however as the temp drops it does come...

Hi, I have a gravity fed system and the flow to hot taps is abysmal. I, therefore, fitted a Grundfos Home booster; there is a little improvement but not enough. My plumber said he could hear air going into the pump so I wonder if I've installed it correctly and if I need to fit a flange into...

Hi, I wonder if somebody can give me some advice, please. I have two horizontal rads in my lounge. The feed and return come from the ceiling as the floors are concrete. I want to replace these rads with vertical ones so I can lose a lot of the pipework - installing them close to the ceiling...

Hi, I purchased some Aladdin HV30c radiator valves. Do I need to remove the protruding white pin in the middle of the back of the valve. They look different than pictures on the Internet? Thanks.

Hi, Having knocked through two rooms my floor are not level - out by approx. 5mm. I want to lay new wood flooring so need to have floor levelled. I reckon 5mm x 27 sqm. What is a fair price for laying latex as I have been quoted £1200 plus VAT - what seems to be excessive? Thanks.