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Hi, New motorised valve fitted, tested and working. Thank you all for the help.

Hi, I took the motorised valve off and found that the brass spindle can be easily rotated using my fingers, but only by 45 degrees. I also found that: when heat is called for the pump does not activate, nor does the motorised valve. if the main control unit (the one with the timers) is set...

Hi, Thank you. I was wrong when I said that there is no clicking when moving the dial on the thermostat. If the control unit is set to ask for the heaters to be on there is clicking when it is rotated past the room temperature. At the present time I am thinking to get a new motorised...

Hi folks. I got a new thermostat but the problem remains. When I turn the dial on the thermostat there is no clicking noise. Could this be a problem with the thermostat not getting power at all? In the fitting instructions it says that a 3amp fuse should be fitted which I will look for. I...

Thank you I will try that. I had a look at the thermostat it has backplate with the wiring terminals and the actual thermostat unclips from the backplate. So the thermostat can be replaced without unscrewing any electrical wires making things very easy for me. Out of interest, if the...

Hi, Thanks for the help. Testing live electrical stuff is a bit out of my depth. I've attached some images of the motorised valve and an electrical switch. (1) The electrical switch in the picture is located next to the boiler and when switched off the boiler goes off and the words on the...

Hi, I am the OP. I gave the thermostat a few taps with my finger and now it is clicking in the appropriate way when I turn the dial. But my heaters are still not warming up.

Hi all, My system is the older kind with a hot water tank (not the hot water heated on demand type). Hot water is working okay. All the heaters in the house have suddenly stopped working. I put my hand on the inlet pipe to all of the heaters and none of them feel warm. The main thermostat...

Thank you for all the advice. Today I traded the car in, I got £1000 for it which I am pleased with. I now have Kia Picanto 2.5 years old, it still has 4.5 years manufacturer guarantee still on it. Ticket price £10,000. Hopefully being from the Hyundai stable it will be as reliable as my i20...

Thank you all will consider these points. Interesting that a clutch might last longer than 100,000 miles. I am a gentle driver and usually car is not loaded up. Another option I have is just to keep driving it until it fails. I have a rescue service that will take me home if a fault can't...

Since I posted a mechanic had a quick look. There is an oil leak in the area, but he can not see where. Which explains why it has phases of judder then corrects itself. But given the mileage (96,000 miles) it must be due for a new clutch anyway A new clutch is about £500, but I fear that other...

My car is a basic model Hyundai i20 2013 which has done 96,000 miles. I do mostly town driving. I have a clutch judder problem that has been coming-and-going over the years I have had the car. Every year or so it has a period of judderyness, then it clears up of its own accord. But now it has...

Thank you. I have used a variety of fillers over the years, and Ronseal Wet Rot Wood Hardener. The post is completely dry now and it isn't rotten, though it may need a touch of filler here and there. The present state of play is in the photos below.

At the present time am just thinking to keep repairing. Sometime in the future new door, windows, post. And probably roof as it is a bit crap too. But for the mean time a repair and paint.

Hi folks, I have been having a problem with dampness in a front doorpost. Every couple of years I was finding some rot at the bottom of the post, digging it out, filling it, then painting over it. I assume that some dampness was getting in at the top then ending up at the bottom due to...

Half way through the job and I could do with a bit of help. I have done the bottom step. The middle two bricks on the next step have been fixed in place using the repair mortar on the underside of the bricks. I now need to fill the gap between them and the underside of the step above. But...

Hi all. My front step and stairs leading down from it are needing repaired. They are 50 ish years old and the cement (if that is what it is) has dissolved and many of the bricks are loose. The whole thing is solid enough just now, it doesn't wobble, but needs work to keep it that way. I...

I am doing up an old push bike, there are patches of metal here and there, and lots of scratches to the paintwork. I kind of like the beat up look, and I like to use what I have rather than buy new. I have some solvent-based interior varnish left over from indoor jobs, what would happen if I...

I'm not sure what you mean. But it is connected to the same place that it has been connected to for the last twenty years. The dishwasher in question is only 2 years old, the last one lasted at least twice as long. The hose goes from the bottom of the machine up to a height of about 80cm, then...

I sponged out all the water I could see. Then I disconnected the drain house and sucked on it. There was a gurgling noise from the dishwasher and water came up the hose, what does this indicate? Maybe that the hose or somewhere inside the machine is a bit blocked but not completely blocked...