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Everything was working fine this morning. Now the heating and hot water arent working at all. The 3 way valve seems to be working ok but the boiler doesnt kick in and the pump is red hot but doesnt seem to be pumping. Any help appreciated.

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=66472 If it looks like this one. It is a valve.

I have recently bought a new surround. I have built up the surround as instructions say and the back panel is not flush with the back of the surround. It sits inside 1". I always thought the back panel had to be sealed to the wall. This one is a mile away. Thanks

Depends on what type of fire you want to put in. Ive just fitted a 16" inset gas fire in my house and needed to open the brickwork to 300 mm deep, 560 mm high and 410 mm wide.

We have one very similar on our fire at the mo. It is a valve. Underneath the screw we have another one that when turned shuts off the gas. Hope this helps

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Hi. The black covering on the fire above the coals is starting to come off and reveal a white powdery material underneath. Is there some sort of paint I can use to cover the white bit? Or should I be looking at getting a new fire? Thanks

Our central heating pipes are 8mm microbore and a feed pipe into one of the radiators was blocked with what looked like a lump of gravel. I had to cut the pipe and rod it out. Thanks for the tip about the valve but it seems to have cured itself. Clink

Could somebody help with a problematic three way valve? The system has a Thorn Olympic boiler, a Grundfos pump and a Switchmaster three way valve. I have recently drained the system to replace a blocked pipe. Everything worked ok beforehand but now I can't get any hot water when the...

I want to change a ( I hope) blocked valve, or try and clear a blocked pipe.

Tank in the loft, and hot water cylinder in upstairs cupboard.

Do I drain the central heating from the drain valve on the bottom of the boiler? What is the procedure for refilling the system? Thanks

The pipes are either 10mm or 8mm. Can I drain the upstairs central heating from the drain cock on the bottom of the boiler and then let it refill from the header tank in the loft?

Hello, the radiator in our bedroom has never worked since we moved into the house. All the other radiators upstairs and downstairs are hot but this one is stone cold. The feed pipe going in is hot but the valve is cold. The pipe going out of the radiator is cold. I removed the radiator this...