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Thanks Nige F, when i look up "onion" tanks, i can't see what the two black pipes in my photo are for?

Probably another silly question, but how do i identify what type/make of septic tank we have in our new house? We've had some flooding issues around the house and i want to understand how our tank works if i have to pump it (or anything else) What i can see: There is one central large pipe...

Burner engineer came and looked at the burner, nothing gone in it, he put the phial up onto the burner above the motor off the floor. If the fire valve should be outside, why would it be inside?? - what bit is the fire valve by the way??

I have a pressurized hot water system (we have constant hot water) which had been dropping pressure slowly, we couldn't find any leak so just kept re-pressurizing it every now and again - we are planning on refurbishing the bathroom so were going to get the plumber to do all (sort out pressure...

That's what I'm thinking Avonmouth. Problem is, how is it found?

Craig51 it's oil fired ch. It's a zoned ch system where the water is constantly hot. I haven't had the central heating on in several months, no need. The system was really pressurised about 6 weeks ago and is very slowly dropping.

I've checked all rads, no leaks, and outside pipe is bone dry. Any other suggestions??

Thanks Avonmouth, i'll go check them.

Hi all, thanks for reading this. We wanted to refurbish the bathrooms and got a few bathroom guys out to quote - one checked our boiler room (oil burner is inside house beside water storage/valves/pressurized system) and said our pressure appeared to have dropped and therefore we must have a...

The water is going fairly quickly. Is this something I can figure out or do I need a plumber?

Thanks Squeaky.

Sooey, when you say: "Open vent straight from sewer" Do you mean that there IS an open vent or that I SHOULD open a vent straight from the sewer?? Thanks for any help.

Putrid smell coming from trap of ensuite shower that hasn't been used in over three months, main bathroom shower being preferred. Tried all sorts of cleaning products but water all disappears, no lying water in trap, can also feel air coming up trap. Any ideas? :cry:

We had a chimney fire and the insurance company is dealing with it. Cctv showed a cracked flue just at the turn and the grouting/cement joins between stacks are quite wide. Their solution is to put flexi liner in the chimney and replace our stove. The guy delivering the new stove has got me...

thanks guys.....who do i need to contact to fix this - roof guy or gutter guy? and what exactly do i tell them needs to be done? is the flashing the lead bit? and if its high (you looked worried Mw roofline!) how does that get fixed??

Catlad thanks, unfortunately you're a bit far! What needs to be done to fix this so i can be specific when asking, and is it a roof guy or gutter guy i need to get?? Thanks

Hi there, our recently purchased house (roughly 9 years old) has issues with the guttering! Please see attached photos. I had a gutter guy out and he said there was no problem with the gutters, in fairness it was a dry day and i didn't have photos to show him. We've cleaned out the...

Hi there, the chimney in our recently purchased house went on fire the other night! Drama. All good, but the fire service had to put the stove outside and remove the connecting pipes in order to get access to the chimney to put out the fire. They broke the fire board to get to the...

Hi there, our recently purchased house (roughly 9 years old) has issues with the guttering! Please see attached photos. I had a gutter guy out and he said there was no problem with the gutters, in fairness it was a dry day and i didn't have photos to show him. We've cleaned out the...

Ended up having a leak in a totally unrelated issue, so the plumber who came out said my system keeps the temp of the hot water cylinder at 60/50 or whatever you set it St and therefore may be more efficient instead of letting the tank get cold and then having to heat it up when needed??? Could...