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Thank you for your reply to my post. I phoned British Gas and was told after they had contacted the engineer in the field that I need do nothing about his note on PRV. Something to do with a small pipe on the top of the boiler. I think he was being a bit overzealous myself! If I could...

I have a Worcester 24LE combi boiler which was installed in January 2000 and has been functioning perfectly and passing all the yearly inspections. At the annual inspection the British Gas engineer left written notification about remedial work needing done, that there should be a switched...

Please excuse the delay in replying, I wasn't notified by email that there had been replies to my post. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to reply! I have found the reason why this particular tap has been giving trouble. The washer despite being the standard basin tap washer size of...

My bathroom suite was installed about 8 - 10 years ago. I am now finding that the basin HOT tap is getting more difficult to turn off completely. The tap screws in easily till there is only a trickle of water coming and and then it seems to meet some sort of resistance. What makes it harder...

quote: And since changing the diaphragm the bar pressure goes up to about 2 when the heating is on. Previously it didn't go about 1 1/2. should i be worried? Don't know if it's like yours, but I have the 24CD1 system and I keep the pressure at 2 bar. The instruction manual says not to run...

Quote: "You need a new internal valve." When you say that do you mean they are not like conventional taps which have a washer attached to a jumper, or have I picked you up wrong? :oops: They are Bristan taps by the way. Supposed to be gold plated, but I take that with a pinch of salt...

This was a bathroom suite we had fitted about 8 years ago, and the incident where the tap head came loose was not long after the job had been done. Perhaps the plumber had lost the o rings you refer to and just used glue to hold it on. In actual fact his workmanship was not of high quality...

The tap heads are very much like the 10th one down here: http://www.tapsandshowers2go.co.uk/advanced-search-result/?keywords=bristan+tap&x=0&y=0&kw=bristan%20taps&fl=73310 Only difference is that there is only one flute on the head for gripping instead of the three or four on the one...

tonybhoy They are not as you describe I'm afraid. The reason I know this is not longer after the bathroom suite was fitted one of the bath tap heads lifted right off when it was being turned, and that's when I saw the hardened glue on the plastic cover. It would appear to me that the...

I have tried to pull them off and they won't budge. They are solid! As I said they are as tight as if they were on with screws

The tap heads on my bathroom suite are made of ceramic and are glued on to red and blue plastic covers which fit over the tap body to identify the hot and cold supply. Personally I don't think the tap heads should have been glued on to the plastic covers, but it would appear this was done so...

Thanks for the prompt replies. Much appreciated! Quote "If you want to use them outdoors" The brackets will be outside the door of my flat, the entrance to which is totally enclosed.

I would be grateful for advice on the cheapest method of painting two steel hanging basket brackets which have not been painted before and are just bare metal. I know you are supposed to use a primer etc, but I want the quickest and cheapest method. eg a one-coat metal paint if there is...

Obviously you haven't even read my first post before sticking your neb in! You seem to have the attention-span time of a gold fish! My question was for how long and at what speed would I have to drive my car once a week so that it would start when I wanted to use it. I never made any...

I can well imagine it would be a terrific battery. The cheapest one I can see on the web is £250 not counting delivery! A bit beyond my means!

That's what the AA man tells me when I have to call them out to start the car. Please don't get the idea I play on this by the way! The car is perfectly OK in the good dry weather. It'll sit for a month and start right away! Don't get me wrong the last time it happened last May the battery...

You can have an MOT done within one month of the previous MOT certificate expiring. That way you are still driving the car legally, and you are not tied to one particular date! I do it every year. Just remember to take the old MOT certificate with you. Go here...

Now that you mention that, I can remember when the car was only a couple of weeks old, I was so unused to the width of it compared to my last car that I scraped the two nearside doors when trying to get it in or out of the lockup, and it cost my insurance company £500 and me my no claims bonus...

Lockup only has a grill for ventilation. If I put a solar charger on the lockup roof it would be vandalised or stolen in minutes. It would be different if I had a garage on my own premises, but this is one of four council-rented lockups out in the street. It has a flat roof, which the...

Thanks to everybody who responded to my posts. The car is nearly 12 years old and never gets a good run. There is only 12500 miles on the clock from brand new. The battery was replaced on the 1st May, 2006 by the AA when the old one supplied by them went dud. They told me the previous...