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Thanks. I like that diagnosis. So paying £300+ sounds like it would be more than I need to pay. How much should I be paying to have this done and can you recommend a good not too expensive gas safe engineer for me? I'm in London too, north London.

I've just had a quick go in one of the iso valves and it seems tight. I tried turning in both directions and it hasn't moved yet. Don't want to force anything. By the way, just to let you know, I pressurised yesterday to 1.5 or might have been a bit higher, can't remember. It's now sitting...

Awesome! Thanks for circling those, makes it very clear and easy for me to know how to do it now. Thanks given, my pleasure. Thanks dilalio. Looks like I have a 4mm and it fits perfectly. :) As you said it needs 2 to 3 days testing, I'll do this test on wednesday as I have friends coming...

I've uploaded some photos from different angles. As you can see, below the boiler is boxed in. But I'm assuming/ hoping they allowed for access to important valves and I'm guessing there's no allen key points lower down where I can't reach. There's 6 brass pipes but are you able to see...

Actually yeah, I do have a small oil filled electric radiator. "Isolate boiler from system if iso valves are in working order. Check if your boiler can run hot water with flow and return valves off". Ok so to isolate it seems from what you're saying I just have to turn two valves off, the flow...

Nope, no water ever dripped from the boiler casing. I checked the discharge pipe a few weeks ago and didn't notice any dripping either. But I'll check it again tomorrow. Do you think though that if there's a leak that it's probably more likely to be in the boiler or at least somewhere more...

Yes, I asked the guy at Vaillant about a service and he said that if I'm happy to increase to £65pm instead of £51pm for 6 months, that would include a service. Which I should probably do. If it's a leak, are we talking under the floor, or more likely a pump? I found an article, wonder what...

Hi guys. I've had to re-pressurise my combi since about November. It used to be a few weeks between re-pressurising but now it's just a matter of 3 or 4 days. Clearly it needs fixing before It gets to the point that I can't re-pressurise it any more, plus I read that does more damage. From...

Ah, thank you. Well I managed to get the wheel off, and the one for the cold water. I took the whole valve attachment off to get a better grip and torque on it. So I'm all ready now to connect the new Samsung machine which I've just bought from Currys and it's coming Tuesday. :) I bought a...

Thank you jj4091. Looks like it's a 3/4" cap thread I need then. I've disconnected the drain hose from under the sink no problem. But I can't turn the red wheel to disconnect the hot water pipe. Also, I just found out that turning the longer red lever to off stops all hot water to my sink, so...

Agreed. I'm going to order this Samsung. I think I can get John Lewis to price match, then use a £50 gift voucher I have with them, and hopefully get it for £299! As my Hotpoint fills with hot and cold water and the Samsung only fills with cold, I've been advised to cap the hot water...

Harry, yes, definitely some other issue I think. You're correct, it certainly owes me nothing, it's done very well over the years. I posted a video above if you fancy seeing it. I didn't really know how to rewire the connector plugs but I fitted new brush holders and brushes and it didn't fix...

Think I'm going to put money down on a Samsung Ecobubble tomorrow. But here's a video I made today. Interested in thoughts from any experts here on what they think the problem is. I've shortened lots of bits that just go on for several minutes but feel free to skip through it, I only wanted to...

The carbon is the same length on the new ones as the old. So my old ones weren't worn. I fitted the new ones and no difference. Waste of £22. Only once did the drum turn a few times in both directions in between filling with water. I've not been able to get it to turn since. What's...

Ah well, too late, it's arriving in the couple of hours. Two places I checked said that C00251802 isn't compatible for my model which is why I wasn't confident on getting them. Anyway, I hope these ones work. I think I might need to check the commutator contacts first and maybe clean them...

JohnD, if I decide to buy a new washing machine, I'm considering the Samsung Ecobubble. Would you recommend it? As opposed to buying Hotpoint, Hoover, Beko, Indesit? And what about Kenwood washing machines, are they any good?

Thanks for that info, JohnD. I don't know what type of drier system is likely to be in my washer drier, but there's a label on the back that says kW 2.4-2.8, so I guess that's about what you mentioned. 0.45p give or take isn't bad actually and I wouldn't really need more than an hours drying per...

I haven't used the dryer in my washer dryer for years, but does anyone have an idea of what it approximately costs me to run the dryer for say, an hour? I never even considered it before, but someone recently told me it's quite expensive?

Ok, I phoned them and it's the part for WD21P I need. It comes with a black holder and a white holder and I need the white holder. They sell a pair for £19. But I'm seeing them on espares for the same price and faster delivery I think so I'll call espares. EDIT: just ordered next day delivery...

This one? https://www.yourspares.co.uk/parts/ys76143/hotpoint-carbon-brush-and-holder--pack-of-2-C00251802.aspx Apparently it's not compatible with my washing machine, which is Hotpoint model WD21.