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[/url] I'm not sure as it was fitted by a builder. On the other side there is a sink waste which feeds into the drain so perhaps that may have been the reason.

Thanks for that. I did try to remove the ring but I was concerned about using too much force in case I broke it. I will give it a try. If it doesn't work I'll have to buy a new one!

I have a problem with a toilet leaking from where the pan connects to the waste pipe. The initial leak appeared to be not from the rubber seal around the ceramic pan pipe, but from the small gap between the plastic ring at the end of the pipe and the rest of the plastic pipe. The ring can be...

Thanks for the replies. There was very little on the wall and I removed it when I was washing it with stiff brush. I then just sprayed a dilute bleach solution which may have been overkill but I thought it can only help. I would like to start painting as soon as possible, but I'm not sure...

Just to kill off any algae and/or moss growing on the wall. I had read somewhere that this was a good idea!! I don't see why there would be a need to wash it off as surely it cant harm the paint can it?

I'm painting (white) the exterior pebble dashed walls of our house. I've washed them and sprayed them with a dilute bleach solution, but is there any need to rinse the walls down again or can I just get on and paint them? Thanks for any responses.

Thanks for the replies. After I did the partial drain down to check the cold feed wasnt blocked I turned it on again hot water began to flow. It took a couple of attempts of turning the system on and off a few times to get it working well. However, there is still a fair bit of gurgling when the...

I've just partially drained down the system and water is flowing through the f&e tank so I assume that the cold feed is not blocked? Could it be an air-lock?

Yes, the system was a primatic and therefore had to install a new f&e tank. I installed a new vent pipe from the boiler which involved a new run of 22mm pipe to the attic connected to the old cylinder flow pipe down to the boiler. I also used the old 28mm return pipe as the new cold feed with a...

Thanks for that. When I converted I did use old pipe work.

I have just converted a gravity fed system to a fully pumped. when I first filled it up there appeared to be no flow when the pump was turned on. However, eventually with adjusting pump speed and turning it on and off both the hot water and central heating warmed up. However, the cylinder had...

Thanks for explaining that. It is only switching what you refer too.

I'm in the process of changing a gravity fed heating system to fully pumped and I have a question about the rating of the thermostat and the programmer. The rating details on the cylinder thermostat states "6 (2.5) A 250v". I had assumed that the thermostat would take minimal current but if...

Thanks for the reply. I thought that you had to have a separate vent and cold feed? I have the installation book for the boiler and it does show a separate cold feed and vet pipe and therefore should I just follow them and have separate pipes?

I'm converting a gravity fed hot water to fully pumped but could someone confirm that it's ok to use the old cylinder flow and return pipes for the vent and cold water feed to the tank in the attic despite them both being 28mm. Thanks for any replies

The boiler is a Super Mexico RS80. I appreciate the comments about replacing the whole system, but at the moment I want to keep it :). I'm keen to DIY it and obviously could not put in a new boiler! I assume that how I plan to do it is as described in the first post is OK. I have two...

Thanks for the reply. The boiler (Ideal Mexico) is 'only' 15 years old and therefore assume it has some life left! I do plan to change to a double pipe soon as the system is painfully slow to warm up. Almost all the pipes are above ground so it should be not too bad-just time consuming...

I want to convert a gravity hot water system to fully pumped to include a new cylinder. Complicated by the fact the old cylinder is a primatic. Current system layout is cold water storage tank in attic, primatic cylinder on 1st floor and boiler on ground floor. This is what I plan do. From...