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Thanks for the reply, so under building regs if you want to replace a gravity fed cylinder you also have to change the system to fully pumped? This might well be the route I'll have to take :) , but I'll wait to see what if any other replies I get first. Also, thanks to Robbie77 for the...

Thanks for the replies. As to why there is only one f&e tank there was a label stuck on the cylinder which although I attached photo of it to the other thread, it was in bits and therefore hard to read, but it did state on it that only one f&e tank was required. I've taken some more pictures...

Thanks for the reply. I would be interested in doing this and I'll take some pictures when I'm next at the house. However, I have already taken a picture of the cylinder for an earlier thread http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1565058#1565058 and as the system is currently a...

Thanks for the reply I am not currently living there so I'll check next time I'm there. All the rads have been removed so I cant run the system. There are two 28mm pipes feeding the cylinder coil so is it safe to assume that it is gravity fed? The reason I asked the original...

This may be a stupid question, :) but I'm replacing an indirect hot water cylinder and I'm not sure whether it's gravity fed or a pumped system. There is a pump in the boiler but could this just be for the central heating and not the hot water coil in the cylinder, or the fact that there is a...

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not sure whether to lay new boards direct onto joists or leave the original pine boards down and lay the new boards on them. The new ones which are also pine, are 21mm thick, 2m long and with t&g ends so can be laid directly onto the joists. Therefore I would be grateful for some advice on...

Thanks again for the replies. I'll just have to get a suitable primer. It's a rare thing a straightforward DIY job :)

Thanks to you and design consultant for your replies. However as I am doing the whole of the ground floor is there any possibility that you can either: 1) Leave the tiles down if they are still firmly attached to the floor and tile over them and just treat the areas where the tiles are loose...

I'm planning on laying a slate floor in a house built in 1968, but the original floor covering is some type of vinyl tile laid on a concrete base. Some of the tiles are loose so I plan to get them all up. They are fairly brittle and are quite easy to get up. However, they appear to have...

Many thanks to both you for your help. I think I will install a new f and e and cylinder. To do this I assume that I do the following: 1)Move the vent pipe that's attached to the top cylinder coil pipe to the new f and e tank. 2) add a new pipe to the 28mm pipe that is attached to...

Here are two photographs, one of the boiler and one of the header tank. The vertical pipes that are at the side of the cylinder and run up to the header tank are as follows going from the left. 1. vent 15mm 2. water feed to cylinder from header tank 22mm 3. Another vent pipe 22mm...

Sorry for more questions but I therefore assume I cant add any cleaning additives either as I was hoping to give the system a good clean. I am planning on taking off the radiators and giving them a flush through but it sounds like I cant clean the pipework. If it is a primatic would it be...