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The tank should be on a flat base such as 19mm ply wood and this should be a minimum of 100mm bigger than the tank all round. You could try placing the old tank on a new base but be prepared that it may split. Is the water warm in the tank? If so you need a plumber sooner rather than later. Steve

Do you have a clod water storage tank in the loft? If so it's most likely the ball valve on the tank that needs replacing.

Hi Talon clips can be clipped together and can then be fixed through convenient clips to secure to the wall. They are available in 15mm, 22mm and 28mm and all can be clipped to each other, regardless of the size used. Available from most plumbers merchants.

The boilers are 24kW Potterton combis. Cider, I don't think that you are right as the boilers are only using 24kW when hot water is demanded.

Hi Can any of you RGI's help. I have a form to complete for 6 new gas supplies/meters for a converted house (Into 6 flats). The form from Scotia Gas asks for the "Hourly load in kWh" and the " Annual load per premise in kWh". Does anybody know how to calculate the above? Thanks

Hi The plate heat exchanger is around £40 and an hours labour would be fair. The existing one can be removed and cleaned with an acid (Used for power flushing/cleaning a central heating system. This will take slightly longer but you have no parts to pay for.

These type of baths normally provide a flexible waste and usually the outer shell is deeper than the inner shell which allows the waste to run in the void. You then simply cut a hole in the outer shell to allow the waste pipe to pass through in the required position. Hope this helps.

The cold feed is most likely to be blocked at the H piece of pipework where the vent and cold fill meet.

Sounds like the secondary heat exchanger to me. It can easily be replaced or if you know what to do it can also be cleaned.

Thanks for your replies guys. The reason I ask this question is because I have just had a kitchen fitted with a space of 505mm left between the base units. The adjacent wall units only have a space of 450mm between them, which means that they would slightly overhang the cooker. The cooker to be...

Hi all Does anybody know the minimum clearances from kitchen cupboards when installing a free standing electric cooker. I need to know the clearance to the sides and above. Thanks

Thats correct, the shower waste contains a water trap which will stop smells

Make sure that you use inserts on all connectioins and you will be fine. What make of fittings have you purchased?

Smell can only be comming from the external surface of the radiators - Try cleaning and spraying with air freshener

Make sure that there is a good contact between the cylinder and stat. How far up the cylinder is the stat?

Hi I fit loads of Ariston ACO condensing boilers, they are easy to install, fairly priced and easy to work on. You get a manufacturers 5 year guarantee free of charge, which covers all boiler parts and labour. The only conditions are that it is fitted and flushed correctly and it is serviced...

Buy the 400mm rad and buy 2 chrome radiator adaptors. These screw in the end of the radiator and make the width adjustable. If you decide on this, there are 2 sizes available. Let me know and I will explain more. It is unlikely that you will get these in B & Q, you will need to visit a plumbers...

The pump should have it's own water supplies ie, cold directly from a separate supply from cold water storage tank in the loft. Hot via a surrey flange direct from the cylinder. This is the correct method of installation so that if another outlet(tap) is opened elsewhere in the house, the...

No problem :D :D

Which boiler is it? what type of system do you have?