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Looking at the photo of the cylinder, I guess another easy option once the X400 has had some time will be to drain the system and disconnect the top connection into the cylinder, and then just stick a hose into both sides of the connection in turn. At the very least it would identify if there...

I was told it would be expensive to do so. Maybe I should look into it. Got to be worth a try with the X400 first though, it could shift it at the first attempt.

I have a plan to replace the boiler in a couple of years with a combi as I'll be rebuilding the garage wall where the boiler is currently located, so don't really want to go down converting to fully pumped, or paying £££s for a powerflush, if I can get a quick fix that will last a couple of...

Interesting, thanks. X400 is what I intend to use, as I suspect my HW circuit is similarly full of sludge. The time taken to heat the cylinder is taking much longer than it did 15 years ago, always meant to investigate but things have come to a head now, it's taking so long to get the heat...

I have a traditional old-fashioned set up, boiler with two sets of flow/returns. One goes to the CH pump/radiators. The other by gravity up to the coil in the hot water cylinder. If I was to add any kind of chemical - cleaner, inhibitor, etc, the CH pump would pump this all around the CH...

Thanks for the tips. It is all out of sight, I may just go down the route of making existing holes bigger. Surely though as the instructions on page 1 give you advice for disposal of the old plug and installation of an alternative one, then they are giving you the freedom to remove the...

I've just bought a new built-in electric cooker to replace our existing one. It is an Indesit model that can be plugged into a standard socket. Removing the old cooker is no problem - remove the plug and pull out the cable. The problem is the cable has to run through a couple of drill...

Hi all, Sometime over the past year our water pressure has increased dramatically, and one thing I've noticed is that my kitchen stop cock no longer stops the cold water flow completely, it still trickles out of all taps when turned off. It definately stopped it completely this time last...

well I've just discovered that replacement batteries are under a tenner, so problem solved.

I recently turned off the mains in my house, and immediately the burglar alarm outside started making a weak "strangled duck" type noise. I restored the power and the alarm went off in tamper mode. I have cut the power many times in the 2 years I have been in this house, and the alarm has...

I just dug out the box of bumf the previous owner left me which has cleared up why the alarm is connected where it is. The installation manual for the alarm says... The best place to get power to the alarm control panel is directly from the consumer unit. The burglar alarm should have its...

It probably won't surprise you all to learn that the previous owner of the house had his occupation listed as "electrician" !! That in itself probably means I should get a PIR done soon ;-) A couple of other points I've just discovered. The spare 6A breaker appears to be dead. When the...

Thanks for your input FWL, although I don't believe I said the landing socket was a spur, I said I could take a spur from this (it is definately on a ring). plugwash - the RCD is 63A. The shower is 10.8kw. I'm intrigued how you both call it a bodge up. To my laymans eye, everything is...

Thanks for the detailed response plugwash. The garage is attached, and the cable is 2.5 T&E, so I should be ok to replace the 10A with a 16A to stop the lawnmower causing a trip. As for my loft, I was exploring last night and I'd overlooked the upstairs landing socket which I can easily...

As requested, here is a pic... The one on the left is the spare slot that I would like to add a power socket in the loft to. I think I know the answer to my lawnmower tripping question, as the garage socket is a 10A MCB and should probably be a 16A. Running from left to right, I...

I am in the middle of a bit of a DIY loft conversion. I have just installed lights up there from the existing lighting circuit, and I'm now thinking of putting a power socket in. I've added new spurs to ring circuits before, but access to the existing ones in this case is very awkward...