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Hi Its a flexible metal pipe filling loop AND correct answer is that it wasnt fully off, seems i over turned it and it must have been on a slight open ever since thus keeping the pressure at 4 bar. I have corrected this and its dropped to 2 bar. Just waiting to see if it will naturally drop...

OK, so check the filling loop is fully off, then drain water from the system until the pressure reduces. Do all this when system is off and cold. OK Will give it a go, thanks Chris PS is the high pressure doing any damage?

Hi there. I replaced a rad in the bathroom for a towel rad. Having done this I used the filling loop under the boiler to bring the pressure gauge back up to 1 bar. I then thought I would bleed all the rads in the house as this prob hadnt been done in a while and having completed this the...

thanks for all the advice, little bit of hard graft then, ill see how it goes. thanks, much appreciated chris

Hello all It's OK, I understand the Part P stuff and the insurance invalidation stuff and the *risk of death* stuff and I am not proposing that I do this job myself. I am simply interested in learning and understanding coz I find it interesting. I've done a fair amount of reading in...

Hello There is a tree in our garden, the first 6 ft of the trunk are covered in ivy. I want to try and remove it but it is horrible. I thought of taking the electric saw to it (I have a B&D one that works like a chainsaw) and trying to carve it off. What happens to the tree if I cut it badly...

Hello, have been having fun playing with replacing our bathroom which Im enjoying. However, I removed the old loo and have set up the new one ready to install, water input looks easy enough, but waste. . . . I have a new white plastic waste pipe. The old one sticks up out of the downstairs...

Hi, So the outside of our house is grubby and just in general need of painting to bring it back to fresh life. However trying to choose an exterior paint colour is REALLY hard. I really need someone to make some suggestions. Ive tried some google'ing but couldnt really find a service where you...

thanks for brand advice, that's useful. system isn't suffering with symptoms other than just being old really. i figured it wont have been cleaned for a long time and might benefit from some of that. boiler is noisy, but its a combi and whilst it might be nautrally loud I wondered if that...

Hi there, The plumber who recently fixed our boiler told me that really the system just needed some inhibitor fluid put in it, but as he didnt have any on him he told me how to do it, no problem. Having looked in the screw fix catalogue there seem to be 4 products that all sound useful: (all...

thank for helpful insights. I don't think the future is grey, at least not in the bathroom where the tiles are white, perhaps in the kitchen the future will be grey where the tiles are going to be slate. Good advice about actually seeing the tiles. Ill head off tomorrow, see what I can find...

Hello all, Im looking for some floor tiles for our bathroom. I simply want some fairly standard white square plain tiles. Living in Uxbridge there are all the standard DIY shops and the Topps tiles and all that, or there's online shops. Where should I go? Price is pretty important, as its...

yes, indeed, probably not a sparky at all WOW, fabric softener hey, brilliant, we spent ages just looking at the foam trying to think of what would get rid of it. Couldnt think of anything except dirty dishes, but failed to see how throwing them into the washing machine was really going to...

OK, nothing to do with me, but more a discovery of past errors in our rented house. Foolish housemate ran out of washing powder so put some washing up liquid in the washing machine as a replacement and stuck it on. Washing machine promptly filled up with foam and then started leaking foam...

Hi, No offence taken Have you ever been in the situation where, really, you know the answer, but then total self doubt sets in and you just cant logically make the ends tie up. Thats kind of the situation, Im tired and things didnt match up completely and I just got myself in a muddle. Thank...

Hello Our boiler connects to a FCU which has a 3A fuse in it as per the manual. It needs replacing for no reason other than its old and the plastic has yellowed making it unsightly. I was in B&Q and Wicks at the weekend but they only sell FCU's which on the label say 13A FCU. The screwfix...

thanks for advice and help Power is for a lightbulb, maybe a plug for lawnmower. Not tools or anything serious, Just wana be able to put my bike away when its dark The run is a straight line from house to shed parallel to fence under grass lawn. Will have RCD Will run as spur from...

Hi, Shed is at bottom of garden Want to run power to it Was planning on digging trench and putting wire in white plastic tube then burying it. Is there a set depth I should bury it? Was going to put a small consumer unit on the end in the shed Was going to use standard 15A cable for the...

Thanks for posting Tim, but ummm. No! I can see how it sounds that way. I just mean OUR kitchen is next door to OUR bathroom, both downstairs! Doh! - must write clearer! c

Hey Yes I had thought that it would be a spur of a spur, thanks for confirming. Sounds like a plan, will 3A (which is what the boiler manual says it should have) be ok for both boiler and shaver socket? As you say, the current is small so I guess it will be fine. I understand that...