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    Connecting a bath to a new underground drain?

    can't advise you on how to do it 100% but you only run the 110mm to a toilet and/or the vent vent must be external and above any nearby opening in the building (i.e. a window) unless you use an air admitance valve, even then it should be well away (i.e. loft?) strap on boss for the other...
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    Vaillant ecoTEC plus 428 operation block function

    keep pressing plus till you get desired value...
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    Connecting a bath to a new underground drain?

    first off, is the 110mm already vented and running elsewhere? (i.e. toilet stack?) if so, no point running 110 to just the bath, get a strap on boss to the existing stack then run smaller waste pipe to the bath, normally a 40mm waste unless it's a long run, others would be able to advise...
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    Understanding hot water cylinder recovery times

    why don't you try it and see before you rip anything out? gotta be a lot cheaper if it actually works. if your absolutely intent on ensuring you can have 1hr+ worth of continuous shower, (highly unlikely, you'll have at the very least a few mins drying and changing clothes time between...
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    Gravity fed vs mains pressure systems

    Not just a "bigger version" but a stainless un-vented one, your current one is a vented cylinder, in that if it starts to boil over, the excess hot water (hot water expands in volume) it escapes back up to the tank in the loft which then should start pouring out the overflow on the header...
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    Wanting to change my radiator and put a towel rail heater up

    anti freeze ???? do you mean corrosive inhibitor ?
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    Buying the right taps online

    1/2" bsp refers to the thread on the tap. you just get a 1/2" tap connector or flexi to marry up to your pipework (15mm or 22mm)
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    Need to calibrate a cylinder thermostat?

    you've said you've moved the stat to 45C and 50C, leave it at 60C you need the stored water to be below the stat to be 55C to kill legionella in the hot water tank, the stat is a third of the way up to ensure all the water above it is at least that temp. have a look at this wikipedia -...
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    hot and old water alternating...

    more info needed, What is the model name and number? presuming it's a combi, it could be the secondary heat exchanger is scaled up
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    upgrading old pc.

    old ATX supplies can be a little heavy on the 5v side and lacking on the 12v that modern boards need, old PSU's might be missing the 4/8 pin 12v for the motherboard or a 6/8 pin PCI-E supply for a decent graphics card, something you'd have to check when you get it. when it get to 6 years...
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    heating problem

    just going to have to play the "the heating system isn't adequate" card with them until they yield, pictures with thermostat set at 21 and a thermometer hung next to it showing 10c then another with boiler flow and return temps, with the camera date and time stamp on it. what sort of...
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    heating problem

    it also sounds like they should be tackling the thermal losses if possible, i bet upstairs is loving their lovely warm floor
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    loss of CH pressure? 5 - 8 times in 12 months? advise please

    sounds more like a leak than expansion failure then to me.
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    heating problem

    problem you've got is you've not got enough rad's / large enough radiators. the boiler can only heat the water safely up to 80c or there abouts before it cuts out and waits for the water to cool. if the radiators are scorching hot but the room cold, the radiators can't output enough heat...
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    Boiler Issue - DESPERATE HELP

    don't know the boiler and i'm not a plumber, but... just looked at first userguide when i googled your boiler, on one of the first pages, T stands for "DHW pre-heat" This makes sure the hot water is hot as soon as possible, and in trouble shooting... couldn't see anything in the...
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    Need advice on what looks to me a bad job so far.

    sludge and magnetite filtering normally
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    Brit gas trying to kill a customer

    been wondering why 100 square meters has been quoted loads! so that would be 10 meters wide by 10 meters tall? the foundations for my house aint 100 sq. meters! :lol: maybe he meant 100 square centimeters?? aka 10cm x 10cm if he's talking cubic meters, that different again!
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    fao shed banner

    looks like a trip hazard for one thing!
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    Blue Spark/Flash when kettle switched on

    press the yellow button and the rcd should go to the off position. if it's not boiling correctly, new kettle time :?:
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    Heating flow and return

    depends on the TRV tbh, if its bi-directional flow, then it can operate either way :)
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