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Hi, I have an Alpha Intec 28S System Boiler and over the past few weeks the system pressure kept dropping slowly and needed re-pressurising every week up to 1 bar. I then noticed that the system boiler pressure was rising to 3 bar when the heating was full on up to temperature. I had also...

Hi All, Well that was a 'red herring' as after repairing the solder coupling the pump still kept kicking in randomly!!! Now I have replaced the NRV's (which didn't cure the problem) and this week I have now replaced the Pressure Vessel !!! The Pressure Vessel was slowly losing pressure. After...

HI, Would you believe it ...... but I went up into the loft with my nice new shiny NRVs ready to install them, I happened to rotate the pipe lagging that was protecting the 22mm cold water pipe leading from the pump outlet to the showers and as the slot in the lagging turned to the bottom...

Hi All, Well here we are again and the pump has started to come on/off for 3 seconds at a time randomly again !!! It is definitely less often though. I have now ordered two Non Return Valves from AquaFlow in Ireland and I will replace these to see if that cures the problem. Stuart Turner...

Hi All, Well I went into the loft and checked the pressure vessel on top of the pump and it had lost its pressure - empty. I purchased a new schrader valve from Halfords and a small tool to unscrew the old one out and to tighten the new one in. Re-pressurised and so far the pump has worked...

Thanks Dilalio. I guess if you have 'done loads of them' that indicates that they do fail, so I will obtain and fit a new valve. Motorbiking, I am pretty sure that the inlets of both hot and cold are free from air. The system has been working for 6 years without any problems. I am leaning...

Thanks. I have checked all taps and piping (that I can see) and there doesn't appear to be any leaks. I will try the soapy water on the end of the valve to see if there any bubbles. Do you know if the Schrader valve can be replaced?

Hi My Stuart Turner Dual Universal 3.0 Bar pump has started to randomly turn on and off for about 3 seconds. There are no leaks in the system that I can find. I checked the pressure in the vessel on top of the pump and there was zero pressure. I topped this up to 13 psi as per the Pump...

Hi, Door all fixed and working !!! I re-assembled everything with the new mechanism, riveted the unit in place and put the door card back etc. and then found that the central locking would lock the door but wouldn't unlock it !!!! I had to strip it all down again and cleaned the connector...

Hi, Ordered parts at Renault dealer. They will be in tommorrow. Yes, 3mm pop rivet will be fine. I thought I would buy one from Renault so that I definitely get the right size even though I have a box full !! By the way, before the door mechanism can be completely removed there is a cable...

Hi John, OK, it's sorted !! The rivet I mentioned in an earlier post has to be drilled out !! As soon as that was drilled out the door mechanism came out. I can now see clearly how the mechanism works and what the fault is. There is a metal 'tumbler' with a shaft at each end and these...

OK, thanks for the advice John. I will report back with the outcome when I get a result. Regards

Hi John, No, no screws. There is what appears to be a rivet but that's it. It is strange because I have found a YouTube clip of a guy who has removed the mechanism so it definitely comes out somehow!! He is just showing how the handle comes away from the mechanism and shows this with the...

No , it's open.

My sons door handle on the nearside passenger door of his 2010 Mark III Renault Clio has come loose to the point that I was able to extract the actual handle from the door. I removed the door card to access the door mechanism. I have removed the lock barrel and I can feel by inserting my hand...

Hi DP Thanks for the specific help and advice. I'm going to get a qualified plumber to take a look and get it serviced at the same time. Many thanks DP & Dan.

Hi Dan, Thanks for the quick response. Are you saying that the increased pressure of 3 Bar in the CH system is not just because someone has over-pressurised the system via the filling loop, but because the mains water pressure is getting into the CH system because either the expansion vessel...

Hi I have been doing a few general maintenance jobs for my sons mate and I noticed that the i30 Boiler CH pressure was reading 3 Bar on the gauge. I am not a plumber but I think this is too high and should be around 1 Bar. He has also mentioned that the vent pipe that goes from the boiler...

Hi, I'm refurbishing our main bathroom and creating a wetroom shower area. I've created a wetroom in our en-suite previously which has been fine. I am using tile backer board all round the wetroom area but one question I had is how high up the walls is it necessary to extend the tanking ie...

OK, I see the problem. I need the Diverter Kit. Thanks.