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Cheers Terry, I'll leave the bleed valve on the highest rad in the bathroom open as the drain valve I was using is at the lowest point in the house meaning it'll drain all my inhibitor if I leave that open. I'll give it another go, see how I get on. Thanks

Before I call in the engineer I'm trying a recharge of the EV, having read the FAQ's (Cheers Ian) Could you just confirm I'm doing this right if poss please: I've dropped the pressure in the boiler to Zero by releasing some water from a rad drain valve. Checked the valve on the expansion...

Been keeping an eye on the PRV via the Overflow pipe and it's not leaking. Yeah will have to look for a new GSR Engineer, somehow people who know Halstead boilers in Southampton are few and far between. Unfortunately I went through a few bad ones who didn't know what they were doing (a few years...

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Just wants topping up? These are pressurized aren't they?

Hi We have a Halstead Ace High boiler which is supposed to be at about 1.2 bar when cold but when on it gets too hot and the pressure goes way too high activating the PRV. It seems to be happiest at about 0.5/0.6 bar when cold and we don't get any issues, but this isn't right is it? Even if I...

Just realised there's no reason why each individual light is not already wired directly to the switch and not to each other. I guess that changes things.

Hi I have 2 lights in the garden which run from the same light switch in the house (2lights, 1 switch). I want to change the lights to PIR activated lights which I guess is pretty simple. But do I just need to buy one pir light or do I need to replace both lights to pir lights. I'm guessing...

To be honest I think we'll just buy a new house Hugh :D

What could I use to keep the white crud from building up again?

White granular hard stuff, I'm assuming washing powder (even though we've used liquid detergent for years) I've put the worm through a few times, back and forth quite vigorously. I've tried filling the sink up and then releasing it but it still backs up the downpipe from the washing machine a...

Before I tried the worm I tried the blowing method a few times. This is the crud I managed to blow through

It's 1930's but has new pipework. I've managed to get the worm all the way through so it's sticking out the other end. Hasn't pushed any gunk through with it but certainly drilled through some as the corkscrew is gunked up. Going to see if I can pull it back out now The pipe has 'eaten' about 4...

just been up to wickes and bought this http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Drain-Cleaner-4-65m/p/500594 same thing. About to give it a go. BTW pipe feeds in along the side of the house to the downpipe from the guttering

Just feeds out into the drain. I have remove the feed pipe so I can see all the crud coming out

Hi darrena How did you get on? I have the same problem. Did you manage to sort it? Cheers K

Hi I have a waste pipe which has started to back up a bit and cause overflow. The pipe drains from the kitchen sink and draining board, each has it's own trap (these are clear), then down towards the outside of the house. In the middle of the sink and the wall outlet is the washing machine...

Haha. Yes Gasguru consider yourself in the thanks to "everyone". Cheers Kelv

CONCLUSION Hopefully this mayhelp someone in future. IT WAS THE PUMP. Not enough guts to get the pin on the diverter up into the microswitch enough. Replaced pump for £100 +£60 labour. It was actually you Tony Agile that made me get someone else in to look at it after what you said. I...

In the photo attached you will see my loft space covered in about 12" thick insulation with a couple of holes cut into it where the downlights are in the bathroom. The question is can I put another layer of insulation over these holes to stop the cold air from the loft seeping down through the...