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I am working out how to attach the mounting brackets for a 2M venetian blind to the upvc frame above the main windows of a small conservatory. Due to the cheapskate installation, I have discovered that there is no inner steel re-enforcement behind the upvc panel, so I cannot screw the brackets...

Thanks Guys, I think what I was hoping to get a grip on is this - why is there a drip of water (into the kitchen) coming from the knurled nut, when it has no better path to gravity than the free-to-air tube that ends outside? Why?

Steady drip from knurled union nut on the discharge safety valve pipe, leading to the outside. Boiler loses pressure over a few days. Had a new external expansion vessel plumbed in which has cured the previous big problem, but the steady drip remains - a niggle needing a cure. Does the whole...

Bingo! Have just been outside and shone a light on the overflow pipe - sure enough it is dripping! Many thanks to you for the 'test of function' info. I now have lots more symptoms which finally make some sort of sense. I'll go back to the FAQs with different search criteria. If you yourself...

Tony, I'm grateful for your 'function test' information. Which I have immediately tried out. I filled the cold boiler to 1.5 bar, and then ran the CH for 15 minutes. At this point the readout was flashing 3.2bar. I switched it off! I'm sure this will be meaningful to you Tony - perhaps this has...

I've given the FAQs a thorough reading. Bearing in mind your (Tony's) comment that the 'component' in the photo is designed to leak a little when repressurised, I should be looking elsewhere for signs of leakage. The PRV seems OK as there is no sign of any water around the outside 'overflow'...

Thanks Tony, I'll check the FAQs...

Drips about half a saucer per day - but enough to lose pressure and need topping up every couple of days. Anyone can tell me what this component is? Is it possible to 'adjust' this component i.e. stop it dripping - or it needs replacing?

My Glow-Worm 24cl stopped working when the pressure dropped below 0.5 bar, but following Alfredo's excellent step-by-step method on this site*, I was able to free the stuck valve, after which the boiler re-pressurised itself (with blue tap open) to 1.7bar. I closed the tap and switched the power...

steady slow drip from the hole at the bottom of this component

views of leaking component

My thanks to you two gents. 'Venting' into the enclosed conservatory is a definate no-no then, for the very clear reasons that you outline. I'll discuss all this with the builder when he arrives and work out how to overule the surveyor's bad advice - unprofessional advice, I'd say.

I’m having a lean-to conservatory built at the rear of an Edwardian terraced house. Nothing fancy, just a roof, concrete floor and dwarf wall with glazed frontage. The sides to be existing fire-break and house walls. The surveyor has completed his drawings and sent them for my approval. He has...

Thanks for that, Gazman, most helpful :D I've got the ratchet attachment for the allen keys... I guess if I dis-assemble the middle hinge of the three, I'll get a better idea of how they all fit together. My question is this - when the top and bottom bolts in each hinge have been unscrewed...

:?: I'm trying to figure out how to remove a uPVC external door from the frame for easier moving and refitting elsewhere. The door plus frame weighs a ton! There are three hinges and I have uploaded a 'front and rear' photo set to 'my album'. Could anyone identify the make/model from these...

front and rear view of unknown make of hinge