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This should be a simple one :) Does anyone know where I can buy steel bleed valves that have a 6mm thread? Can't find any online, only brass. (They're tiny, and a few have broken where the stem has snapped when trying to bleed the rads. I bought a couple of steel ones that should last...

Its outside its NHBC cover that would include the internal/central heating parts :-/ There are no wet-patches on the wall, or on the floor. But it's a fairly slow 'ticking' sound (maybe once every 5 seconds). I was wondering that if its a slow-drip that only runs when the heating is on...

Pressure - no idea. There's no where on the boiler or the heating tank/system that tells me the pressure in the system... so I can't monitor it. :? For the £4 it costs from Wickes, would it be a bad move to put some sealant into the system anyhow? (bearing in mind I'm going to put some...

We've been in the house 3 years, its only 7 years old and I've always known about this issue. When the heating is on, there's a "tapping" noise that comes from the inside of a wall near a radiator (downstairs, next to a bay window). Its not the radiator. Previously, I've assumed it...

Complete farce :-/ Council say its Yorkshire Water. Yorkshire Water say they're only responsible for surface water on the estate - not the sewers. Council confirms its a 'private issue'. Have to wait for a callback on Monday from council environmental - so they can come out and charge us...

After lifting a load of inspection covers this morning - looks like its a problem with the main drain. Got to say - I love new estates, lots of inspection chambers! Big Squares = Big concrete inspection chambers (4 to 6 foot drop) Small Squares = Small Osram plastic inspection covers (1-2...

No joy. Worked out which way the flow was by feeling the direction of the outlet from the house and tried plunging and also worm screw but no joy. What's usually the distance between two inspection chambers? Or (looking at the picture below) is it more likely that the waste just joins up...

It doesn't enter the loft cavity - so it looks like it terminates in the boxing (that is, if there is an AAV..). Time to crack out the rods and give the drain a bit of a run through. Cheers

So here's the drain (click for larger images): The waste water us about 1 inch deep - if I spray the hose in the corner I can see a concrete base. The brown floating bits....yeah, not soil :-/ (Also crawled up into the loft, right into the corner to see if there was a AAV -...

[/url] I'll nip into the loft tomorrow morning and have a look at the valve to see if its working OK as well. Its a 4 year old Barratt house, so it wouldn't surprise me if it were that. We've had no end of problems :( I'd assume that if it were a blockage (and not the valve) that you...

Thank you for the reply guys! I'll get a photo of the bottom of the manhole shortly and put it up. (I'm a bit of a one for safety, so I'd definitely tell anyone who came out exactly what's been down the drain, etc. Seen too many easily avoidable accidents tbh.) If I did have to call...

Empty the bath, toilet gurgles (air coming back up). Flush the toilet and the bath 'spits' water (lovely). Happened one day last month. Flushed the toilet a few times and ran a couple of baths through the system and it seemed fine. Now its back (past 3 days) and it won't shift...

Cheers for the help guys, I've ordered a Grundfos 15-50, with some spare valves just incase the others have siezed. Is there any point in running a cleaner such as Fernox F3 or Sentinel x800 with the old pump (while it works) before replacing it? (Assuming that cleaning the system will...

Our CP53 is on the way out, everyone online recommends Grundfoss, specifically the 15/50. So... Does anyone have any other recommendations for a replacement pump? Also, are all circulating pumps the same 'size' between the inlet and outlet? (i.e. can you 'swap out' a pump without...