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I fitted a Manrose 100mm Standard Mixed Flow Fan in the attic 3 years ago, to replace a failing fan there. Of late we've been getting an unusually high level of condensation in the bathroom after showering, and I've been trying to determine the cause. There was a fair bit of gunk build-up on the...

We have a Roca toilet with a dual-flush mechanism. 4 years ago I replaced the dual-flush unit because we were getting a problem with water continuing to dribble into the toilet from the cistern after a flush. The problem wasn't wholly solved, though, as intermittently it would continue to...

I posted an earlier thread about getting a replacement for an ancient Danfoss 3060 mechanical timer for the heating and hot water. I settled on a Danfoss FP720 in the end, and got an electrician to do the wiring as a new backplate had to be fitted. This was done Saturday. It's working fine for...

We have an ancient central heating system, installed, it seems, shortly after man's discovery of fire. Of late it hasn't been switching on and off at the requisite times, and it looks as if the Danfoss 3060 timer control is on the blink. My understanding is that I can probably just replace this...

I fitted a Salamander CT50+ shower pump 4 years ago (replacing an existing one which had burned out). In the last couple of weeks, it's been taking a while to kick in, maybe 20-30 seconds of running the shower before the pump fires up. I'm wondering whether this is a sign the pump is on its way...

I fitted a Salamander CT50+Xtra pump for our shower just over 4 years ago and it has worked very well since. This morning, though, it is not pumping the water properly when I turn the shower on - it just makes a humming noise and the shower has lost all force. I have checked to see whether the...

My kitchen sink mixer (hot) tap is dripping, so I presume I need to replace a washer. I've not done this before on a mixer tap so I don't really know what I need to undo to get at the washer. This is what the tap looks like: https://www.dropbox.com/s/poqx6n8iaqta0du/taps.jpg?dl=0 Thanks!

I've been getting to know the plumbing in my house a bit better in the last couple of weeks. One of the things which struck me as an oddity when I first spotted it a while back was that the cold water tank in the loft has two ball valves (one of which I had to replace recently because of a...

I'm trying to install a replacement shower pump. To do so, because there are no isolation valves on the inlet pipes, I believe I have to a) empty the cold water tank in the loft, and b) empty the hot water cylinder. I've drained off the loft tank OK, and have tied up the ball valves so it...

I have a Stuart Turner ShowerMate twin shower pump which has suddenly stopped working properly. It stops and starts and even when it's running the pressure is low. Because this happened a few days after I replaced a ball valve in the header tank in the loft, a process during which some debris...