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The Genius of Milliput: Saved us £100's - and negates need for new immersion tank. This is more of a report on a success rather than a request for help now. Briefly: 1. Bought a new house: amongst many other problems, the thermostat kept failing in the immersion tank. (evidence of an...

Thanks for the tips ChrisR and Onetap, I can see many furrowed brows when lead pipes are mentioned, not surprisingly! Your comments about dry rot and replaced joists are well-made. I have asked local plumbers to price up replacing the whole system. It's an inevitable job I can see. But...

I know this subject has been discussed before, so apologies if it seems like covering old ground, but we have an old lead pipe that's driving us crazy! It has a hairline leak and is spraying a fine mist under the floorboards in our top bedroom. This water is then "seeping" along the downward...

leaking pipes

Thanks for your advice gents. I reckon it's good advice to replace it. If I go through the pain of replacing bearings just to find something else goes in a few months.... Arrgh! Cheers

Hello, Firstly, I have no experience mending washing machines. But I guess I'm not stupid. We have a Hoover Performa 1100 WA 110 wash/drier. It's approx 6 years old. Over the last few weeks it's started to make increasingly loud noises whilst the spin cycle is running. It sounds as if the...

Nice advice... thanks for that Hughie. I presume you mean the pipes either side of Main Heat Exchanger (no.10) on the exploded diagram here? http://www.scarlet-design.co.uk/myfiles/Private/VokeraCompact_SE_Exploded%20diagram.jpg

Our VOKERA Compact HE Combi Boiler seems to cut out when running hot water from our bathroom. It simply "goes cold" whilst taking a shower, etc. - when we look at the front panel on the boiler itself, the red light has come on. We have to reset on the Mode Selector Switch so we get the green...

what's the best way to put insulation UNDER the wooden stairs of our old house as it leads down into the cellar? (we're losing a fair amount of heat as the cold air slowly sweeps up through our bare wooden floors) thanks in advance. CM

The weirdest things happened! Last night I dreamed that I opened-up the boiler, then loads of guppies spilled-out upon the floor and caused a surreal fishy pool of colourful motion around my feet. Then warmth descended upon the house and I felt my actions had brought on the hot water we'd been...

Thanks for that. Not sure what the "plate heat exchanger" is, but I guess all will become clear when I open up. SP

Our Biasi Boiler (Riva Compact) has decided to go "all hot and cold" on us when pouring a bath. Central Heating works fine. My mate said it's probably a blockage in the Heat Exchanger. My question is: 1. Considering I replaced a pump in another combi boiler last summer, will I be competent...