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But sometimes it can work fine all day, so trying the pipe bucket idea it might be on one of its good days and work fine? I have turned the electricity off at the pump and it flows fine, but at a lower rate?

Hi the cylinder is around 5 years old, normal copper one with insulation stuck to outside. I have had 3 plumbers round and all scratched their heads? I have just ran the pump with a cylinder full of cold water and it was fine running the bath, but turn on another tap and it makes the noise. I...

Hi Hi could you explain about the stuck auto air vent? I have one on the pumped hot water just after the pump in the attic

Hi thanks, but how would I check that? There is a gate valve on the supply to the cylinder but it not been touched for years. But why would running the cold water tap make the pump work ok? Thanks

As I said it can work for a few days and then suddenly not work, just groaning, stopping and starting, only a little water coming out, then you turn a pumped cold tap on and it works? I've just read about the Salamander RHP pumps it seems they have a bypass loop, since they have one motor and...

Yes the new pump came with new hoses so they were used.

Does anybody know how the salamander pumps work? I know about the flow switches etc But how does the little pipe that connects the cold side to the hot side work? There is one motor but two propellers, so if you turn on the cold side how does it not pump out hot water etc? I'm trying to get...

I checked that, I even flushed out from cold water header tank to cylinder and then put a new salamander s flange on. Then cleaned out pipe work from top of cylinder to pump, So all pipe work from hot water header tank to pump is clean. Where could it be sucking air in ? If it is air? When...

I've checked the cylinder thermostat and it's set at 60 degrees, I did turn it down more until my wife complained that the water was Luke warm and it still made the noise? Thanks

The pump is brand new, it sometimes works for a few days, then makes a strange noise and the only way to stop it making the noise is to turn a cold pumped tap on? Why turning the cold tap on would it stop the pump making me he noise? Thanks

Hi I have a Salamander RHP 75 fitted to my hot and cold water system. It's been fitted 10 years and pumps my hot and cold water to my basins, showers and baths. It started making some strange noises, it was worse if you ran a bath upstairs and turned on the kitchen tap at same time. It got...

I was going to pre drill the screw holes ? I would have thought nails would be more prone to splitting ?

Hi I will be starting to fix the 18mm thick loglap to the exterior of my 4 x 2 frame. I do not have a nail gun, so was going to screw the loglap on, I have lots of drill/drivers ! The loglap is 100mm wide, do i put one or two screws on each fixing ? I have got some 4 x 50mm stainless steel...

? but all rooms are the same there is no magical way it can heat up, its about keeping the heat in, and not waste heat ?

Any ideas anybody ?

Hi i contacted local planning and everything was ok with them

Building a garden office/music room at end of garden just somewhere i can crank guitar amp up and not annoy everybody i know with crap guitar playing ! It needs to be warm and a bit sound proofed Got the base down 100mm hardcore/ 100mm concrete with damp proof membrane. Building a...

Hi i was going to build a building at the bottom of my garden, there is a 6 foot double brick width garden wall running around my garden and the building would have the wall on two sides of it . How is the best way to dig the foundations without the wall collapsing ? Was going to go the...