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Thank you. I will try and do exactly that. Although they are up and running at the moment now. If they're at over 1 BAR running, I don't even know how to reduce down to 1 BAR - well... I do! ...bleeding radiators!

Thank you... the radiators being bled can lead to the pressure loss I think I instinctively knew, but it's good to get that confirmed as to the possible "why". I am hopefully getting someone in on Friday and taking an oil radiator around early this evening as a backup. They have an electric...

I have some good (young and naïve) kids at a property I let out with this Vaillant boiler and they told me late last week that "it wasn't working". I attended on Saturday afternoon and saw it had F.28 displayed on the LCD and the BAR needle was down at zero. I have the boiler manual so quickly...

Thanks all. Hiya again... first things first - I went around to see it. The needle was down fully. I was able to use a normal flat-bladed screwdriver to turn both of the valves 90 degrees. There was no special key that I could see (shame). The boiler started to make the noise you'd expect when...

A search of existing threads brought this up... it looks very promising, right? https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/how-to-refill-vaillant-turbomax-plus.36483/ Still not sure if they look like normal screws to turn, though...

I have been sent this picture of a Vaillant boiler where the pressure needle is down at the bottom. I advised my friend that it (obviously, doh!) needs re-filling and I superciliously (super-silly?) told my friend there should be something obvious on the underside... but - sadly - this picture...

Yeah. Prepare, fill, wait, sand, paint, wait... nah. I've ordered the replacement. The best approach, without a doubt.

But it doesn't match... that's kinda the whole point here... to obtain a matching one. That one pictured is for mounting on the face of the door and frame, right?

Maybe it degraded, over time? The new one coming has a 2 year guarantee... whatever that really means. Aesthetics are more important than security in this scenario. The replacement must be the same size and fit in the same way... if it could be stronger then all the better, but I don't see...

I had already stated it must be of the same type, so I don't leave a big gap where it was in the frame - that's an aesthetic consideration. So, I was curious, are you just criticising "open link chain" or are you suggesting an alternative? This item itself seems to come in chrome and brass...

Is there an alternative thingie I could use that would fit into the same gap... obviously, security considerations aside, there's aesthetic considerations too. This appears to be Yale... dunno why, but I thought that'd mean it was quite good.

It is! Thank you so much for that. Replacement it is... maybe I advise she buy 2 if she's breaking them!

A friend has done this to her door chain, by accident, she must be as strong as an ox! I have removed it, because I wanted to try and find a maker's mark on there so that I could replace it, I cannot find anything, it's bare of any markings whatsoever - no BS standard or anything (which I...

Thanks all. Firstly - there's definitely no old redundant pipework, as far as I know, the flats are quite new - and (to follow on to the next question) yes, there's always been plumbing located close by for both a washer / dryer and dishwasher... but I've stayed at her place for a few days and...

Ah, I see. OK, this seems like the realm of professionals, that's for sure... Maybe I'm better advising her to approach the Management Company for the entire building and try to lay it at their door. I was really just wondering if there was anything obvious I had missed, or something else I...

I dunno how to respond to that... Is that an off-the-cuff remark or a serious suggestion as to problem determination? I'm not being funny (you might be) I just don't know!

Hullo, Asking for a friend. She has a flat she moved into a few months ago - middle of the block, so neighbours above, below and to the sides. Every now and again, but certainly not every day or all the time, her sink starts to really pong. It smells like sewer waste. I've experienced it - I...

What I have genuinely loved about this forum, for ages, is the way some people like to have a discussion, like to try and educate, like to open up the mind to thinking and, completely opposite to that, the way some others will try to close down any discussion, try to hide information and pretend...

So, 1 hour after both immersion heaters were turned on, we still have what you could call a cold dribble. But the water from the same tap I tested before is now a lot hotter. Pleasurably so. I'll leave it a little while longer... but not alone (don't trust it). The dribble down the tundish...

So, do I have both a PRV and a TPRV? How can one tell if they're kaput? Look like the same brand name as that dial.