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its been serviced every year, as far no crunchy hose, does the system need draining to change pressure sensor. What would you put in if you installed a new one.

Hi All I had a Glow worm fitted when I moved into our new house, it was so bad that after 2 years I had it taken out and had a Vaillant eco tec 615 system boiler with Tempest tank fitted 8 years ago. Last year it needed a new pump as it was leaking 2 weeks ago we needed an expansion vessel as...

Hi All My filling loop was leaking from the top of the non return valve between the braided cable and the connection so I replaced the braided cable which has stopped the leak when I top it up but it has now started leaking from the knob in the middle of the non return valve now when I top it...

Hi All i have never repaired a tap so i need your help please I have a bath mixer tap that is dripping it is the same as this one http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/architeckt-cascade-bath-shower-18005-25932 Questions are is it a washer that needs replacing if so where is it in the swan neck...

sorry what is zone 2 access or entry route

Hi Am i right in thinking that zone 1 and 2 are entry/exit on the Texecom Veritas R8 or do they need to be nominated entry/exit in the programming Cheers Tally

Hi Texecom veritas 8 to change over this week, wondered is there a way to silence the external bell box while i swap it over apart from ladderes out and taking the battery out, is it a like for like swap Securit 700l c&k to Veritas 8 Cheers Tally

Securit 700l c&k , i have ordered a Veritas 8 and keypads etc hope its easy to swap over.

Hi I need to change out a scantronic 700l keypad but there not made anymore so i need to pit in a new syatem all together i am looking at a Texecom Veritas R8 Is it easy to changeover i'm ok on electrics usually not done any burglar panels Cheers

I am fed up of buying supermarket r50 ses spotlight bulbs for my kitchen which are allways failing , i must change 1 a month. Can you advise which brand good quality bulbs iI can buy so they dont blow so much. thanks tally

Hi I have 2 mains alarms 8 years old Dicon's. They have both started to go off in the middle of the night, batterys have been replaced and cleaned out. Is it time to change them and any reccomendations please. Thanks Tally

Thanks Simond so if its losing charge again it will need a new expansion vessel because it will leak water out of the prv again ? we did shop around and got recomendations after the nightnare of replacing a Glowworm and thermalstore that was 5 years old and nothing but trouble I thought we was...

Latest.. Expansion vessel had lost pressure so it was recharged,water pressure sensor has been changed,then i had water leaking from boiler and it looked like it was pooling under the pump but by the time the heating engineer had arrived it had stopped and dried up but the pump was really...

The water loss from the PRV was due to not enough pressure in the expansion chanber but the last 2 days there has been water under the boiler, i had a look and it seems to be pooling under the pump but it soon dries up so i cant see where its coming from, anybody got any idea's please. Thanks

i have just checked the pressure in the expansion vessel ( admittedly with car tyre gauge old metal one ) and it show 0.9 bar , boiler person booke to check/re pressurise vessel but if it has got 0.9bar in it can the vessel still be failing thanks

Bolier running at 1.5 bar when not fired up but when heating or water needed in approx 30 mins it will go to 3.4 bar i assume thats why PRV is letting out some water but had any ideas why its going up so much for it to let out water please. Thanks

Hi Thanks i have had heating off and checked all rads and vlave i have found one slight weep on a bleed valve but not enough to lose this amount of water, so i tied a bag under the pipe from the pressure relief valve and im 5 hours there was about a tablespoon full of water in it, I assume...

Spoke to boiler company owner who says its prob a small leak in system and i need to check rads while cold. not worthwhile him or an eng coming out until i find leak, but how do i find a small leak Thanks

Hi Tony My Boiler people are the guy's who installed it , service it and have been trying to fix it, I top it up regular to 1.5 bar every couple of months it needs a little top up, i top it to 3 bar as advised by my boiler people as a workaround for a day until they came out. I have not found...

Hi All I have a Vaillant eco tec plus 3 years old, last year it lost pressure and my boiler people came out and pumped up the pressure valve then about 6 weeks ago the same thing happened and they changed a sensor valve i got a F.15 error code ( i think) as a temp measure i was told to fill...