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I have a Glow worm conventional gas boiler that is nearly 15 years old and has perfomed very well with only 2 repairs in all that time, the last one last Oct. when a small bird entered a broken flue pipe cover and jammed the fan, e-on engineer had never seen that before. Anyway we went out...

I know this is going to sound like a silly question to you electrical experts. I have a single socket extension lead with 2 metres of cable, it is rated as 5 amps, if I wanted to plug in an appliance with a 13 amp rating why can't I just put a 13 amp fuse in the extension lead plug? What sort of...

Not sure if this is the right forum but hope someone can advise. I have had a quote for the fitting of two ERA patio door locks. The quote stated one and a half hours labour, would it really take that long to fit two locks, one top one bottom to an alluminium sliding door?

Thanks for advice all.

This may seem a silly question, but if one is using a power tool on an extension lead does the RCD need to go on the end of the extension lead or on the wall socket in the house, or doesn't it matter?

Thanks for replies. Yes I cleaned out f&e tank properly before refilling. On bleeding upstairs rads, all on same level, water comes out with a good pressure. Cold feed pipe to pump was one of the pipes replaced, system had a good flushing through, I did that myself, System has X100 added on...

I have a 14 year old Glow worm convential boiler. A few weeks ago I drained and flushed the system after desludging with x400, after draining I had a plumber in to replace some partially blocked pipe work in the airing cupboard. A few days after being back in use the boiler started to make what...

Yes tried that already, a few times, no luck.

Thanks, I was thinking of doing that as I need one with a drain off point, but could valve have been the cause of the cold rad even though it was letting some water through?

I drained my open vented ch system 3 weeks ago after having X400 going round for a month to try and sort out a partial blockage. I flushed the system out well and on advice, as the drained water was the colour of oxtail soup, put another dose of X400 in again. After filling the system I was left...

Thanks gigz, will try that when I drain system again.

I have placed posts before on these problems. Initially started with hot water venting into expansion tank. After consulting on this site decided there was a partial blockage or complete blockage in the pipe where feed pipe joins pipe from pump to pipe that rises expanded water to tank at the T...

Thanks for advice, will have a go with your suggestions.

I have just drained and flushed my open vented ch system after having X400 circulating in the system for a month. The water coming out looked like oxtail soup! Anyway, filled up system but have 2 cold rads, one in lounge (a double) and the other in the kitchen. Have tried turning off all the...

thanks gas4you and dave, pipes from rads all go straight into wall, so looks like its down to draining each one as you say. Thanks for advice. can I just say what a great site this is for plumbing advice, there is nearly always someone who will try to help.

I have to drain my open vented ch system, I have had X400 circulating for a month to try and desludge it. there is what I would call a 'proper' drain tap above the boiler which you can fit a hosepipe to. I presume I can drain the upper part of the system from this tap. However there is no such...

Thanks for advice, so you are saying to drain the system, flush it through as much as possible and then put another lot of sludge remover, say X400 again, and leave that to circulate again. How long do you think I should leave it this time? As regards draining there isn't what I would call a...

Thanks for advice, actual plumbing a bit beyond me but what do you think of this? You will probable think I am crazy! I decided to try and put some wire down the feed pipe to see if it could get to the blockage. I tried 3 different wire types as the problem was getting it to turn ninety degrees...

I posted a query just over a month ago about hot water venting into the expansion tank. I had some useful answers, causes could be a hole in the heating coil in the tank or a blockage or partial blockage caused by deposits of iron oxide probably at the T junction where the feed pipe joins the...

thanks for advice, very comprehensive from avocet, much appreciated. Taking car to garage tomorrow to get plugged in.