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hi seco thanks for your reply if the water goes from the cold water tank into the cylinder and from the cylinder to the hot taps how can the cylinder still be full? as you can see I have no understanding of the system

Hi I have a gravity fed hot water system with a galvanised steel cold water tank that feeds the hot water cylinder only i've read some feed cold water taps too but my tank only has 2 pipes out one is the overflow and one goes into the bottom of the cylinder the water tank has corroded...

Iamlee22 if you put it like that its a sacrafice that has bigger benefits Thanks for your reply

I have what may seem like a daft question is 50mm celotex overkill my concern would be shrinking the room 50mm celotex 12.5mm plasterboard then tiles thats what seems to me a lot of wasted space. I can only assume your house has no cavity so no ability for cavity wall insulation?

Hi I am looking to increase security on my home and am contemplating fitting sash jammers to front and rear doors Both Upvc now there 2 types I have seen firstly a kit that has jack nuts if a hollow plastic frame or one with just machine screws if metal reinforced frame. the doors were...

Hi first ill say Im no expert but from the link you have given it seems you have used bathroom sealant for sealing sinks baths etc. for windows you need framing sealant thats designed for this purpose. Regards Carl

hi alistairreid there are no vents in the cavity the window is definitely the culprit but thanks anyway

Thanks I will have a look now it's day light

hi all my living room window howls whenever its windy and im really comming to the end of my tether I have looked and listened and nothing looks obvious its a very large upvc double glazed unit one single opener its definitely not coming from the opener is this common is it a quick simple cheap...

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A simple question really how much room height would we loose with wet underfloor heating also is it more or less expensive to install that new rads and pipework regards

Thanks for your reply on the front page it does say i3 2310m only just realised its when you click on the more info tab the white one says 2100 thanks for pointing out the 2100 is a desktop processor

Hi I am looking at purchasing a new laptop I am looking at 2 particular laptops both same price both same make both same spec but they have different processors one has Intel Core™ i3-2310 2.1GHz 3MB cache size and one has Intel® Core™ i3-2100 Processor 3.10 GHz 3M Cache now the difference...

Hi, the wipers on my corsa c go down before going up for the complete sweep its more of an annoyance than anything else as it bangs on the plastic scuttle panel, I have had wipers and scuttle panel off and can see that the motor is a replacement from scrappys and both linkage arms look new...

many thanks D_Hailsham you have been most helpful so just to confirm c plan would be the simplest solution but for ultimate control y plan would be the best option what sort of labour time is involved in converting to y plan

would my set up be referred to as semi gravity as heating is pumped and water is gravity and looking at my photos and trying to use my logic having 2 pipes either side of the boiler would that not be for flow and return seperately for heat and hot water do modern systems not have seperate flow...

Hi dcawkwell does that not mean altering the pipework as previously mentioned as its a four pipe setup

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Hi again thanks for your replies, with the water being gravity fed would it not be piped in 28mm as standard? all rad tails are 15mm pipework from the boiler is bigger than 15mm but not 100% sure if 22mm or 28mm. looking at boiler to left is pump with 2 pipes for flow and return so...

as I will eventually need to replace the boiler due to age inefficiancy etc would that make a difference to your advice mysteryman. if im honest when the boiler replacement happens it will be a full system replacement all rads, boiler, full repipe rads re positioned etc although will likely...