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Yeah suppose it’s definitely worth a shot draining the system, would you recommend I turn off the taps to stop the loft tanks emptying or tie the ball cocks up and completely empty the system? Sorry if that’s a stupid question

Oh right that makes sense it being inside. Yeah I bled the magna clean straight away as I found that to be an issue in the past. Yeah the whole water system in the house is a mess, that is one of the reasons we want it all replacing. Looks like I may have to try and get some boiler cover and...

Following pipe B from the motorised valve it goes up behind the water cylinder, there is no way of me getting to it but I think I have managed to get a photo, it is not very clear as it is so hard to get to but it looks like there is a T-piece near the top end of the cylinder, with one port of...

Thank you for the reply Terry, sorry I haven’t been very clear in my earlier posts, so I seem to have no problem with the central heating side of it, it just seems to be the hot water, if I just turn the central heating on all the radiators get hot and the boiler runs fine. If I turn the hot...

Iv been thinking more about bleeding the system, I have found 2 drain valves on the system, 1 above the boiler and 1 at the base of the hot water cylinder (pics below). If I opened one of these and let them run for a bit do you think it would help shift the air? We were hoping to get a new...

Hi thank you for the reply, so I have a Potterton promax SL boiler, I’m pretty sure the pipe I drilled through wasn’t a mains pipe as the leak didn’t stop after cutting the mains water off. I turned off all three taps in the airing cupboard to stop the leak. If the turn on the CH and not the...

So looks like I was not pushing the switch far enough, I managed to push it to the end and it springs back if I let go, iv held it open a few times and unfortunately have hear no sign of air moving. I have followed the pipe and can’t find any kind of bleed valve I have tried turning the hot...

I had a quick play this morning, turned the power to it off and moved the switch manually, could not hear any sign of air moving. Although the manual switch didn’t move as I expected, it moved very easily with pretty much no resistance and didn’t return back to its original position by itself...

Is this the motorised valve? It’s not what I was expecting it to look like

Ok I will have a look, I think I know what you mean as I remember a motorised valve in my last house but can’t say I have come across it in this house, but I will follow the pipe work and have another look. Yes I can turn the CH on without the HW, although the bathroom radiator comes on when...

Thank you for the reply, I hope the photos are what you are after, do you want me to take the covers off the boiler and take some photos? if you need anymore please ask.

Hi I’m hoping someone may be able to help me, I made a very silly mistake on Monday and drilled a hole in a water pipe while relaying some floorboards. I have a gas boiler with an immersion heater, when I hit the pipe I turned off the main water and all three valves I have in the airing...

Hi Chris thanks for the reply, water was running down the wall the boiler is on so it is possible water got inside somewhere

Hi I’m hoping someone may be able to help me, I made a very silly mistake on Monday and drilled a hole in a water pipe while relaying some floorboards. I have a gas boiler with an immersion heater, when I hit the pipe I turned off the main water and all three valves I have in the airing...

Thank you for your help, been back up and double checked they are defenetly 4x2. My original plan was I was going to put the 175mm stilts on the smaller (35x70mm) beams to achieve the correct spacing. So the chipboard would never have touched the joists as they would be 75mm above them. I was...

Been round checking the walls and all the internal walls upstairs are stud walls, the only solid feature internally is the chimney, which is around 3.5m in from the front gable wall. So I’m wondering if that is why there are these extra beams spaced down the loft, that prevent it from being one...

Thank you for the reply. I do apologise if any of my details sound stupid I’m relatively new to this type of stuff. I can only currently access about a third of the loft currently as the water tank is preventing access to the rest, but by the looks of it the 3 main joists (50 x 100mm) seem...

Is anyone able to offer any advice? It would be greatly appreciated

Here is a picture of the section I want to board first, in time I want to carry on and board the rest of the loft.