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Ok I've heard activity in the pipes and opened kitchen tap and water is flowing, the initial water was quite dirty but turned to clear. I'm going into the loft to check what's going on with the tank.

The cold water pressure in the house dropped around three days ago and now there is no cold water coming out if the downstairs taps and the pressure in the upstairs cold taps is dwindling. Any ideas as to what is wrong and can I do anything to fix it? I had to turn off the cold feed to the...

oooh, I should also mention that about three/four days ago the cold water pressure dropped in the taps. Hot water is fine, power shower ok too, could this be related? The only plumbing work I have done was to turn off the cold water feed to the downstairs loo but other than that nothing?

Thank you D_Hailsham, I apologise for the late reply I was side tracked by a toilet repair. I will tackle this hopefully tomorrow :)

Thank you all so much for your replies. I thank God the toilet is fixed and functional!! Phew!

I have cut at the nut in diagonal sections so that each diagonal meets the diagonal below it, if that makes sense but the nut is still in place. the metal washer broke in half lol but it was rusty. I tried wiggling it about with pliers but nothing. Not sure how to cut now? I have tried to...

thank you so much for your responses. With the hacksaw blade, what angle do I cut at , diagonally, horizontally, vertically(is that even possible?)? Do I cut through the wing nut? Will the nut break apart with pliers after? arrrghhh!

Sorry for being away for a time, it's been a busy weekend of DIY, thank you all, we will get there eventually! Here is the photo of the piece that came off the blue component seen in the initial set of photos, it is approximately 2cm

Hello everyone, this is my second topic in just a few days please bear with me! I'm trying to change the syphon in the downstairs toilet and have encountered that age old problem of removing a broken wing nut! The wing nut is not rusty and access is manageable but could be better (as per...

The only lever I could locate was behind the unit facing the wall I reached my hand out to feel it and it just fell into my hand :shock: lol. I've taken some pics of it and will upload shortly. Up inspection, none of the edges are sharp or irregular so maybe it just became dislocated somehow.

Thank you Galoka for your reply :) I am unfamiliar with the way all these systems interact, I'm hoping to learn from here how they do! I agree that an understanding (even a basic one) is always important and saves time and helps with troubleshooting. D_Hailsham, the white cable leads...

Thank you so much for all the replies. If the valve is sticking open as D_Hailsham suggests, how can this be resolved? Will I have to switch the whole system off as Picasso suggests and if so how do I do this? Also how is the cylinder still working if the switch shown in the last photo has been...

Thank you D_Hailsham for this advice, I will look into it this afternoon and let you know how I get on :D

Ooops, sorry! I've changed them now hope it works :D

I apologise for the lack of clarity in some of these shots!

Thank you!

thank you so much for replies. I took some shots, but I'm not sure how to upload images? I have created an album what do I do next? Sorry, I'm new to this![/img]

Hello everyone, This is my first post but I have found a lot of valuable advice on this forum so thank you! I hope you can help. I'm trying to learn about the heating system in the house. There is a hot water cylinder in a cupboard, a water tank in the loft a boiler with a sunvic 207...