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Afternoon all. I have an Eco Tec plus 630 boiler which is 5 years old. It’s set up as a system boiler with a megaflo and hive thermostat. It’s been working fine till today after I noticed that the house didn’t feel very warm. I checked the display (no fault codes) but the temperature is 36C to...

Thanks. That sounds like the best plan. Any idea how/why yours stopped working properly?

Evening all About 8 months ago I posted that I was having issues with a euro cylinder with thumb turn in some bifold doors. Long story short but a locksmith had to replace the cylinder as the turn key refused to turn and then the key got stuck! Fast forward to now and all of a sudden the...

Hi there. It ended with the plumber never coming back to the house. For the past 2 years I’ve had other plumbers come along for a boiler service as part of the boiler cover insurance (yourrepair/homeserve) and they didn’t have any issues. Then again I’m not sure if they did the same tests the...

Thanks for your comment. Funnily enough when I bleed the rad at the top it’s clear vs the leak at the bottom which is black! Hopefully it is just the valves- to be fair they’ve last many years. Is there a particular brand /type i should look for ?

I must say I’m not the biggest fan of Checkatrade. Guessing you’re not too?

Not yet. I dare not open it but if I get a container under it then I can see what happens. Am in contact with a Checkatrade plumber who’s saying power flush (£800!) which sounds like a default answer but expensive compared to others. He might be right- it’s been 5 years since installation

Morning. It’s that time of year when the central heating is turned on for the first time in month and inevitably problems emerge. Initially the bathroom heater was just slow to heat but it’s now stopped completely. It doesn’t have TVRs though you can turn the valves to turn the water off and...

Thank you for the replies! I ordered an integrated dishwasher as non integrated was going to stick out too much. The dishwasher has a plug so I’ve either got to cut that off and wire in to the existed unswitched spur or replace that with an unswitched socket. I think the unswitched socket is...

I think you’re right but i would have to cut out a deeper hole for a socket i think.

Quite possibly though the integrated dishwasher isn’t as deep as a freestanding one which is 60cm and will protrude slightly. I suspect I’d have to channel out a path for the flex as well or it will come out even further and look a bit crap. Might have to go back to look at the integrated...

I think that’s what I have. All the kitchen had to be required- now I have the isolator switch on a cabinet.

Actually I was wrong- half wrong as it is hard wired but there might be sufficient space to fit a plug at the back. I think that I’m better off using the existing wiring and it also means I can shut it off at the isolator rather than having to pull out each time.

Think all integrated used to be hard wired though maybe they did it as it was easier. It was installed in 2008

Think all integrated used to be hard wired though maybe they did it as it was easier. It was installed in 2008!

The dishwasher is to the left of the sink but annnoying the electrics are in the unit to the right of the sink with an isolator switch. Think it would be too fiddly to replace with a plug there and definitely not possible to fit a plug behind.

Thanks for the reply. Might have to revert to integrated as if depth is 60cm it’s going to stick out a couple of cm. Measure twice as you say!

I wasn’t too concerned about attaching the integrated door cover as it’s quite old and a bit warped. Good point about integrated being built better though!

Afternoon all My 2008 integrated Bosch dishwasher has finally died and I have to replace it. I’m considering just going for a freestanding one this time. Apparently they are 60cm vs 59.8cm for integrated but pretty sure it will fit. One question though. My old integrated one was hard wired...

A few days on. If I leave the rad on in the upstairs bedroom then I still hear the sound of water all the way from the boiler to the bathroom rad next door. If I turn off the bedroom rad and turn off the bathroom rad then there’s no sound. I’m guessing this is because the loop is completely...