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I've had a couple long-run rads like that on my system and found that leaving them fully open usually works best, espacially if they're in the same space as the room stat. Trying to force a strict 12C drop on the very last radiators never really behaved for me anyway. If your boiler is only...

Seven years isn’t actually too bad for an MA1, to be honest. They’re not exactly built to last forever - the microswitches and little motor inside tend to get tired, especially after sitting idle through the summer each year. What you describe (struggling to move into heating position after...

If shutting off your internal stop tap doesn’t change anything, but closing the external one kills the hammer straight away, it usually means the issue is somewhere between the external stop tap and your internal plumbing. Quite common for an old external stop tap to have a loose or worn...

I had almost the exact same problem when I ran a pair of 22mm insulated tails through a 9" wall for an outdoor mixer tap. Couldn’t find a proper 25mm core anywhere either — seems they just skip that size completely! I ended up using a 28mm core bit, then sleeved the pipes with short bits of...