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ChrisR is right, I had a flexicom 30CX fitted by npower 13 months ago and it has packed up :twisted: An engineer came out from npower, scratched his arse then pronounced it "knacked". Npower refuse to do anything and say it iis a glowworm problem, Glowworm say it is an npower problem. Called...

fitted a double check valve on the hot water shower and problem solved, thanks for your help, unfortunately the shower supplier did not put this in the instructions? :roll:

Thanks but I just bought a long one on ebay for £7.36 (including P&P). Gave up with the header tank and called in the pros... British gas quote Just a boiler: £4500, NPower complete full central heating system boiler rads (plus extra ones in other rooms) pipes fitting etc. £4900. seems quite...

If the subsidence has stopped you can rescreed. chip out any raised bits and open up the cracks to at least 1 inch wide. Give it a good clean (use the vacuum if the wife lets you) then mix up 1 part PVA and 5 parts water and splash all over. this will seal the base to trap any dust. let it dry...

almost bought the stop cock key (thanks for the link. (reasonable price) but will check the depth of the tap in the road first. Thanks again

Like this idea! thinking about it, there was no problem after fitting all the pipework for a couple of weeks the problem only occured 24hrs after adding the bath mixer tap and shower mixer. presumably the cold water mains pressure is greater than the tank pressure so with a mixer the cold water...

The sink taps are not mixer but the bath is, there are isolator valves to all the taps but there are not non return valves. None of the instructions asked for non return valves to be fitted? All the cold feeds are mains fed.

:? so many possible solutions ?, the only changes I made to the system when I installed the new bathroom is: From the mains cold feed I have the sink, mixer shower, toilet and bath. The Hot water from the cylinder feeds the bath, shower mixer and sink. Originally the bath and sink cold was...

Thanks, yes it is the larger storage tank, its been driving me crazy turning the stop cock on and off everytime I want some cold water. Recently bought an old house with a 1950's boiler, need a new central heating system. do you know what the tool is called to turn off the mains water in the...

Anyone know a good plumber who can change a graviuty fed system to a condensing boiler without charging British Gas prices (over £4000!) Witham in Essex area :?:

:twisted: hope someone can help? Fitted a new bathroom and now my cold water gravity fed header tank keeps filling. Did the usual changed ball valve for filling inlet but thyis works fine. the water is coming back from the hot water cylinder and filling the header tank with hot water which flows...