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I had a new 18L EV for my heating system fitted today. It came with a 1.5 bar pre-charge and that's how it was fitted. I forgot to suggest to the plumber that it be reduced to about 1 bar before fitting. The EV is mounted with the water feed at the top and nitrogen at the bottom. I am seeing the...

My current vessel has a max operating pressure of 3 bar. It needs replacing and I bought one with a max pressure of 6 bar. Can it be used in place or does it need to be like for like? Both are 18L

Could anyone advise me on the best way to tackle a rotting garage door post? Unfortunately water running down my driveway gathers easily at this point as it is a low area. I've no idea how best to tackle this as the small area would need protecting from both rain and surface run off water. Any...

I have a question about the installation of my expansion vessel. I pressed the valve on it yesterday and got some water from it. I'm guessing it needs replacing. I was looking at the existing installation and was wondering if it is possible to install them "upside-down"? The water feed to mine...

I have a pressured heating system and the fill loop has been working fine for many years. However recently the plastic tap on the inlet valve broke off. I think this happened because the valve has become really stiff to turn. Is there any way I can free up the valve to make it rotate more...

I have a Blanco stainless steel sink. The top and bottom parts of the basket are held together by a large threaded bolt which is at the centre of the basket / plug hole. When I fitted the basket it came with a gasket / washer which fitted between rim of the upper part of the basket and the sink...

I have a Whirlpool ADP 8900 which is around 4 - 5 year old. A few days ago it stopped mid-cycle with a burning smell in the kitchen. It blew the 13A fuse in the plug of the dishwasher and also the 30A fuse in my consumer unit (although strangely not the 13A fuse in the spur it's fed from on the...

I'm having a similar problem to some others on this forum re condensation / pooling in my loft ducting from the shower. I have a run of about 5m total from shower ceiling inlet to vent outlet including an initial rise of about 0.5m for the ducting to get over a roof beam. My current fan is...

We will be replacing our all-in-one cooker soon, with a separate hob and oven. I was going to use the existing cooker feed for the hob and a new feed for the oven (or vice-versa). The consumer unit is a Hager with individual fuse holders for the various feeds. It it split into 2 parts, the...

My oil burner sometimes fails to come on when the heating is timed to start. However if I open the boiler cabinet and press the red reset button on the oil burner, it fires up and works fine. Then a few hours or even a few days later, it won't come on again. Reset again, starts ok... rinse and...

Let me start by saying I know very little about home heating or plumbing :( so please don't ask me about valves etc :wink: I live in an average 2 storey, 4 bedroom detached house, 8 years old. My hot water tank is on the first floor in the hot press. Beside it, is a red (expansion?)...