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Have similar problem, water overflows into small f&e tank, about one bucket every 30 mins, is slightly rusty colored, have traditional system, hw cylinder 30+ years, pumped heating, vented system, radiators also mostly quite old (30+ years), heating works well, NOW MY PROBLEM - one plumber says...

have an old system, large water tank and small f&e tank on loft, hot water cylinder on first floor, boilder on ground floor (Ideal Mexico Super C 125, vintage 1987, works well though had new stat put in recently). Would really like to just change HWC and leave everything else in place, though...

Have old gravity Heating system, old Potterton (32 ys, in good shape), HWC and small and large water tank in loft above. May need to change HWC as F&E tank has overflow, suspected hole in coil. Happy to get new HWC, vented/indirect again, but would like to know if this like for like change will...

tried four (!!) plumbers on this, finally the overflow has slowed down to a trickle, just under a bucket in 24 hrs, for long periods no overflow at all have traditional vented indirect system, small and large water tank one cause for overflow could be that hot water is VERY hot, so I might have...

For a while our running water is scalding hot, read somewhere it could be a faulty Cyltrol Valve - as layman I never heard of it before, could not find a stat on hot water cylinder (32 yrs old, we have traditional indirect heating sytem). In addition there is a trickling overflow into small...

Flat roof is in need of some tender love, confused about all the different products. Have tried some before, esp the paint-on ones (Thompson, Acrypol,Cromapol), but not sure they are that effective, esp as they are only a thin layer of paint. Spotted a video about Watco Roofite, not in typical...

This is maybe related to another problem I posted about a few days ago, but a new problem has now come up As mentioned, by mistake shut down water supply into house, was off a few hours and realised only when all taps went dry. Got system running again, switched on taps starting from highest one...

Blocked water supply in house by mistake, then got it back, followed suggested routine, start from highest outlet down, supply restored but since then f&e tank overflows, ever so slightly, occasionally the overflow stops but during 24 hrs about 3-4 buckets collect. Get conflicting advice from...

Have traditionalvented indirect heating system. F&E and large water tank in loft. All worked well until my watersofterner gave up the ghost. While fiddling around with it I shut down bypass valve by accident. Water in house ran out. Got that sorted again. But ever since the F&E tank is...

Do not want to get wrong toilet that will not fit - never needed to do this, but shall I first get plumber to have a look, measurement? The old one obviously determines where water supply, runoff and gap in floor cover (Amtico tiles) are, so can i just buy any toilet I like (there are zillions...

Have a leak in the supply pipe, job involves 10.5 m pipe replacement, connectiong to house pipe system, pipe runs under a crazy paving drive, got estimates which all claimed that two holes would be enough and a mole would be used to install new plastic pipe, job then finished by replacing crazy...

Water Co alerted me to possible leak and after we checked it turns out that there is a leak between water meter/main and my house. So have to replace (lead) pipe under crazy paving drive (10 m long). A few points I am unsure about. Man from Water Co said it would cost approx £500, there would be...

have not drained/flushed out the CH for 26 years - is it enough to just add some inhibitor or is it worth doing a full drain job?

Intend to buy a detached house - has gasboiler in shed/hut just next to ourside wall, access via a door to the hut (size just enough for a boiler, overall height around 1.5 m), vent/flue just just out above the roof of the boiler hut). There is about 2 m space between house wall and fence to...

Live in Residential street, nearly all detached properties. A neighbour is a builder and has a skip semi-permanently in his drive. Uses it to get rid of building waste he brings home in his van. Is this allowed? Should there not be some regulations that control this commercial waste disposal...

looking for someone with experience in fitting a patio awning, Primrose, full cassette with electric remote control, 3.5 m wide, anyone out there who can do it (some references required) or recommend someone, would have to be in Barnet/Enfield/Mill Hill area, tks