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Right I understand now that the hot water tank is probably full but I still have no water coming out any hot taps. Anything I should do?

I am having trouble refilling my hot water tank. I came downstairs this morning to find water dripping through the living room ceiling all over the couch and carpet. I went upstairs and saw the bottom of the cupboard where the hot water tank is wet. Not knowing what to do or where the leak...

The ugly slope of MOT would be covered with topsoil then turfed to hide it.

I am about to embark on a new project. I am going to replace my existing gravel and weed driveway with a nice new monoblock one. I have read up on everything I need to do (excavate 250mm, 150 type 1, 50mm sand then 50mm block on top. My current drive is only a single width drive and I...

sorry for yet more questions. My hot water only heats up when the central heating is running. Will buying a modern controller allow the hot water to heat independently of the heating or is my boiler not capable of doing this?

That's good. Does it make any difference that we don't have a room thermostat at at the moment? Only trv valves on the rads. I am just worried that our boiler won't support adding such a device.

I guess that is a "no" then? Care to share the joke?

Sorry, that was a typo. Should read nest. https://nest.com/uk/

My boiler is probably the same age as my house (1972) and has a horrible nasty old manual timer connected to it. The boiler is a Baxi WM 381 RS and the timer is a Randall 103. Is it possible to replace this timer with a modern thermostat? I am drawn to the next thermostat that has just been...

UPDATE Well tonight I managed to repair the pipe. I went to a large plumbers merchant looking for the product mentioned above. They didn't do that brand but did have his stuff http://www.pipestock.com/philmac/universal-transition/ I got 2 transition fittings, a 90 degree bend and a length...

Thanks for the replies. It sounds like if it is durapipe it will be quite an easy fix. At the risk of sounding completely useless could you please post a link to the stuff I need to buy?

Last week I had a severe drop in water pressure and a new stream running over my back garden (and into the neighbours garden). Luckily I noticed it early and turn the water off at the toby before any damage was done. Anyway after phoning my insurance company and being told it wasn't insured...