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hi im changing two 22mm water pipes over to an opposite wall. once I've joined the pipes with fittings and flux how long can I leave it before I solder and if where im soldering one joint the heat from the pipe starts to melt the flux on another joint will it still be ok to carry on and...

Hello I have recently changed my 3 port valve because I was not getting any hot water via central heating, I had to use immersion only. I assumed it was the valve stuck in heating position only as the manual lever on the valve was floppy and not doing anything. it was quite old valve and...

hi i have drained down a pressurised heating system until no more water came through and noticed that the pressure gauge had not dropped. i did the job knowing there was no water in the system. when i went to refill iturned it on and off quickly and the needle went right down to zero. so i...

Can anyone tell me type of primer to use for tiling over tiles Thanks

hello im going to tile a brick bbq, but need some advice on wether it needs some kind of primer or heat resistant paint and the adhesive that I should use. thanks for any replies

I have installed a hot water cylinder. I had to put 28mm x 1" female couplers on the heating coil threads. I put some ptfe on and wound right down to the back nut that is on the wall of the cylinder. but I am getting a very slow drip from each fitting. should I have put more ptfe tape on so as...

I have a fault code thats come up saying egr valve. the symptoms are lots of black smoke through every gear and sometimes a bit of a splutter or flat spot when at a steady speed, and now and again it goes into limp mode, but if i stop and start again its ok. I have had egr valve off and...

hello i have a problem with the central heating system. When the hot water is switched on the boiler fires up but it does not fire up when the heating is put on. Also when the hot water is put on all the rads get hot. I thought it must be a port valve stuck but i cant find one.

hello is there a quick to get air from the system. i installed a new rad in a conservatory so added new pipework in the loft. turned on a nd im not getting heat to the new rad and two rads the other side of the bungalow. All other rads are hot so should i turn them off and wait for it to push...

i have a 2002 saab 93 dti 2.2 i've recently had some black smoke when i pull away around when the turbo kicks in, also sometimes i get a bit of stuttering/missing effect. all filters have been changed and i put some injector cleaner through it. today i cleaned the egr valve and there was a lot...

I put on a vertical rad the other day and After clearing the airlock in The system got all rads going except this new one So I turned all the other radiators off And managed to get it hot. When I put the heating back to normal it was the only one that wouldn't heat. I tried Bleeding it And the...

after changing towel rail for a tall vertical rad,i am having trouble getting heat to it. i managed to get it hot when i forced off all other rads but it wont get hot with the others turned on. it is the first rad fed before the 3 way port. i have bled several tubs of water from the bleed valve...

After draining and then refilling system had lots of trouble first with blockage from the f&e tank and then air locks. I eventually managed to get all rads hot by doing one at a time and closing all others off. But started up next morning and its back to several rads hot and a couple cold and...

HI i drained my central heating system today to replace a couple of rads and check my 3 port valve as i think it is stuck on heating only. replaced rads and checked valve. needs replacing but didnt do it today. i filled the system up and bled everywhere sucessfully bur when i went to start...

HI i drained my central heating system today to replace a couple of rads and check my 3 port valve as i think it is stuck on heating only. replaced rads and checked valve. needs replacing but didnt do it today. i filled the system up and bled everywhere sucessfully bur when i went to start...

Hey, i've got an outside tap that rumbles when you turn it on, so i installed a double check valve because i heard its something that is always supposed to be on the line for an outside tap, but now instead of rumbling it just pulses. any ideas??. thanks

when you change an immersion cylinder do you drain the heating system from a rad drain off or is it easier to crack the fittings to the flow and return on the coil and catch the water there.

can anyone give any advice on changing these, ive been told you have to drop the whole rear subframe! seems a bit extreme to me.

hello i have a neff washerdryer, the tumble dryer part of it is not getting hot, can anybody help thanks

hello. im changing a rad valve and wanted to know when i drain the system is it best to turn all valves off at the other rads. also got a couple of extension tails with o rings on them, i take it there is no need to ptfe the threads when i fix them into the rads. i just want to make sure...