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Dear All, I purchased a HIVE mini thermostat that does heating and hot water for a conventional boiler plus separate hot water tank. I was going to get it installed by British gas but they say they unable to do it as they are very busy. The current set up I have is a Valient conventional boiler...

Hi everyone, A quick question I can't seem to get my head around. I have a gravity feed water system. I'm putting a whole house pump in. I have to put a side entry on the hot water tank for hot feed which means I have disconnected the house hot water feed pipe from the vent pipe because I'm now...

Hi, Looking at fitting a salamander rp75tu whole house pump but in their specs it says all toilets must be fitted with an equilibrium ball valve. I did Google it but wasn't sure if my rollers were ok. Toilets I have were fitted new about 9 years ago, will they be ok with a 2 bar whole house...

I will be installing an electric shower. There is no shower there at the moment. I know I won't be doing any of the electrics, just plumbing in the shower. I want to put a 10.5kw in, the showers of 10.5kw seem to need 1.5 bar water pressure and 11 litres a minute water flow rate. The bath has...

Only just started to research is I could have a 10.5KW electric shower installed. There is no shower or wiring at the moment. Looking at shower requirements it asks for a 45A fuse with 10mm cable. I don't intend on doing the wiring up myself, I'm just weighing up the costs involved (New consumer...

Hi, I need to change a bath mixer tap to a bath mixer tap with a shower hose attachment to make a shower that runs off the mixer taps. The house has Mains cold water and gravity feed hot water. The house is electric only and it has a Direct economy 7 immersion Hot water tank (with the cold water...

Hi, A new problem that has just started with my heating and hot water. I have a conventional glowworm boiler ultimate 40FF and a 3 port heating hot water valve. Until yesterday everything worked fine but now my heating switch will not fire up the boiler (the 3 port danfoss valve stays in the...

Hi, I had a gravity feed shower that wasn't a very strong flow, I fitted a second hand shower pump that didnt seem to work properly, it started for about 10 seconds then stopped, give it a few minutes turn on the shower mixer again and it would work for another 10 seconds then stop, also I...

Just fitted a secpndhand easiboost twin shower pump, never had a pump before, only gravity feed shower. It started up when I turned the shower on and run for about five seconds then started to pulsate on and off a few times. I turned shower off because I didn't think that was right. I turned it...

Hi, I have decided to fit a whole house pump instead of a shower pump so it boasts the water all over the house. I have included some more photos of the pipes around the HW Cylinder in the airing cupboard. I have one 22mm in the side of the tank coming from the 3 port valve I have the 22mm...

Hi, I have a thermostatic ensuite gravity feed shower. I fitted it as a replacement about 2 years ago. It has never been very powerful ( about as strong as a watering can but in the last couple of weeks the shower starts fine as usual power then within a couple of minutes the flow reduces by...

Hello All, Going to fit a gravity feed shower with a shower pump. I have attached a sketch of my present hot cold water set up, I have left out the Central heating part. I can see how to break into the cold water feed going direct to the shower, direct to the pump then back to the shower. Is...

Hello, I decided a few days ago to turn up the Temperature a little on my 14 year old Glowworm 40FF Boiler to put a little more heat in the radiators. I only turn up the Min Max Knob a little bit and as soon as I did I started getting a knocking/cracking of pipes sound straight away. The...

Hello, I'm thinking of replacing my wired Room Thermostat with a wireless one that I can move from room to room. The set up is I have a conventional gas boiler in the Kitchen and a wired room thermostat in the Hall downstairs and a central wiring box upstairs in the Airing cupboard. I have...

Hi, I replaced two single radiators with Double last year and never had any problems. Now I have just replaced two more, one bedroom and one living room, both the same size but double. Now I;m having problems getting all the radiators in the house to balance and stay hot. I have read about...

Hi, I'm going to paint my front door with exterior gloss paint. The door is either a metal skin or pvc skin door, it's not a new double glazzed pvc door but Im not sure what the skin is it's hard to tell. It has a couple of small dents and a hole where a number was on the door. What type of...

Hi, As the heading says really, may sound like a silly question but do whole house pumps (salamander RHP75) work OK on mono taps and bath shower mixer taps, or do they have to be seperate taps to allow the pump to work properly? Thanks

Hi, I'm refitting my bathroom, which includes putting in new bath and Bath Shower mixer taps. The old taps are about 12 years old and the water flow through taps and shower head is good. I have a gravity feed water system and the stored water tank is approx 2.2 meters above bath taps. All I...

Hi, My mains water coming in the house via the stopcock is making a very loud vibration noise, I get it when I run a bath and the stored water tank in the loft is refilling. I thought maybe it just needed turning down a bit but from closed you only have to open it a little and it starts...

Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to fit a shower pump to my gravity fed shower doing the work myself. My cold for the shower comes from the stored water in the loft tank and the hot comes out of the hot water cylinder and goes back up to the loft where then it runs parralell with the cold...