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A strange problem - my central heating, although working, does not seem to be doing so correctly. The call for heat comes from a Drayton Digistat receiver. It shows all the correct lights (eg green for heat required) and I can clearly hear the relay clicking when I turn the RF thermostat...

I have been summoned to do the above by my son - thanks for that! - so need to check with the experts on here that I do the right thing. The boiler is an Intergas HSE combi controlled by a Drayton Digistat WR1 (nee SCR) receiver, which receives its instructions from a Drayton Digistat RF+2...

Okay, its early (ish) on a Monday morning, and this issue may have disappeared by the time you read this, but - Most poster's signature pics have disappeared. Except, strangely, Dan's and Agile's. Perhaps they have holy status.

I've been summoned to my son's place to "have a look" at this basin tap, which has developed a slow drip. At a guess, I'd say there is a ceramic cartridge in there somewhere. Or would there be 2? Before I pay a visit, could anyone suggest which parts I should be removing and where I might find...

Okay, pointless question time. Except I'm curious. Just been on the Intergas site to have a nosy at the new Rapid, and they seem to have moved. Swanky new premises by the look of it - any of you guys been there yet? If they haven't moved, then blame the Alzheimers......

I am, at long last, going to fit a 15mm Y strainer to protect my son's combi. Toolstation do a strainer for just over £4, the average price at a plumber's merchant seems to be around the £12 mark. I don't have a clue about these things, but I know you lot will be well up on them. Go for the...

Jeff - who are you going to listen to on the radio next week? Can't believe the Beeb - ignore a paedo for 30 odd years, then sack a good guy for being honest.

Well, not quite. Be kind to me on this one. My son had his heat only boiler serviced last week - its a Potterton Suprima 30. Predictably, my RGI found a problem inside - signs of H/Ex leakage. Rather than disturb things any more, he recommended leaving the boiler until Spring, then replacing...

I've just helped my son remove a heap of galvanised pipe from his water system. We didn't even know it was there until it started leaking - which would explain why the water occasionally ran a funny colour - rust presumably. However, once all pipes had been renewed, I tested all outlets, and...

For my sins, I've got to help my son out with some galvanised pipe he needs removing. I know all the bits I need except for this connection to the strainer. Hopefully, as the photo shows, the cold supply enters the strainer fitting through the galvanised into 15mm copper. What fittings do I...

My son has a Potterton Suprima 30HE heat only boiler in his new place. Not too sure when (if) it was last serviced, but am arranging with my GSR man to do so. The boiler seems to be working fine at the mo, but his thoughts re this boiler are not good! If, when servicing it, he finds evidence it...

I am interested in buying a bungalow - its exactly where I want to be and the right size. But there is a snag. Sometime in the past this otherwise conventional brick built structure has had the addition of all round stone cladding. Yuk! I did at first consider getting it rendered over - but I...

Our system is powered by a combi boiler and has been fitted with Drayton trvs since installation. However, the Draytons seemed less than reliable and were slowly replaced with the cheaper wax based trvs. As these are now starting to go wrong, perhaps that was not the best decision! So I am...

My Potty Lynx 2 has decided to show its old age by developing a drip, apparently from around the washer on the dhw temperature sensor. What chance do I have of obtaining just the washer? Or would removing the sensor to replace the washer invariably cause damage, so I might just as well...

Just to stop me doing something stupid - I am presently laying an IKEA click laminated floor, with the usual staggered joints. I have a recess alongside a chimney breast 90cm wide and about 3 planks deep. Within this small space, should I cut the boards in a one whole/two halves staggered...

Okay guys, dont laugh, this is deadly serious. I've just been hanging some Heatline rads, and as usual, I've mounted the L shaped brackets with the short side hanging the rads and the long leg against the wall. All well and good, except it suddenly occurred to me that Heatline probably...

I'm doing a refurb at my son's newly purchased house. Part of this will involve connecting to and rerouting the underfloor mains. At the mo, the only isolating valve is the water co. quarter turn tap in the street outside. 1 When the pipe enters the floor void, it is in what looks a bit like...

I have the above taps fitted to my bath and basin - they have been in for many years and have given great service ( which, at the price, they should!) However, periodically, the hot taps become hard to turn. Last time, I removed the cartridge from the body of the tap, lightly greased the...

Have now fitted, thanks to advice on this forum (Paul Barker in particular- thanks Paul) my Magnaclean. Blooming good it is too! Next move, some time in the future is to consider replacing my existing Aquadial ceramic scale reducer with one of the Combi mate style devices that also seem to be...

Thanks to Paul Barker's constant recommendations, I've now bought and fitted a Magnaclean to my Combi system. I found the instructions very clear and well thought out, but could not achieve a leak free installation. The water oozed out from the olive retaining nut. It seemed to me that there...