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Yes, you are both right. I now suspect that my mother-in-law had been drinking and fell on the outlet pipe (the toilet is not close coupled), dislodging the outlet seals. Another irritating thing about this job was that I tried to turn the toilet service tap off - the old fashioned type of...

My mother-in-law's toilet was leaking at the flush outlet from the cistern. I dismantled it and found that the water level was two inches above the line – the cistern had been going down on to two bits of brick, one large pebble and a piece of rubble at the base of the cistern, and the...

Just a picture of what I found in my mother-in-law's cistern

Pictures of the Miele tumble dryer and the disassembly process.

Thanks all who contributed to giving me a better idea of what was going on with my central heating. Pretty much sorted now (touch wood). I fitted a new pump in an upright position, and turned the zone valves the right way round, so they weren't fighting in the opposite direction of the pump...

Yes, BG did fit it like that, I believe. I would imagine they did so because since the original installation position (presumably correct) a power shower pump had been fitted directly in front of the central heating pump, making the fitting of the new central heating pump very awkward. The pump...

Just another word on this - I've just had another look at the pump, and it's not at 45 degrees, but is more like 20 degrees from the vertical. The pictures don't show this properly. In the leaflet that came with the pump, it is much closer to the picture with a cross through it than the one...

Hi Yes I did drain the cleaner! In fact I made a loop from the feed to the expansion in the loft, added a meter to measure water pressure, bunged the feed and expansion, opened the zone valves, shut off all the rads bar one in turn, and reverse flushed the system via drain cocks on downstairs...

Hi Thanks for coming back on this. yes there is a cylinder stat running to the HW zone valve. And thanks also for comments re vent. Yes, the vent pipe was discharging hot rusty water into the header tank. I have turned the pump down one notch and it seems to have stopped doing this. I did...

I am looking for advice re a 25 year old system which used to be serviced by British Gas when I could afford it. The problems are many - radiators pinholing and needing regular replacement despite inhibitor, furthest radiator from pump and zone valves (in airing cupboard) staying cold after...