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We have an Aqualisa quartz shower with a wall mounted rain head. Is there any way of adding a handheld shower hose ? I've tried adding a diverter between the head and wall pipe which sort of works but we lose pressure from the rain head and it doesn't look great with the handheld hose coming...

We have an Ideal Logic Heat 12, Megaflow tank and standard (S plan ?) plumbing for radiator valves and hot water cylinder. It all seems to work ok but I’m confused by the boiler temperature control. The manual says it ranges from 30 to 80 with an E setting at about the 2 o’clock position. If I...

My house has a persistent leak where a half pipe (112mm) meets the connecting union to the next pipe or at the downpipe outlet. The half pipe isn't quite long enough as the builder seems to have set the down pipe union and pipe connecting union slightly too far apart. As it expands / contracts...

I have moved into a small 3 bed property with a condensing boiler, radiator TRVs (except for those near the thermostat), a Grunfoss UPM3 L circulator and an automatic bypass valve next to the Megaflow. The instller seems to have left the UPM in the factory default of proprtional curve 3. This...

i have a Saracen TMV 2/3 fitted under the bath. With the control fully clockwise there is lots of pressure out of the bath hot water tap but it’s cold. With the control fully anti-clockwise there is hot water but at a reduced pressure compared to other taps. It means the shower fitted to the tap...

i have a Saracen TMV 2/3 fitted under the bath. With the control fully clockwise there is lots of pressure out of the bath hot water tap but it’s cold. With the control fully anti-clockwise there is hot water but at a reduced pressure compared to other taps. It means the shower fitted to the tap...

With a view to fitting a NEST Heatlink for the upstairs zone I had a quick look at the Megaflo wiring centre but something is confusing me. When I manually open the Honeywell zone valve using the lever on the side there is no response from the boiler/pump. In fact if I try the downstairs zone...

As per a previous post, I have a new build two zone system which I think you professionals would class as an "S" configuration. In the air cupboard I have three valves for the downstairs, another for the hot water (both controlled byTP9000) and an upstairs zone independently controlled by a...

I've recently moved into a new build with a Danfoss TP9000 programmer, a TS2 remote sensor in the living room and a TP4000 in the main bedroom. As I'm away for work quite regularly so I use the TP9000 holiday mode function. However, I just did an experiment and set the holiday mode to on but...

I'm sorry if this has been answered elsewhere but I can't find it. I've just moved into a one year property and the main shower has a rain head with one of those fancy blue button on/off/boost plus a rotary temperature dial. My issue is that they only fitted the rain shower head. For many...

My system uses an Ideal FF270 with TRVs on all but 3 small rads (2 in the hall and 1 in the loo) and seems to have 2 separate 2-port valves for CH and HW. The installer fitted a gate valve bypass in the airing cupboard which he set to about 4 turns open. Now the system works OK i.e. there is no...

I have an Accenta G3 (quite old but working OK) but the remote keypad by the front door has been damaged. Will the LCD remote keypad from an Accenta G4 work with the G3 ? I can get an LED panel but thought I might as well upgrade to the LCD if I'm replacing it anyway. (I have the...

I have a shower enclosure which I think was fitted by the original house builder about 15 years ago. It has 3 panels, one being a straight forward hinged glass door and the other 2 panels being bifold. The seals have gone and the doors are looking pretty tired so I want to replace them...

We have a new-ish 5 point front door. I think most door locks work the same way now but we would really like to disable the outside handle. I tried a split spindle which initially I thought had solved the problem, until I managed to lock myself out. People couldn't get in from the outside at...

In our utility room, the builders messed up and set the worktop height measured up from the concrete floor. Then the rest of the kitchen into the entrance to the utility room was tiled resulting in a 25mm step down from the tiles to the utility room floor. If we build up the utility room...

I have a Danfoss HPA2 which has a sticky microswitch. It often stays closed energising the pump even though the valve itself has returned to the off position A light tap on the actutor body will sometimes free up the switch. Is the microswitch a serviceable item (like the motor) as it...

I have a system consisting of a condensing boiler and Megaflow which has a heating circuit header tank in the loft. In order to install a water softener (another thread) I am considering how easy it is to convert the system to a sealed one so that I can be sure that no softened water is used...

I know this subject has been covered before but I am trying to find a solution. I have a new-ish house with a Megaflow and an Ideal Condensing boiler. The water quality in our area very hard and I would like to fit a water softener e.g. Kinetico 2020c Hi-Flow. However, a big label on the...

Is it normal practice to fit a shower bar type thermostat to the tiles but sticking with mastik. I know there are special nrackets available but out builder reckons sticking it is normal. The reason I ask is that our thermostat has come loose and the plumber has just returned to stick it up...

I'd like to install a water softener under the kitchen sink. Our house has 22mm pipe work and is a pressurised water system. A couple of questions please. 1) The softener requires an overflow, usually through the outside wall. Is it acceptable to fit the overflow into the normal waster outlet...