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Hello all, Moved into a newbuild house with square profile skirting board throughout. Internal corners are butted up to each other - looks fine. My issue is that the external corners are also just butted up to each other as opposed to being mitred. This doesn't looks so great. Wondered what...

Afternoon, Just removed the above receiver to decorate. Noticed that the earth wire from the boiler is connected to terminal 2 (com) for some reason. Was curious as to why it is not connected to the earth terminal - see pictures and wiring diagram. Any information would be much appreciated?

Please forgive my use of terminology which is likely to be incorrect. Moved into a house with the following Hepworth plastic drainage gully which is approx 245mm in diameter. It was covered by a manrose gas vent and half a brick! All neighbours have the other parts pictured below which fit...

Hello, Live in a small 3 bed semi. The bathroom taps upstairs are supplied from the mains. In the last few (very hot) days both the cold bath tap and the basin mixer tap (when turned to cold) make a horrible vibrating noise when turned on or off. The bath taps actually growls for a couple of...

Recently cleaned and refilled my central heating using a new method suggested to me by a gas engineer friend partly inspired by something someone suggested on here some time ago. Basically always get air in the microbore system so tried this. Seems to have worked well as all is fine now...

Hello, Got a Potterton Suprima 30 non condensing boiler - vented y plan system with 7 rads and HW cylinder in air cupboard. All is well and fires up first time/regularly service (last time about 7 months ago). I have noticed that when it fires after about 5 minutes it makes a relatively low...

Have a question about the Honeywell V073a mid position motorised valve. My system is vented, fully pumped Y plan with a Potterton Suprima non condensing boiler – small house – 7 single panel rads and 125 litre HW cylinder. All works fine at the moment however… I noticed that when the CH and...

I have a small 3 bed semi detached house with 7 radiators and HW cylinder. The boiler is a Potterton suprima 30 (non condensing) – It is a Y plan, microbore (10mm) unvented system - all fairly standard for 1999 I think. The system has been great and the boiler always fires however. 2 months ago...

Hello, Got a open vented Y plan system with a Suprima 30 non condensing boiler (10mm microbore CH). & small rads in a 3 bed house. The feed vent are combined with an air separator. Came back from holiday (boiler off for a week) and noticed the above noises when the HW was turned on. Noises are...

Does anyone know if it possible to cap off a Glidevale Versa Tile Vent internally. We had a soil stack connected to it but have replaced the soil hosing with an air admittance valve at the top of the soil stack so the vent is no longer required. I would rather not have to get on the roof and...

Question out of curiosity really! Have recently done a lot of improvements to some rental properties and one job I did was to replace all the CH controls. Noticed when replacing the programmers that all had terminals L N CH off HW off CH on and HW on. In each case there was only need to use the...

I have had X400 in our open system for a month now and its time to flush the system and add inhibitor. Is it ok to use the following method? Connect hose to the drainoff point on the radiator downstairs, open the valve and allow the water to run clear. Or should I isolate the FE tank and drain...

I have a 32mm waste pipe entering a strap boss and adaptor on the soil pipe under the floor in the bathroom (the boss and pipe are actually under the floor, just the waste pipe protrudes going up to the sink trap). My question is is it possible to remove the waste pipe from the boss adaptor...

Just wondered if people use and form of sealant (eg plumbers gold) on certain plumbing joints? Specifically I was curious about the ones below: Tap connectors (on the fibre washer) On a pop up basin waste Around flush valves (where the threaded part is connected to the cistern) On the...

Hello, Wondered if anyone could advise what level the water should be in the tank. Mine seems to be quite high (it just covers the bottom of the dip pipe for the overflow. Is this correct?) Thanks

I have recently moved into a house with a Potterton Suprima 30 boiled (non condensing) from 2000. The boiler heats the CH/HW fine and always fires first time and has been regularly serviced however I have noticed the following. When the hw is heating up, towards the end when the cylinder is...

When adding a system cleaner (Sentinel X400) the instructions say to leave in, then drain which I understand but they also say to flush the system. I am not using a powerflush machine so could someone explain what this means. I took it to mean leaving the drain valve open with the cold feed to...

I have an open system with a standard boiler and combined feed vent pipe with an air seperator fitted. Recently I was going to drain down, add cleaner, drain, refill etc I have noticed something that I consider odd though. When the heating and hot water are on there seem to be no circulation...

Hello, I have a open vented system with a Potterton Suprima 30 non condensing boiler from 1999. The system is fine apart from weeping pump isolation valves. I had thought about draining and replacing however we intend to renew the boiler, drain and flush the system in the summer and obviously...

I have an open vented system with a cylinder in the airing cupboard. There is what I believe is called an air vent cap or capillary air vent cap tee'd from the top pipe coil pipe entering the cylinder. it has a small grooved part which is threaded and screws up and down. I am curious as to the...