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Instead of the four hours setting I put it on at 7pm yesterday, by this morning at 10am there was very little difference for all that, the airing cupboard was slightly warm, the upper part of the cylinder (testing the plug on the side close to the top and the hot water outlet pipe) was as hot as...

Correct re scalding if set any higher Whilst it heats some water at the top of the tank, its only very hot for a short while and loses its heat fairly quickly as there is more cold water in the tank than hot Its just open vented so can't see the possibility of an air lock being involved...

The immersion was purchased in May last year and is to the latest spec, it has the same type of adjustable temp setting as I have usually seen I seem to remember reading of the later ones being sealed from over adjustment

Current setting is at 60 degrees as 55 was not heating water enough whereas it used to However if the standard is now a top entry 27" element and there are still plenty of houses with just an immersion heater for water, I simply cannot believe that the experience I have had with this one is...

Sorry got waylaid into other duties Thank you all again for your input Just to clarify, the immersion is the *only* form of heating water we have, no other heating of any sort, so am reliant on the immersion creating enough hot water (thank goodness my three daughters are not still at home as...

Thanks all for the feedback To try and answer all in one go I saw the element fitted as I fitted it ;-) I am wondering if its a duff one, it heats up the top but not lower down Whilst a calculation would tell me what is supposed to happen, it rarely does in practice, hence why I was looking...

Hi all Last year our hot water tank sprang a leak, so had to replace the tank, which is a standard direct 900 x 450 which had a lower side mounted immersion heater, old and new tanks were/are foam lagged We have no other means of heating except an immersion heater It has a timer and used...

Oh, thank you , that surprises me Thanks for the advice, its appreciated

Hopefully a simple question I have to replace a direct 900 x 450 leaking hot water cylinder The original had one cold inlet, one hot outlet, one immersion lower in the tank and a blanked tapping I ordered a new one which came with three excess tappings, I got 1" BSP blank plugs from...

Forgive my ignorance, but are you saying I might be able to convert without planning approval? But would need building control? Or am I misunderstanding you I was reading about the VAT situation yesterday and would need to go over that again but thanks for pointing out

Well the choices I have are sell as it is and probably not get a great price for it (if I can sell it at all like that) or convert to a separate dwelling ground floor, then either sell both or get some income from rent, selling later I was under the impression that with the regulations there...

Not entirely sure what you mean but we live in the upper part (two floors) Initially would like some income from rental of ground floor, leading at some point in the future to selling both as separate residences Space should not be a problem nor layout as ground floor is basically an...

Hi, hope this is not to basic a question We have a building which was once a chapel, ground floor was a shop with living accommodation over, houses join on either side, village location Basically we want to convert the ground floor into a separate residence What are the order of...