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Hey all, I'm trying to get my head round this. We've got an ageing system with an 18 year old 24kW system boiler and a similarly aged megaflow water tank. The boiler has been on its last legs for a while and I want to replace it. The problem is that I don't want it in the same place as it is now...

Hi all, Still trying to keep this old boiler alive for another year or two when we hope to build an extension and move the boiler location (would rather get a new one then). It's a Main HE system boiler. We have separate hot water tank in the cellar. We've had an intermittent issue with the...

We've had this issue for as long as we've lived here i.e. for most of the year, when you turn on the cold tap, it'll run warm for up to a few minutes before cooling down. Unfortunately, with it being cold now and the central heating being on a lot of the time, the water that comes out the cold...

Hey guys, The floor in our cellar has been flooded lately (well, a big puddle that I keep having to mop up) and I'm pretty sure I’ve narrowed it down to a hot water pump, which is dripping. I installed a water softener about six months ago and I think what’s happened is that this old pump had a...

Hi all, we moved to a new (old, Victorian) house a few months ago. I’ve been having some annoying problems with the RCD on the circuits tripping. When turning something on that has a relatively high load, sometimes it will trip the RCD. I.e. turning the microwave on, kettle on, washing machine...

Hey all, It looks like I may finally have won my wife over for the go-ahead to install a split air conditioning unit in our bedroom. We've had the discussions every year but in recent years the most humid period has always come towards the end of the summer. This year, it's hitting us early so...

Hi all, Long time visitor and reader here. I'm hoping some of you more experienced folk might be able to help me out. I'm pretty sure the diaphragm in my Worcester 24cdi boiler has gone. Can anyone tell me how simple it is to replace it in-situ? I've replaced a diaphragm on a different boiler...