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Hi, I have Vaillant Ecotec 831 plus. When I turn the boiler on, within 10 seconds the fuse box gets tripped and the electricity turns off downstairs. I've previously fixed the diverter valve twice, 8 months ago and 3 years ago. Saw F75 error yesterday and assumed valve might have broken again...

I've got a blocked kitchen sink. So far I've tried: * caustic soda * baking soda and vinegar * boiling water * removing each pipe section and cleaning the pipes. There were to be two sections which were noticeably clogged. After I did all this and put the pipes back together, the blockage...

Got a very thin door so housemates are heard pretty loudly from my ground-floor room when they're downstairs. Even with my door closed, you can sometimes hear the faintest of nose sniffs if someone is in the kitchen or living room. I recently changed the lock on this door and during the drilling...

Last week the kitchen electrics went out and electrician came to repair, discovered damp in the wall and had to remove one of the sockets completely due to the damp. This wall is at the side of the house where the kitchen window, kitchen door and the fusebox, as well as one remaining socket, are...

Have isolated on fuse box that the kitchen electrical breaker (which is connected to all kitchen sockets, cooker and boiler) are causing the RCD to trip. Turned off all kitchen sockets and unplugged everything in there. Still tripping when I turn the breaker back on. There are 3 wall fuses in...

I recently had an engineer over to change a Diverter Valve. Noticed now that the hot water pressure is much lower than it previously was before (prior to and also during the Diverter Valve leak). The engineer also bled the radiators at the time - I think 3 of them were affected by the trapped...

Update about my thread re: leaking Diverter Valve here. People might not go through the 40+ responses in that post to read this so I made a new thread as it's a slightly different issue. Plumber came around yesterday and is quoting over £370+ to replace it with a brass original DV from...

Disclaimer: I am a complete novice. Water started leaking from underneath the boiler, a slow drip from the right hand side. I did some research and pinpointed that it might be the diverter valve causing the problem. I've ripped off the cover and lo and behold, the diverter valve is the...