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Hi again all... I've got a new cylinder and cylinder stat, but don't know where to put the stat - as the cylinder is covered in foam and is really effectively insulated. Is it simply a case of cutting a bit of foam away avec stanley knife, so the stat can make contact with the tank? Cheers...

Aright all... I was wondering how a plumber goes about connecting a female compression fitting to a foam insulated HW cylinder? I've got the feed and return pipes for the coil on the HW cylinder connected to the cylinder using 22mmx1" F comp fittings. The problem I'm having is that I can't...

Dead simple one this (i hope) - I replaced our pump and valves because the pump was dead and the valves were peeing out water. Replaced the valves with pegler ball valves. How do you open a ball valve? They have a little tap-like thing on them, but i can't turn them...? The tap is...

I needed to convert some 28mm copper pipe to 15mm copper. So I went to B&Q (ban sheds etc, I know) and got an internal reducer, as I couldn't find a normal 28x15 comp fitting. Anyone ideas how to use an internal reducer? I think it's beyond me :/

Edited this post from previously, as I read the instructions and realised I was being dumb. What size is the vent pipe in the top of a HW cylinder? where can I get some? system is really old i. Cheers Rab

Hi all... I'm not completely clueless about CH systems, and I have read up before asking, but my airing cupboard has got me stuck, and was wondering if someone could explain to me... It's a gravity-fed open vented system (there's no valves, and the programmer is in 'G' position). The...