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Right, up in the loft I go to check them out. header tank is the smaller tank isn’t it? Cold water storage is the large tank. And they’re both completely separate so if something is in one it won’t go into the other ?

haha yes it is you cheeky bugger! I didn’t go into the loft to the tank I turned off the water under the sink. my plumbing knowledge is limited but if something had fallen into the cold water storage tank what would happen? Does the cold water tank supply water to the hot water cylinder in the...

This is the water - I filled the bath a little so you can see the colour properly. Excuse the bathroom decor - it’s a 70s house and we haven’t got round to renovating the bathroom yet.

UPDATE! Hi all, thanks for your fantastic suggestions. I drained down yesterday, replaced the valve and refilled and now my heating is fixed! However... this morning my water is BLUE! Really bright neon blue. It seems to be affecting the hot water taps throughout the house. Does anyone have...

Thanks for the reply. Will get pictures shortly and upload them ☺️

Hi FiremanT, yeah it’s a 70s house. Although at one point she actually had solar panels put in! I didn’t realise one would be non functional, but I think if that’s the case it’s definitely the satchewell as I can hear the Drayton clicking sometimes. Do you mean there should be another motorised...

Hi, thanks for your reply. It’s super old - an old Drayton acl. Hasn’t got the removable actuator

Fantastic ! Thank you!

Thank you so much! Do you think this is a job an amateur might be able to do? I have a valve and actuator and as far as I know I have to drain the system with electric off, replace valve, wire it in and then fill system ?

Thank you. Would this prevent the boiler kicking in when I use the wall controls to call for heating?

Hello all, I’m pretty clueless when it comes to this sort of thing but as we can’t have tradesmen in the house due to shielding I’m hoping someone can give me advice to help diagnose my heating problems. We bought this house less than a year ago and starting to find that there are several...