Search results

Afternoon Our bedroom window has developed a fault at the handle. The button mechanism works and allows for release but the handle wont pass all the way up to release the catch, it sort of gets stuck on the last little bit of travel. Any thoughts on what could be causing this and remedy??

Bled all the rads of air today, working from furthest away to closest to the boiler downstairs and repeating the process again upstairs. All of the downstairs rads were fine, no air at all, however 2 of the upstairs ones closest to the boiler (boiler is downstairs) had a fair amount of air...

I can confirm there isn’t a bathroom above , the bathroom is actually diagonally opposite and upstairs so it couldn’t be further away

Ive marked with a blue dot where the issue is but appreciate its difficult to see. I will try and get some actual pictures ASAP

The building was actually a school which was later repurposed for housing. I think they managed to make 4 houses out of it in total which is why you can see further back the render colour changes when it switches to a different property

I will take a few more photos when I am there later in the week. This is as much as I can get from Googlemaps streetview for now lol!

This is the offending corner from the outside. The house is rendered which then stops at a sort of "skirt" before the brickwork is exposed to floor level As its 125 years old I dont think it has a cavity inbetween the brickwork

Note there is an air vent bottom left (why!???). This corner is where the black mould tends to grow. Could it be the vent is allowing colder air to come in, cool the wall in that area and increase condensation? My real concern is the wet coming through the paint rather than this black mould...

Hi guys This is actually a question on behalf of my mother who lives in a fairly old property, built in 1895. She has an internal downstairs wall that seems to have damp water marks showing through the paint. She actually had a "damp specialist" in a couple of years ago as she was having a...

I believe as part of the powerflush they added inhibitors when refilling!

As a follow up to this, the new pump is very quiet. Its made a big difference in noise levels when the pump kicks in. The boiler seems much quieter as well The only thing I have noticed is, it sounds like theres still air in the system as I get a kind of intermittent bubble rushing sound...

Update on this After checking the pump I ended up calling a plumber in to have a look. He went round and did a similar check to the pump and diagnosed that the boiler was blocked due to sludge in the system and I needed a powerflush. Essentially the pump wasnt able to move the water through...

That makes perfect sense. I'll keep this thread up to date with the fault finding over the weekend!

No I havent. I've always wondered what that upright was in all honesty! Can I just use a rad key to open it or do I need a different tool?. Is it some sort of catch-all pipe for air before it gets to the pump Ive never touched these and to my mind no one else has either so they should be...

Right I'll give this a bash tomorrow and report back. Presumably there'll only be a bit of water and it wont be free flowing out??

- Pump speed setting is on 3. - House is a mid-terrace 2 bedroom house with 5 x cast iron victorian free standing bar rads and a heated towel railed in the bathroom - All victorian rads were removed, flushed (so much sludge!!), sandblastered and powder coated 4 years ago and refitted so I...

So this is my "set up" under my stairs. Presuming the blue thing is the pump!

So I just switched the zone valve to manual using that small metal switch. No change

Thanks Chris. Im sure I heard a bit a more whirring coming from under the stairs a couple of days ago where those are both located. Is there anyting I can do to remedy this myself? I am pretty crap to the point where I had to just google "zone valve". I do recognise that though and I do have...

Last year around the same kind of time I had a new PCB fitted (boiler woulsnt fire up at all). The year before that I had a new fan (became noisy and eventually stopped completely = boiler wouldnt fire up) so dont think its either of those at fault given their age and the fact the boiler is...