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i have taken a couple of radiators off because we are having some work done i have turned the trv valves down as far as they go to the frost setting because it is so cold in the room i believe the valves are starting to open hence starting to leak is there anything i can to buy to replacethe trv...

hi no these are just normal trv's they are made by OPTIMA all the others in the house work fine just dont understand what is wrong with this one brett

for some time now i have had a problem with a trv in a bedroom i have established that the trv in not on the flow pipe but the trv is bi directional and this is the case in another bedroom where there is no problem at all fitted with exactly the same trv after a period of time when heating is...

i have just taken off 2 rads downstairs to have some plastering work done although the valves are turned off at times they start to drip water out of them im guessing that because the room is really cold they are starting to open slightly is there anything i can buy to screw onto the end of...

hi on one of my trv's when i turn it from 5 down to 2 it clicks as it goes through 3 is there any reason for this cheers brett

hi cheers why do we need it on the pipework ? we havent got one any where else in the house can we remove it? brett

After moving house we found that the water pressure in the en suite on the cold taps was really bad hardly no pressure all the other cold taps in the house are fine we recently took the downstairs ceiling down to find this on the cold water pipe feeding the bath and sink can you please...

Please can you tell me if this is right i have a pull cord switch with the following terminals comm l1 l2 coming into this switch i have incoming live, neutral and earth also going to extractor is 3 core red, yellow and blue does the 2 reds (incoming live and perminant live to...

I live in a detatched house and since moving in over 12 months ago we can hear not all the time but sounds like 2 or 3 clicks coming from the wall cavity (right hand side wall as looking at house from front) this doesnt happen all the time some time we can hear it 3 or 4 times a night and other...

i have a problem when using my iron it trips the RCD when i use it i turn the RCD back on and everything works fine. but at least once every time i use it it will trip. it doesnt trip the mcb just the RCD is it a faulty iron?? cheers

Im just putting supp bonding into bathroom and ensuite in the bathroom i have a normal rad on the wall so bonding is no problem but in the ensuite i have a chrome towel radiator 3/4 up the wall with only minimal pipes coming out the wall can i bond this rad under the floorboards where the pipes...

we have just had a new combi boiler installed in the airing cupboard the plumber has bonded all 5 pipes together with 5 earth clamps should a 10mm earth cable now be run from the cu to these pipes? thanks brett

We have built a wood platform for our double shower tray to sit on so there is a drop for drainage what is the best method for fixing the tray to the platform would sanitary silicone suffice or would i need to use something else what is the best way thanks in advance brett

hi yes we have a cold water system in the loft the noise appeared when the whole system was drained down a few weeks ago and refilled now evert time hot water goes on it makes this noise brett

Every time i turn a hot water tap in the house or even when washing machine comes on after a few seconds there is a whistling noise coming from the airing cupboad from one of the pipes what could this be? cheers brett

For several weeks now i have had a problem with my SIME SUPERIOR 90 MK II boiler it has been making a banging noise when the pilot light comes on for the central heating and also when we put the Hot water on it makes the same noise we have had a plumber who thought it may have been the pump so...

yes it has had sentinel x 100 in it at all times

the reason i ask because i have a problem with my boiler when it fires up it has a banging noise when the pilot light comes on i can hear the water in the pipes moving along the pipes and sounds as if there is air in the pipes would this be caused by not having the vent pipe we had a plumber...

how would i know if i have a combined feed and vent what would i be looking for on my system cheers brett

this is propably a really stupid question but here goes what is the purpose of a vent pipe on the central heating system? what if you do not have a vent pipe in your header tank? cheers