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Hi. This is my setup. I have a conventional heat only boiler in the ground floor kitchen. Hot water cylinder in the first floor bathroom airing cupboard with an attached wired manual cylinder stat. Wired room thermostat in the ground floor dining room. Wired Honeywell ST6300a heating and hot...

Hi all. Only one of my 5 radiators is making a metallic rattling noise. I have videoed it here... Any idea what it is? And how to fix it? Strange it is the only radiator making a noise? It is a conventional vented heat only boiler with separate controls and pump in the airing cupboard...

Hi. I have a central heating pump CP50. On the speed setting is C1, C2, C3 to the right and minimum, medium, maximum to the left of the dial on the pump. Could some kind person explain the difference between each setting on each side, as I presume C1 would = minimum, C2 medium, C3 maximum too...

I have an Ideal Icos HE15 heat only boiler. A hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard and this has 2 x 2 port valves (one for water and one for heating circuits) and a small tank in the loft. As it got colder today, I put the central heating on for the first time since April 2023. The room...

Hi I need to put a connector block in on an immersion heater cable in an airing cupboard. Worn piece of cable in middle so just want to cut it and connect 2 ends together with a connector block. 3 core cable. Can someone post a link to a suitable connector available on screwfix or toolstation...

I have a 4 ring gas hob in the worktop with a rigid 15mm copper pipe that comes out the wall connection to the hob. Whoever installed this a while back put the pipe down below on the wall and then up to the hob. This restricts the depth of electric oven I can fit below the hob to 525mm. The...

Hi. My washing machine waste goes into the kitchen sink waste outlet with a spiggot. Then beneath this is a McAlpine standard P trap. Then off to the waste downpipe. When the washing machine empties and pumps out this makes the sink plug hole gurgle each time it pumps out and it is quite...

Hi. My washing machine waste goes into the kitchen sink waste outlet with a spiggot. Then beneath this is a McAlpine standard P trap. Then off to the waste downpipe. When the washing machine empties and pumps out this makes the sink plug hole gurgle each time it pumps out and it is quite...

I have an Ideal Icos HE15 standard boiler. Hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard. So the boiler just comes on when the timer and thermostat of either the room thermostat or water cylinder thermostat require heat. However, today, neither of the heating or water were on at the programmer...

Hi Possibly going to replace my system boiler (not combi). Shortlisted to 2:- ideal classic he12 vs ideal icos he12 boiler. Have chosen these as they fit into a standard kitchen wall cupboard which i need. the classic seems about £100 cheaper (inc vat). Anybody got any...

Hi, I have a ferroli sigma 40-60 boiler in the kitchen. This has a pump over run circuit to the pump in the airing cupboard. The problem is that when the timer and the room thermostat call for heat this starts up the boiler BUT there is a fault on the boiler PCB in that it does not send the live...

Hi, I have a Ferroli sigma 40-60 boiler. only 2 years old. but seems to be kettling a lot (loud rumbling in the boiler/pipes ?) - is that kettling? Would using Fernox Boiler Noise Silencer Concentrate 500ml help. Mine is an open vent system with hot water storage tank in the airing cupboard...

Hi, Merry Christmas and hope someone can advise........ I had some work done in the bathroom and the bathroom radiator was removed without draining the system and then refitted. Now it stays cold/cool. The pipe to the left of the radiator is very hot but the radiator itself and the pipe...

Am buying a new bathroom suite. The Mrs wants the basin and toilet to be in adjoining vanity units - hence only the toilet pan will be visible and the cistern concealed. It is this one...

THIS QUERY DOES RELATE TO ELECTRICS AND NOT PLUMBING SIDE OF THINGS. Here is brief rundown of my situation. My problem is that the central heating circulating pump in the airing cupboard is connected directly to a switched-live connection and as soon as the switched-live connection...

My set up is an open vented hot water and heating system with Ferolli Sigma 40-60 wall hung boiler in kitchen, water cylinder in airing cupboard upstairs with 2 x 2-port Sunvic valves and programmer. room and cylinder stats too. My problem is that the circulating pump in the airing cupboard...

Have just moved in....... I have an old danfoss hot water and heating programmer. manual clock and off, on or timed settings on both circuits. I want to get a new programmer fitted with a digital clock etc that can have different settings for weekends etc. Also the wiring to the 2 port valves on...

Hi. I have a Ferroli Sigma 40-60 boiler installed March 2005. So is now out of 1 yr guarantee. This is a standard boiler (not combi) on a standard open vented central heating and hot water system with separate circulating pump in the airing cupboard. The boiler is wall-hung in the kitchen...

First post...... Can anybody assist. I want my bathroom wall tiling changed. A total of 10 sq metres to be done. If I provide the tiles, how much can I expect to pay a tiler for labour for remove old tiles (10 sq m) and make good the wall (10 sq m) and retile (10 sq m ) with the tiles I...