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Hi, thanks for the quick response. If the ballcock valve is the little tap thing on the inside of the tank, then yeah, it's coming in from that. I think you've nailed it to be honest. I'll give it a go tomorrow. Thanks!

Evening all. My cold water tank is continuously filling, no matter how high I lift the ballcock. The overflow is going bonkers, but I can see that is caused by the water line rising. I'm assuming that the ballcock valve has gone, but have no idea on the best way to refit one, if it is...

Hello!! This will, hopefully, be a really easy one!! My immersion heater does not work (the red light on the switch doesn't come on) and I am assuming that a fuse has blown in the consumer unit. I am just wanting to know how to disconnect the mains to the consumer unit and open it up to...

Hey again, I figured I'd give everyone an update on the situation and also ask for a bit more help!! :roll: After trying pretty much everything you guys suggested (and further internet reading) I drew a blank and called a different plumber. He's been out today and looked at the pump which...

After looking into this a little more and trying to identify it, it would appear that all combi cylinders have the upper tank actually attached, which would mean that if this was the case, I have an indirect cylinder. Would this change any of the advice previously given?

Yes, I'm absolutely certain there's nothing in the loft. The plumber and I are unlikely to meet again due to the somewhat foul language we both used when the hot water disappeared. I'm flummoxed then, but thanks very much for your help. At least we've been able to identify what type of...

Heya, There is no second tank in the header tank. Would you recommend running all the hot taps to try and clear it?

http://www.gasapplianceguide.co.uk/Direct%20and%20Indirect%20Cylinders%20Explained.htm The combination cylinder in this guide looks pretty much like the hunk of metal sitting in my airing cupboard. Though the cold water header part isn't attached, it's just slightly above, all the pipes look...

No, neither of these. I've just turned one rad off, the water then automatically filled up a different rad with piping hot water, which was previously cold, and the pipe to the hot water tank was intermittently boiling until the rad was hot and then the pipe into (or out of) the hot tank went...

No. All it says is the manufacturer's name - GW Swift Ltd (hull). It looks quite old.# The weird thing is, all pipes leading to the cylinder are cold, yet the rads are still piping hot.

Ok, I've been in the loft. There's no third tank up there so I took a look at all the pipes I've got back in the airing cupboard (it's a tall airing cupboard.) All connections end in the top tank (from the cylinder) and there are pipes from the base of the cylinder, one of which I believe...

Ok, thanks. I'm going for a look around.

I can only find two tanks in total. The first is an insulated round tank which has a hot water feed valve. I am assuming this is the hot water tank. The hot water valve is turned on. Pipes then go up to a second tank above it, not round, but smaller, which cold water pours into whenever I...

OK, I've had the stat on the boiler turned up to max, there was water in the high tank and I switched off everything for an hour. I've switched the water and CH on again with the same result of no hot water, but piping hot rads. Any suggestions? (Girlfriend currently filling a bowl with hot...

Yes, that's the top tank right? It is full of cold water and fills when I run the taps. Checked that with my fingers and can feel the water level. Apparently our hot water tank doesn't have a stat on it (according to the guy who did the job) and I can't find one myself so I guess he's right...

Thanks. I'll give that a try now too. The hour begins...

I've checked for an air bleed point, but I can't seem to find one. Then again, I'm not exactly certain what I'm looking for. The only nuts are the ones actually flush against the tanks themselves and these look more like pipe nuts than air bleed nuts. The DHW is a gravity flow. How...

Thanks. I'll give it a try now.

Hello, another problem for the forum. Our central heating pump was replaced as the radiators weren\\\'t working. We did have hot water although now with the pump fitted we no longer have any hot water and the boiler isn\\\'t firing up often enough to heat it. The radiators are now working...