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Dear all, after seeing the appearance of a dreaded water mark on the living room ceiling I traced the fault to a leak where the fill valve unit goes through the cistern to join the inflow pipe (apologies if I’ve got the names wrong). I emptied the cistern and installed a new fill valve unit...

Grateful if anyone can advise how to tighten a loose window handle as it's not obvious at first glance? Cheers, Kevin.

Dear all I have the following problem and would welcome your support. I have a combo boiler as described in the title. This morning I noticed that it was wet below the boiler and I then noticed dripping water from the underside of the boiler. I opened the access panel and saw that the pressure...

Never paint when the missus has annoyed you! I painted the surrounding woodwork of the patio doors & unfortunately I've given the very edges of the brickwork a loupe White scarf in a few areas. I won't comment on the wifes assessment :(. Anyway I tried using a rag with White spirit - no real...

Gents, I have noticed what I've called an isolation valve which feeds the WC refil unit leaks. I thought it was something simple like a replacement seal however on putting a new unit it I've noticed the problem seems to be a bit more annoying! If you look at the attached image, in particular...

My triton LP shower has started to leak round the back. I've discovered this is related to the fitment of our combi unit which means the shower needs a new HP catridge. I've ordered one and engineer to fit it from Triton but they can't come out for over a week. The problem I have right now is to...

Every so often, there is no pattern to it, a pipe below our (first floor) floorboards makes a strange groaning noise. The pipe I believe runs between our bedroom and the ensuite shower room. When it is making a noise and you walk across the area where the pipe probably is it can change the noise...

Gents, I had a plumber out to quote for replacing my existing Glow Worm 40e Condensing Boiler. He is preparing a quote for a suitable (Worcester sp?)Bosch Unit but in the interim he strongly recommended that I change to a combination unit, his logic was that I would no longer have the...

Hi All, Our existing glow worm boiler is due for replacement and I would be grateful for any recommendations on suitable options as I've never purchased a replacement unit before. The unit will be fitted in a three bedroom house which has 10 radiators fitted. From surfing a few websites the...

Gents, I'm sure a somewhat simple problem for the group but nonetheless I'd appreciate some advice. The mixer tap fitted to the bath is playing up. Basically if you put the hot water tap on full no more than a dribble comes out and its as good as off as soon as you make half a turn from the...

Disconnected the washing machine tonight in preparation of a new one coming tomorrow. Unfortunately the local hot tap isolation valvc, the one with a plastic bar that you turn a quarter to isolate failed to operate. So, as I disconnnected the hot pipr from the machine hey presto piping hot water...

I noticed water leaking from the underside of my condenser central heating system (Glow Worm Unit). The drips form on the 90 degree bend of the PVC pipe which I have since found out is the drain pipe. I got a plumber out and he stripped the boiler and cleaned out the small plastic box that the...