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Hi ive got a dripping kitchen tap, ive removed the ceramic disk valve which has DAMIXA KK 2001 D etched into the side of the valve body. Has anyone got any suggestions on where I can purchase a replacement. Many thanks J

Hi, I ended up running some system cleaner through the system for a day then mains flushing it through the flow and return pipes on the offending radiator. I Removed the pump and checked for faults, replaced the 2 rads with new ones, filled and bled the system and everything works fine and alott...

Im looking to install a power shower using a salamander ct50 pump, what is the minimum hot water cylinder capity required? Also the cylinder is heated via electric so what sort of replacement cylinder would I require? Cheers

Thankyou I will have a look at the pump. When I had the 2 radiators of I did manage to draw a decent flow of hot water from both the flow and return pipes using a hose attached to the valves. Do you think running the system with system cleaner and then flushing through with clen water and...

Forgot to mention it does have a pump and that works

Hi I have 2 radiators upstairs in my house, running off a gravity fed heating system. They used to work untill recently. I have bled them and there is water in both. I tried removing the rads and pulling water through each pipe using a hose untill hot/clear water came through, when I re...

I have tried that unfortunatly its made no difference

Hi ive got 2 radiators in an upstairs bedroom wich are on the the end of the pipel run upstairs. All radiatorsin the house are hot, I bled the rads and found no air in them. I then closed the rad valves and removed the rads wich both had alot of sludge in. I then put a hose on the end of each...

ok if that dousnt work what else can I try

Hi ive recently drained down my central heating system fed by a combi boiler. Unfortunatly 2 radiators dont work downstairs, their pipe runs drop down from upstairs where all rads work. I have bled the radiators and they are both full. Im presuming their is an airlock, what is the best way of...

Is that an air release valve??

Yes the cold on runs of the cold pipes, their are a few dead legs tho. Do u think air trapped in these could cause a problem then?

Hi ive just fitted a bathroom in to a house that has a newish combi boiler. Since fitting the new suite the boiler now starts when u run a cold tap. (THE COLD IS PLUMBED TO THE COLD) before u state the obvious. Is their any reason for this and could you advise me on how to rectify the...

No the taps are fine, it has effected all the hot taps in the house

Sorry unvented cylinder

Hi ive just changed a tap in the kitchen of a 1 bedroom flat, the hot water flow appears to be quite low. The water system does not run of a combi boiler. Is their anything that could be causing this and how would I rectify the problem. Cheers

Hi ive just changed a bathroom suite on a bungalow that has a sealed hot water cylinder. The plumbing in the house is old including the cylinder. When turning the hot water back on the hot water dousnt maintain pressure. When turning the hot water taps on their is a sudden burst of mains...

cold water tank is in the attic feeding the hot water cylinder. The flow rate for the bath taps is aprox 5 ltr per min and the sink is approx 9 ltrs per min. The sinks hot pipe runs from the tank directly down under the floor boards, where as the bath feed up from the tank through attic and...

Hi the water is supplied via the hot water cylinder located on the same floor. The hot water pipe goes direct from the cylinder up in to the attic where it hen drops down to the bathroom through the wall.

Installed a free standing bath with the bath mixer tap on the wall. The feed for the tap is 15mm as this is the size of the connecter on the mixer tap. I have 22mm pipework running to the wall reducing down to 15mm for both hot and cold. The cold is fine as it runs of main pressure but the hot...