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Thanks woody, much appreciated.

Thanks for all the comments. The opening is 2.5m wide and from the floor to 40cm off ceiling, too big for a serving hatch but could be an old doorway I guess. Yes, he did the calcs for another job but only had a quick glance at this. Do you think I should get another engineer or get a builder...

Just wondered if anyone had seen this before and had any advice. I'm in a 1950s house and at some point it looks like the wall between the dining room and lounge was knocked through - no idea when (I'm assuming it wasn't built like this). It's since been boarded back up with plasterboard on...

I've done a temporary fix by filling up the system via the towel rail! I've bled all the radiators and turned the system back on. All radiators are now fully hot. I guess this confirms that it is a blocked cold feed which I still need to get sorted. Presumably it's due to corrosion, but how...

Thanks for the replies guys. gas4you: yeah there's water in the small tank in the loft. When i switch on only the hot water the boiler fires and the pump works ok and i can feel the pipes are hot around the pump. The pipes around the valve which switches between heating and hot water...

Yesterday I had a plumber out to fix a leaking radiator. The system was drained and he told me to keep the heating on constant and keep bleeding the radiators. I did this all yesterday but no air comes out when I bleed them and they do not get hot. The downstairs ones do have water in as when...