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Can anyone suggest a good way of bunging a 22mm outlet from my cold tank? The supply to the hot cylinder from the tank has a gate valve that doesn't work. Surprise, surprise. I'd like to avoid draining the cold tank. I tried a Vac-u-vin stopper which I've used successfully on 15mm outlets in...

I'm replacing a shower. The gate valves on the supply are useless. One only slows the flow, doesn't shut it off, the other has a broken stem, I suspect. I want to replace them with vales that will shut off the supply reliably but without restricting the flow when open (gravity-fed shower)...

It completed a cycle except that it didn't spin. The pump was running. If I try and start a new cycle, the pump/spin light comes on and the pump runs continuously. The belt is fine and the pump is clear. It's as if it thinks there's still water in there and it wants to pump it out...

The pressure on my 3-year-old Vaillant ecoTec Plus 630 seems out of control. Could it be caused by a faulty expansion vessel? When cold, the pressure is 1.0 - 1.5 bar but, when the boiler is working hard, the pressure goes off the scale and water is ejected via the pressure relief valve. Then...