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Hi everyone. This summer, I fixed a leak on a towel rad and had to re-charge the CH system. A couple of days after this, the boiler lost pressure and generated fault code f22. I also noticed water on the floor below the boiler and found a drip forming on the PRV pipework just below the boiler...

I have a SIP submersible pump, SUB 2012-FS that has ceased to pump. The water level had risen with the float switch closing, but the pump just buzzed and didn't pump. I removed the pump, checked the impeller was free to move and there was no debris present. I put the pump back and it ran but...

Hi to everyone. My ZWF14581W recently stopped working. After entering the test facility, error E9F was displayed. Subsequent searches says the Zanussi service manual lists this as a communication problem - "Wiring between PCB and Inverter faulty; PCB faulty; Inverter faulty." I visually...

I’m just in the process of inviting double glazing providers round to my 82 year old Mum’s house in South Yorkshire and am preparing a spreadsheet to help Mum compare like for like quotes. Not being a builder/joiner/window supplier, I’ve no doubt my spreadsheet’s lacking pertinent info’ which...

Last year I repaired a sizeable hole plus other minor repairs on my original wooden guttering using Wickes products - Wet Rot Wood Hardener & Exterior (super tough) Wood Filler, following the instructions implicitly - removing all rotten wood back to a solid base, treating with the hardener &...

Good afternoon all. As I'm going to sand, stain & varnish the whole of the first floor, I'm looking for a filler that remains flexible enough for this particular application. Back in 2005, I filled the gaps in the kitchen floor with a powder filler that was added to water. This began to...

Good morning all. I've added SAT1/SAT2/TV/DAB\FM screened socket outlets around the house and have recently decided to run cables for audio speakers. I was thinking of mounting pairs of phono sockets in the corners of the outlet plates, running the speaker cables down the conduit that the...

I'm just about to install a Labgear multiswitch and have been advised by Labgear to fit a 'round 60 - 80cm dish'. When asked which dish they would recommend, they answered 'any reasonable dish will be OK'. So, never having had any dealing with satellite installations, I was hoping that the...

I recently bought a 100m reel of double screened PF100 and want to wire four rooms that will allow the channels of digital TV/Satellite/DAB to be watched/listened to, independently in each room. Looking at several wiring diagrams on the internet suggests using a loftbox/distribution amplifier...

Good morning all - I'm about to fit a stone shower tray that advises bedding down on a weak mix. After reading previous threads on the subject I know I've to use a 5:1 mix but found conflicting advice on whether to use sharp or soft builders sand. I'd appreciate if someone could give a...

Good morning all - I'm about to fit a stone shower tray that advises bedding down on a weak mix. After reading previous threads on the subject I know I've to use a 5:1 mix but found conflicting advice on whether to use sharp or soft builders sand. I'd appreciate if someone could give a...

Good Morning All. In ch+dhw mode, when there is an initial call for heat the burner ignites without problem and heats for around five minutes or so. After this, the burner goes out with the pump continuing to circulate. The temperature at this point has risen to 60°C, with the system pressure...

Good morning all My sister has a Vokera Linea 7 (pre 2006) which is intermittently cutting out showing fault code 04 - Low water pressure. Ensure pressure gauge is above 0.5 bar (see 3.1). Reset boiler. The pressure gauge shows 1.5bar, this with the central heating cold. I've reset the...

Good morning all. We have several conifers (about 2.5m high) that are sorely in need of a trim but I don't want to cut them now and find that they go brown and die :cry: . I'm no gardener but something rings in my mind that you shouldn't cut a tree/plant 'when the sap is running', or...

Afternoon all - I'm about to glaze an internal window above the bathroom door and am unsure which side the textured side of the glass should be - bathroom or landing. Would putting the smooth side of the glass in the bathroom cause condensation to run off the window all too easily and cause...

Last night my faithful ? :? ? old boiler stopped delivering dhw. On first inspection there was very low pressure and a wet cellar head floor. I recharged the boiler to 1bar and traced the leak to the auto air vent, which was dribbling out from the aperture in the small black cap (water still...

I’m currently sizing some additional radiators for an existing central heating system (all rad’s have TRV’s) that has a non condensing combi boiler that’s around 8 years old. The new radiators will be fitted in the next few weeks but I’m planning on changing my boiler in a year or so. Am I...

I'm designing the pipe layout for an en-suite bathroom in my loft conversion and would like to ask if it's possible to have the air admittance valve at an angle of 45° (the reason being it will be easier to hide away if it runs parallel to the roof). I seem to remember reading somewhere that...

A couple of Q’s about a Vokera Excell 80SP combi boiler. :?: The boiler began to make a groaning noise upon opening a dhw tap (this when the mode selector switch is set to central heating). The noise (akin to whale song or that of a rusty old boat sliding down a dry dock) lasts for less than a...