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Plumbing problem?

I am now on my third kitchen tap in 6 months and I find it hard to believe that I have bought 3 faulty taps as they from different suppliers and fitted by different plumbers. The tap I had when I...

DIY-NOVICE

How do I know if Ive got sludge in my radiators?

My ground floor radiators are all cold at the bottom to some degree to worst has about 10 cms of hot at the top. Having read some of the posts I suspect that it may be sludge in the system but how...

ray bush

I have an ideal wall mounted boiler which is about 3 years old .The problem i've got is that it has developed a fault whereas it goes to ignight but dosnt light and just clicks.Its under one of these...

ELVIS68

Oil fired central heating

I have an oil fired central heating system in my house and whenever it fires up the boiler has started to make a very loud whining noise, the heating and hot water still work ok but every now and then...

anna_whd

Central heating check before exchanging contracts - cost?

We will be exchanging on our first house in a couple of weeks and, following bad experiences a couple of friends have had recently, we would like to get the central heating checked beforehand just to...

sense4all

Vaillant ecomax pro

have been on website to try to locate f5 fault indictor code ... anyone got the user book and fault list handy?

afc01

Hiding Pipes

Is it possible to embed pipes into a wall, that are currently on the surface of a wall? Therefore providing clean straight walls

Hannahb

Noisy central heating system

We had a new boiler and thermostatic valves installed 18 months ago. Made it a sealed system and fitted a pressure gauge and, I think, disconnected a small tank in the attic? Central heating (CH) was...

chadwick21

Worcester 24/28i Junior Boiler... How do i fill up to increase pressure??

Hi, Wonder if anyone can help. We have just moved to another house, with a combi boiler worcester 24i/28i Junior series. The pressure Guage is under 1 when it should be between 1.0 - 2.5. The...

Whickerman

Copper Tank

How much does a new replacement copper water tank cost? (the one containing the immersion in the hot press - you know what I mean!)

D123456A

house boilers have asbesto in them??

Hiya, This is my first posting so please help me out :) My parents will be receiving a warm front grant, they are going to take out the water tank and fit a combi boiler. My parents have a Maxi...

Peppermint

Delonghi catalytic gas heater

Can anyone tell me why the pilot flame on my bottled gas heater is burning yellow and a slow rather than blue and fast as it should? The gas connections seem to be all ok.

patelfreman

External Copper Gas Pipe

I visited some relatives at the weekend and looked at the work they had done which included fitting a new boiler. However I was concerned that the plumber had run the gas (in a copper pipe) through an...

forshaws

fensa certificate

I have had a new central heating boiler fitted at my property in June 2006 by a friend who is not corgi registered at present, however has 30 years experience at fitting gas central heating systems. I...

Bribo

Legislation for fitting new Gas boilers

When a new boiler is fitted, if the radiators in the house at the time have no thermostatic rad valves, should the fitter also fit the valves to comply with government rules, which I believe says that...

malibu2680

No central heating and cannot find motorised valve!!

Hello, a couple of months back I had my annual boiler service, but as it's summer I didn't think to check the heating still worked after he left...Anyway this might be coincidence, but basically my...

Deancosmos

Loft conversion

Hello all. We are considering having our loft converted to give us 2 more bedrooms and a shower room. We would need a hip to gable extension and a full width dormer at the rear. Two questions, is a...

jabbinho

Leaking Tap Pipe

The pipe under the hot water tap in my bath is leaking. I've tried tightening the nut but the tap itself moves when I turn the nut. I've tried WD40 on the nut to loosen it from the tap fitting but no...

wagw81

Cast Iron Soil Pipe - Repair

Does anyone know if there is a product available to repair a victorian cast iron soil pipe ? like a compound or chemical banding ?- It has mild corrosion above ground and is weeping when the toilet is...

kevo2k7

I want to run a cable through the ceiling but

the walls are 2 hard 2 hammer nails through etc so any ideas what i could use to pin the wire to the corner of the room so it doesnt just hang down lookin an untidy mess?

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