kitchen appliance valve/hose leak
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I had a leak behind kitchen cabinets. A plumber said this was coming from the washing machine valve. He replaced the separate washing machine & dishwasher valves with a dual tee valve. He didn’t replace the washing machine inlet hose attached to the valve. After this work was done we …
Safety warning
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So we just moved into a property and 3 days later they uncapped our meter so now we have gas. For 3 days once the meter was on we could smell gas on the boiler it says danger do not use. Under the sign it says (opened end fitting in …
Central heating
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Hi, currently looking after my elderly mother’s house which is unoccupied for large periods of time. The building insurance has asked us to leave the heating on via a timer which is no probs. However we usually turn the water mains off when there is no one about so what …
Heating on when thermostat is removed
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I was recently redecorating my hallway and thought I might as well remove my thermostat and just leave the back plate on the wall instead of painting around it but after removing the thermostat I noticed that my radiators all started getting warm? I don't know much about heating systems …
Midpoint actuator or valve issue
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The issue I am having is that the central heating is not turning off when scheduled to. It appears to be a fault with either the midpoint actuator or the brass valve. The actuator stays in the central heating position so I have to remove the actuator box and turn …
Heating & Hot Water in Annex
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I have oil central heating in my house. I’m converting a building in my garden only 8m from the house and adjacent to the oil tank. My question is, what is going to be the best method of hot water and heating in the annex building, oil, gas or electric …
Toilet cistern filling hot and no cold water bathroom tap
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Hi, Having an intermittent problem with my toilet cistern filling with hot water, and the mixer bathroom tap only supplying hot water. It seems to be happening intermittently (working normally for a couple of days at a time, then hot water only again). The problem usually only lasts a few …
Difference in flow?
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Hi, I'm on a gravity-fed system with boiler in garage, cylinder in landing cupboard, and water tank in loft. My water pressure on outside tap reads between 2 and 2.5 bar depending on time of day. The cold mains enters the boiler in 15mm piping. I'm getting about 6 litres …
Tower block - how to bring the radiator loop up to pressure?
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I live in a tower block (UK) which has a centralised boiler system. I believe (but not certain) the way it works is very hot water in some central block-wide closed loop passes through a heat exchanger and so heats the hot water that my flat uses for hot water …
shower pump problems?
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I have had trouble with our power shower, we recently changed the the thermostatic shower valve movement, and things seem ok with the shower but it is now not running well pump is not kicking in at times stopping all together when it is on , we do have a …