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Hi lads. I haven’t done one of these for quite some time but I’ve been asked to fit the towel rad with an element but the supplied valves are straights. It’s 500mm wide but whoever done the first fix have set the pipes at 400. Do I need to use one straight valve and one angled valve out of the...

Hi I have an external thermtec geezer 3000 and it is tripping the fuse because water is gathering in the bottom cap which surrounds the electrics. I have checked and can't find a leak anywhere. Could it be condensation?? Richard

I have a direct unvented water cylinder and recently needed a new element due to horrific limescale, I have a scale manager fitted and the suppliers tell me that if it wasn't doing it's job correctly the 2 tubes either side of the element (which I assume to be thermostat housings) would also be...

I need to replace an element on a dual fuel chrome 500 x 1150 mm 24 tube rail but can't identify the make. How do I do that? Picture attached

Hello I am looking for someone to service our megaflow (8 years old) and sort a problem out with it. Background. Our set up has always been a boiler serving kitchen/cloakroom taps and megaflow. The megaflow serves the bathroom bath/shower and sink. We've just replaced our faulty boiler with...

Hi, I need to replace a clapped out immersion heater element in my hot water tank but I'm unsure as to the correct replacement size. The current element has a length of 16 inchs overall with the actual heater element being 13inches. any ideas as to the replacement size I should get? Thanks in...

Calling all friendly plumbers! I've been following some youtube videos and have successfully removed the old radiator from my bathroom (see picture). I have gas central heating in my home. I'm now taking time over thinking of what to do next and would appreciate some advice. I'm thinking of...

I've just had install a duel fuel radiator in my bathroom with a Terma heating element installed. The rad is also connected to my central heating system in the same way all my other radiator are. However, all my other radiators in the house have a thermostatic controls ( apart from the one...

Hi I've recently moved into a property with a vented hot water cylinder and my landlord is trying to make me use the system for two hours twice a day, on the basis that if such a cylinder is not used regularly in this way it is likely that the element will blow quicker. There is an electric...

Hello all, New to the forum and hoping someone can help me. I live in a rented flat that is all electric economy 7 and we have a Gledhill Pulsacoil III Boiler. About a year into us living here and after me learning about this boiler I realised we had a leaking element pocket. This small leak...

Hello, I have a 1kW heating element built in to a polypropylene tub. I use it to heat up and recirculate 10L of water. I want to maintain a temperature of 70C and I was told the heating element was capable of this, but I have only been able to manage ~65C. I have a similar set-up with a 3kW...

Hi, I was just wondering if someone can explain something to me as I am very much a layman in these things and very new to immersion heating/Economy 7 (I have just moved in to a new rented flat). I have an immersion tank with two cylinders: a top tank one for the 'boost' and the lower tank for...

Hi I previously had only one heat element working and saw a previous posting stating that there were known PCB issues with this boiler. Since then the boiler has failed self test and now has an error 3 (all heaters failed). I'm trying to work out whether this is a PCB fault or a tri-core...

Hi all Customer complained electric emersion heating element not working - tested electrical supply and have voltage going to the thermostat element rod - changed rod for new. Customer says it still only heats water to 15 degrees C (has a energy monitoring gadget thing!!) Not been back...

Hi guys, Installed a new towel rad in a new loft bathroom on a megaflo system now being asked if I can now connect it up so it heats up when the heating is off for summer use....how? Was thinking the dual fuel CH/Electric element, but builders are saying there's another way... Any...

Hi there, I would appreciate some advice from the experts here. I've just received a quote from my letting agent for the following work to be carried out on my water tank: New immersion heater £84 inc element. Dual stat for cylinder £55.65 total drain down of hot water and central heating...

Hi, I am looking for a plumber in Liverpool. Woolton area. I have just moved into a property with an ELECTRIC Water Heater - economy 7 and it isn't working. I need someone tomorrow morning if at all possible. Can anyone help? Thanks Gemma

Hello all. ive recently been asked to fit a towel rail with an electric element. im wondering about the expansion issue. The he way I see it you can either leave an air gap at top of rad. or you can leave return valve open so water expands into heating system. problem I've got with these...

Hi. I have a general query regarding my Hotpoint WM. For the past few weeks it has been tripping the electrics as soon as it starts a cycle. It fills up perfectly but after a spew rotations of the drum the electric trips. This does not happen on the rinse or spin cycle. After reading a little...

Hi I have a broken immersion heater element which goes directly into the side of a hot water tank (at the bottom) I have used an immersion spanner with an extension but I still cannot unscrew the immersion heater. I have tapped it with a spanner but an worried about using too much force and...