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Hello, Not strictly plumbing, but need your advice nonetheless as I'm out of ideas. We have recently moved into newly renovated apartment (victorian house converted into flats) with new individual smart meters under the pavement. According to the meter our monthly usage is about 20-25 m3 of...

Hi have a potterton performa 24 he hot water flow is very slow. Have changed plate heat exchanger and made no difference heating is fine any ideas?

Hey all, just noticed over the past two days I have a dripping component underneath my boiler, it’s about 8 years old approx. I’ve tried to include as many photos as I can, any help appreciated

Anyone got any suggestion on how, if possible you could clear soot from the condensing heat exchanger of a Grant Vortex. Have many of you encountered blockages like this? Have any of you been able to avoid condemnation of the boiler the due to the stainless heat exchanger being blocked? What can...

Hi all. I wonder if you can help? I purchased this shower kit from Dunelm. https://www.dunelm.com/product/dual-spa-shower-1000082997 Fitted it all, but there’s a part missing. I know they’ll want me to remove the whole thing to replace it so I’d rather just order the missing part from...

Hi, recently moved into my first house and am fairly new to DIY. I've been experiencing issues with banging and creaking central heating pipes since I moved in. I've now lagged and secured piping wherever I can access it which has fixed the issue to some degree however fitted wardrobes are...

Hello, I have a Worcester Heatslave boiler 12/18. It will run for around 4 minutes, then switch off, for around 5 minutes, and repeat. Adjusting the room temp has no effect, and the house never warms up as I suppose its never running for long enough. Any ideas? Thanks,

Hi all, my towel rail is only half heating up and I'm guessing it needs bleeding, thing is it hasn't got your usual bleed valves installed, so how do I go about bleeding this rail? Hmm it won't let me add pics??. Basically its a flat head screwdriver kind of valve head, I've tried searching on...

Hi Troops, I hope everyone is enjoying a well deserved Sunday off. I've just purchased a VW Crafter MWB, my last van was Vauxhall Vivaro. I racked it out with Plywood shelfing purchased from Vanify. It was okay but I really like the look of Botts Smartvan. Never seen anyone have it other than...

A friend is buying a house and has asked what this is. Can anyone advise please.

Hi all , my elderly parents have just had there gas wall heater in kitchen blanked off due to regs ( to close to open window) and I am looking for ideas what to replace with , something cheap to run would be nice thanks Howy

Our central heating system "bangs" sometimes when the Hot Water comes on. A single bang. The engineer came and replaced the mid valve actuator. This had no effect. The engineer came back and replaced the mid valve. This seems to have had no effect. We have a recording taken on my iphone when...

I have a very old radiator for which we cannot find a key for. It desperately needs bleeding, any ideas on how I can do it or is it time for a new radiator?

One of my radiators was stone cold so we've bled the radiator and it was still cold. I've took the trv off and the pin was down, as per some other posts I wiggled the pin and it came up a bit and the radiator started to heat up. Brilliant, however the pin doesn't move freely, it's either up or...

I have a 110mm soil stack which is completely boxed in, it has a branch coming into the bathroom for the toilet this branch ends in a push fit seal which a solid pipe fits into. The ring seal on the end of the branch is broken and therefore the rubber doesn't hold the pipe securely. Is there a...

Hi, A friend has s plan system, unvented how water tank, ideal logic heat only boiler and potterton programmer (was changed with like for like about 6 months ago). It keeps blowing the 3a fuse in the fuse spur. Boilers been turned off at the front of the boiler (the control knob) and issue...

I saw a demo years ago using 4 inch domestic soil pipe BUT it was clear we could see right into it. I might need some soon ...anybody any ideas ? hope you all had a good Easter or loads of good paying call outs Rob Foster aka centralheatking

Hi guys... I have a alpha HE CB33 and it’s dropping pressure and coming up with error code (blocked flu or fan fault) any ideas?

Been to do a quote today, one of the elements of the job involves tidying up the mess of pipes underneath the boiler. Its a regular/heat only boiler, with the hot water supplied communally. The pipework is a complete mess and for some reason the return pipework from the rads is connected to the...

Any idea of who might have some swept tees in stock in London (south west)? Graham have them on their website but not clear if they are in stock at a branch or not, will have to call them in the morning. Wolseley have them available for click & collect tomorrow, but they want £29.30 each which...