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I recently read a post / comment whereby there was a recommendation that if you are away from your home more than 24 hours, then you should turn the water off to avoid potential catastrophic damage. When I go away I have always tended to turn ours off, that's typically anything from a couple of...

Morning all, My Vallient Ecotec Plus 831 is stored in the loft and is connected to Hive. It is coming on randomly at various times of the day, but particularly middle of the night, and staying on until I manually turn the boiler off. Hive schedule is switched off but still comes on. Had an...

Hi I bought a basin tap single lever. It lifts up & to the right but won’t turn to the left for hot I haven installed it yet I’ve only put it on my worktop.

Hi wonder if anyone can help. Had no issues last year. Have Valiant ecoTEC plus and Drayton thermostat. I have tended to leave thernostat and just turn boiler on when needed. Its showing 14 and when i set it higher sometimes it comes on sometimes it doesnt. Sometimes it starts and then...

Morning, Moved house a few months ago and first issue is having a slight leak on tap in kitchen. Went under sink to turn off water and there are four valves I can see as per attached photos. Tried turning all clockwise 90 degrees as per usual but water still coming out of tap. Am I missing...

Morning, I had a call yesterday from a colleague who said that after turning off the water the tap jammed and could not open back up. By all accounts the Stop tap closed fine and the spindle turned easily whilst turning the water off. Does anyone know what would have caused this? Thanks Andy

Hi everyone I have an issue with my potterton prima boiler and would love some help. It works fine when either CH or HW are on but when they are off the boiler will fire up briefly and cut out again, it appears to be random and for 1\2 sec or severely seconds, it will continue doing this. I am...

Turned handle too hard I guess and broke the gold part now the water won't turn off even with pliers turning gold piece it's like no matter where u turn it it never fully turns off. How do I get that broken piece out? Thanks!

hello plumbers forum, I am an ex web page designer and graphic designer requesting some help with my portfolio, need a couple of boiler/cooker installs for my portfolio, in exchange will also design your web or do the branding for your company or yourself(letterheads, business cards, invoices...

Have a potterton boiler that's displaying e28 message. We have had this before and know it a frozen flue. We have defrosted the flue but the e28 is not clearing despite defrosting flue. We have tried turning boiler on and off but this is not clearing the e28 message We pay for boiler cover...

Hi all, I moved into my house a few months ago and have finally decided to put the heating on. I have the Danfoss TP9000 in the downstairs bathroom and I have wanted to set it according to my working hours. Today I have used the 6 setting thingy thought I had it right but clearly not. The...

Rayburn will not turn off at the end of the third cycle each day when set to 'heating and hot water', even though the green 'on' light is out.. Switching to 'hot water' only, turns it off. Engineer called and replaced the control panel and mid position actuator - no effect. It turns off OK at...

I'm getting water hammer in three cold water taps when turning on. If hot water is also turned on there is no water hammer. Previously I was getting all sorts of noises from the pipes even when no taps were turned on. I ran all the hot water from the hot water system via the hot water tap...

Hi there I am trying to turn off the water in my home - have found the tap to turn it off and turned it all the way round and left my water running and it doesn't seem to be slowing down at all. I have left it running for about 5 minutes. How long should you leave it running for for it to...

Hi, my sons water meter keeps turning whilst no water being used. Switching off internal stopcock stops the meter. But no sign of water internally. useage bill has doubled for last 6 month’s so a sizeable amount of water disappearing. Could this be a meter fault, bu5 why stop when stopcock...

Hi all I have an old Baxi solo 2 40 boiler. the other night that there was a metal sounding twang and the pilot light went out now the boiler will not work. You can light the pilot and that stays lit, but as soon as a load is asked of it it fires up for about 30 seconds and then it just cuts...

If anyone can answer this query: I have fitted a smart switch to my Aqualisa Visage Processor Pump unit. I want to set a schedule for the unit to turn off during the hours when not in use. It is attached to a combi boiler and is set to combi. Does anyone know if the unit is okay to turn off...

This is strange! I live in an apartment above a bar thats being used for "other purposes" and someone is consistently running the dishwasher but not to wash dishes. Ever since these people have started using the dishwasher consistently, every time I turn on my bathwater I am hearing a loud...

Hi There, I work after from home 2 weeks at a time and recently started to turn off the water supply to my flat. But on the two that I have done it on my return from my trip when I turn the water back on I get nothing. Eventually I have to call a emergency plumber who is also mystified as why...

Have an Ariston unvented hot water tank in airing cupboard with the red and white expansion vessels and a filler tap. As advised years ago on these forums when I hear that sound that the central heating water needs topping up I usually wait until cold so the gauge goes to zero and top up to 1...