Just moved into new home and no manuals have been left by previous occupant. Looking around the house i have found:
1. A gloworm ultimate boiler in the garage
2. A tank in the airing cupboard that has 1 wall mounted switch coming from near the top of the tank and 1 wall mounted switch coming...
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Hi,
I wonder if you could give me some advice..
I have a Ceda Sorrento Spa Bath which is leaking from the hose that is attached to on off water tap.
Ceda have gone bust and i cant find any help on the net. My plumber is unsure how to access the pipes. I think he should turn it upside...
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Hi there,
I just moved to a new property and the British Gas CDI boiler seems to have stopped working - the little water dial says 0.5 (maybe this should be higher?) and the 2 lights for water tap and (what looks like) radiator are now flashing red (which I presume is meant to alert me to the...
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Hi,
My central heating system is quite noisy at times. The noise is a whooshing-type noise and seems to be present throughout the pipes and radiators. The boiler is a Baxi combi boiler and is fairly new (less than a year old). General info about the system:
The pipes start off at 22mm then...
MikeN
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when i moved into a new house 10 years ago and turned the central heating on, after an hour, the kitchen hot water tap, was not giving hot water. the builder directed me to a small valve on a pipe beside the hotpress, which i release air for about 30 seconds to several minutes every few months...
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I have a Worcester Bosch 400 RSF boiler providing hot water and heating.
The hot water tap at the kitchen has stopped working which I think may be the washer that needs replacing. I cannot see anything to turn off the water supply to the tap ie under the sink etc. If I turn off the water at...
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hi Guys
i have hust had this new unit installed...and any time the cold tap or washing machine or dishwater takes cold water and stops ...the hot water side of the boiler starts up...it stays on for about 30 secs then switches off
im worried because with the dishwater and washer on at the same...
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Hi Everyone!
I live in Greece, which has some benefits, though the plumbing is not one of them!
My electric water heater has recently developed a leak from the pressure relief valve connected to the hot water outlet. I have changed the valve once already and all seemed OK, but it has started...
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Our Ferroli Optimax 25 C combi boiler has recently started making a loud noise (a sort of low pitched whine/rumble) whenever there is a demand for hot water. The noise starts about 15sec after any hot water tap in the house (including the shower) is opened and lasts for about 30 sec if the tap...
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ok some advice needed - just returned from a 6 day holiday and the house was toasty and warm but the bath we ran for the baby cold. The boiler is a Bosch greenstar 30si installed in january 2007.
On further investigation when i run the hot water tap the boiler fires up (water runs cool from...
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this model has the pre heat function,when i turn pre heat to the off position the boiler fires goes to 80 degrees knocks off for say 20 seconds and relights again and this gives me luke warm water,when i try to turn pre heat function on the boiler knocks off straight away,this is of course when...
does any one know if it is ok to fit in any configeration,what i mean is it has a long end feed elbow and a short end feed elbow i presume to aid flow,well in picture on instructions long elbow is the top one and short one on the bottom,i fitted the other way round as space was tight and this...
On my kitchen mixer tap, if I turn off the hot tap too quickly I can hear a slight drumming noise and the tap will start to drip, it even happens sometimes now if the dishwasher finishes, the same hot water tap drips and there is a faint drumming sound in the background.
What is the problem and...
System Megaflow CL170;Potterton Suprima 80, both located on lower ground floor (lgf). Kitchen sink hot water (lgf) only runs hot when hot water in lgf bathroom is turned on; pressure is always fine. (Hot water feedpipe to kitchen only heats up in same circs). Any ideas. ALD
ald
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This past week we've started getting problems with intermitten hot water supply from our boiler. It's an Alpa C23 combi boiler. Sometimes we open the hot water tap and the water heats up nicely within a matter of seconds and then all of a sudden, mid-flow, the hot water will run ice cold and...
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Hi,
We need to replace taps on the sink in the bathroom.
So we thought we would turn the water off....
However we cannot! :(
I can get the hot water tap off.
But when I turn the mains stopcock it turns a fair way, but the cold tap in the kitchen (and indeed the outside tap) will not...
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I fitted a 33kW Potterton Heatmax combi boiler a couple of weeks ago and just been back to fit a radiator at the premises.
Whilst i was there the customer said is it correct for the boiler fan to come on when a cold water tap is used?!
I thought this was strange and investigated, i turned on...
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i have done everything i can think of for replacement of the ball valve. i seemed to have done it the first time but cant understand what i have done. anyone done this. you have to drain a bit of the main water tank. but how. plumbing scenario 1 t4ts
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Hi,
I have an old style cast iron bath, with front mounted globe taps. The cold water tap is dribbling, even when turned off. Removed the cross head (screw holding it to shaft) removed the 'domed' cover to reveal the nut, unscrewed the nut, now stuck. The nut removes, leaving the shaft and the...
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