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Have bought an old house and am having the old lead water mains pipe replaced and a new stopcock location/piping installed after massively high readings from water testing by the water company.
Also buying new plastic water tank to start afresh so to speak.
Pipework/joinery looks to...
Been in property about 10 years and the valve on the (round/bunded) Balmoral tank has always been in pretty rusty state. Tank is 5,000 litres but only got about 300L left at the moment. Please see picture.
Looking for opinions on whether to get valve/filter assembly replaced due to rust or if I...
Hi, I have a Y plan open vent system, boiler 30+ years old, and requires replacement. My plumber is recommending fitting a new Viessmann 11kw System boiler in the current boilers position. The problem is he plans to run two new separate pipes fro the boiler to the hot water cylinder.
Once this...
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We have a leak in a 28 year old shower, and decided it should be replaced. However, after getting the cover off, it seems the entry pipe is more or less fixed in place!!
Any advice on a replacement? I was looking at Mira Sports, but the entry is on the left - the multifits are ok I...
I have a dripping tap that was getting progressively worse over the period of about 4 to 6 weeks and have replaced with a brand new cartridge on 2 separate occasions, but after 4 to 6 weeks the problem returns.
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What kind of time is required to replace the Pressure Relief Valve and the expansion chamber in a 6 year old Worcester Bosch i30 Greenstar? Is this a 3 hour job?
Also what kind of price would be reasonable? I am using a new gas engineer and I want to verify that his bill is fair. I am...
Our ~15-year-old boiler just broke down (the spark igniter gave out), and set out a discussion to go ahead and replace it, as it's starting to kettle as well, and it will probably just be downhill from here.
Background: 1905 built (renovated in 2010) Edwardian terraced. The house is 2 floors...
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Does anyone know what product is a good replacement for a Honeywell CM927 wireless thermostat controller and BDR91 Relay Box that controls my electric underfloor heating?
I assume it needs to be another Honeywell product and the T4 wireless thermostat but I haven’t found any guidance on...
I am looking for some basic advice please
My house is on two floors, approx 240m2 and a spacious loft with good headroom and access. Glow Worm 30HXi boiler burning LPG
housed in a ground floor attached storage room running 16 radiators including 6 doubles and a standard low output shower on the...
Got a porcelanosa shower mixer and i need to change the thermostatic valve. It shows that a special tool might be required to remove it. Can u advise? Thanks
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I have a simple mechanical Honeywell wall thermostat (i think you call it a 2 wire). I want to replace it as it is a bit old and unsightly and seems to have a lot of "play" between on and off.
I could obviously easily replace it with the same thermostat or a very similar one, however i...
I have an LG air source heat pump which is controlled by an Optimum Duostat controller
This has developed a mind of its own where it ignores the programming
So time to swap it out
Looking for recommendation for a unit thats easy enough to programme without having 5 time zones
Basic time on / off...
I want to replace my old immersion heater, it currently has a dual immersion with bath/sink switch, we only ever need the whole tank heated so can i replace with a single immersion? or if i am doing it a a DIYer is like for like easier.
Hi, I have just noticed a damp patch around where my boiler flue exits through to outside wall along with a rusty colour around the collar of the flue bend. I’ve checked the external wall & there’s no water coming in from outside but the flue terminal also has a rusty colour. My regular boiler...
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I'm looking for a replacement thermostatic cartridge for this shower which was purchase in 2018 from Victorian Plumbing. The stock code was SK001. I saw another thread about this but I don't think there was ever a definitive answer. If not a replacement cartridge then if anyone has...
Had a look at this job it needs upgrading boiler and cylinder the house is quite big 17 rads, big rooms open vented at present , some pipework under concrete floors client wants unvented and little as possible on show conserned about pipes under the floor so looking for ideas chaps I've a few...
Replacing elderly Brittony 11T multipoints,I have three bathrooms ,two kitchens (heating by baxi wallheaters,preferable to the cost of central heating options). I have three options replace with the main multipoints ,refurbish the two ageing Brittony or replace withtwo condensing multipoints. A...
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I have an Atag iC Economiser 27 boiler from 2017, not the more recent "plus" model. It came with an Atag One controller which is hooked in with a 2 wire OpenTherm bus connection.
The controller is about to pack in and I'm looking at Tado instead. The controller battery is on its last legs...