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  1. R

    Hot water coming from cold water taps

    Have got hot water coming from upstairs cold water taps. Nothing has been recently changed or adjusted. System boiler connected to Heatrae Sadia CL210 unvented cylinder. Anyone got any ideas as to what could be causing this?
  2. M

    Replacing taps behind the washing machine??

    Hi i am new & useless at DIY i have old bulky plastic taps connected to my washing machine - due to new units being fit i need 3 cm more space at the back so can i replace with smaller taps? also as the washer is 10yrs old can i cap one off ..if so which one,, hot or cold? i appreciate your time...
  3. M

    Can’t remove these sink taps

    Morning all, struggling to get these taps off - no screws that I can see and cap doesn’t seem to want to pop off. Concerned I’m going to damage them if I force them. Any ideas ?
  4. B

    No Hot water in Taps, but central heating working

    Hi, I have a Glowworm Flexicom 18hx condensation boiler. I'm not getting hot water in the taps, but the central heating is working fine. The engineer came from the insurance company and said that I was missing a 'hot water controller'. So he said he can't do anything and left. So, 1) I've got...
  5. N

    No water from hot taps.

    Hi im wondering if anyone could help. The other day I increased the pressure on my boiler and ever since then I have no water at all coming from any hot taps in the house. Heating is working fine just no water from hot taps. There is no error code or anything .. any ideas? The boiler is a...
  6. D

    Boiler drain taps on Worcester 28cdi (old type) not draining

    Hi all, new to the forum, I have an old style Worcester 28cdi that I need to drain down to investigate some vibration noise. (i'll be asking opinions about that once the youtube video has finished uploading), meantime my question is; when you open the boiler drain taps, nothing happens. does...
  7. CowsEatGrass

    Advice for low pressure when multiple taps are used?

    Hi guys, I am looking for options on how to solve the issue of water pressure dropping when more than one tap is open. Ideally want some sort of buffer so that if the shower is in use it doesn't suddenly slow to a trickle when someone flushes a toilet! Currently just have a combi boiler but...
  8. P

    How deep do you have to chase wall for wall mounted bib taps?

    Hi again Second belfast sink related question, but different enough from the first to require a new thread... Our preference is for the sink to be mounted in a corner, and for the pipes to be chased in for wall mounted bib taps. Presumably that means having enough room in the chase for the...
  9. H

    water level in HWC after I drain the hot water taps/showers?

    Hi This is my first post as a homeowner/DIYer Hopefully the title explains my question ; I want to replace the washer on an Essex flange as the flange is leaking, and plan to use a plug to block the cold water tank , then open all the hot taps and showers until water stops flowing( standard...
  10. P

    Why no access to bath taps / low bath tap temp

    Hi, recently moved into new house, (the house is four years old), the bath has very low hot water temperature, I'm assuming its an anti scald device? The hot water in the rest of the house is fine, eg kitchen sink, utility sink, bathroom wash hand basins, etc, they all get nice and hot, its just...
  11. L

    Bath Taps - Shower diverter (lever) leak repair?

    Hi there! our Heritage bath taps (see attached image) have a leak from the shower lever when diverted to the shower head. Unfortunately this model is over 15 years old and spare parts are no longer available. As a very amateur DIY-er I am not familiar with the inner workings of these sort of...
  12. M

    Water hammer ceramic disc taps

    Can you get water hammer from ceramic discs on tap valves? Have been to a job where is it sounds like its coming from there. But I know this isn't always the case. Thanks
  13. S

    Sound when closing taps and flushing toilets returns after emptying system

    Hi All, I really need some advice on a home plumbing issue please. We have a sound when closing taps and flushing toilets that started a few months ago. I have tried many times to empty the system by closing off the mains inlet stopcock, opening all the taps, flushing the toilets, etc...
  14. B

    Struggling to remove the tops of these bath taps.

    I'm struggling to remove or even find where to remove the cap off these taps. I've tried prising it off twisting and multiple things to remove the cap to get inside. I'm out of ideas....
  15. J

    No water in hot taps -pressurised system

    Hi - I am new too the forum. I know nothing about plumbing so I hope somebody can advise... In 2011 I had a pressurised water system installed - condenser boiler, cylinder, radiators, etc. Also installed was a solar thermal panel (evacuated tubes). Last month I had the solar system drained down...
  16. R

    New mixer taps

    Hi there. I'm new to this forum, and just looking for some advice. We have just had a new bathroom and have gone for mixer taps on the bath, but I have noticed that when the hot tap is in the off position the tap lever is not facing straight ahead, it is turning in, and it's gradually turning...
  17. R

    Hot Water Taps all running slow then stopping

    Hi, I have today removed our bath ready to put a new one in and have capped both the hot and cold feeds off. However, when putting both the hot water (turned off as cold feed on to the cyclinder) and cold water back on (turned off at both the stop tap under the sink and the cold feed in the...
  18. A

    Bath taps for unbalanced supplies

    Hi there. New diy member here. I am refreshing my bathroom and the taps are currently fed cold mains and gravity hot from the loft. There only seems to be a very small cold water tank in the loft. I am looking at putting a bath filler mixer tap on the bath but concerned about the unbalanced...
  19. M

    Banging water pipes when my neighbour open cold or hot water taps

    I just rented a top floor flat which is a roof conversion built only 10 years ago and after moving in, i found out that inside the largest storage eaves, there is a communal water tank which serves only the 6 other flats below except mine . I already has few issues with the tank noise which has...
  20. P

    My internal stop cocks don't stop all the taps in my flat.

    Hey team, so I think people have done some plumbing work in the ground floor maisonette I want to buy and noticed something weird. The stopcock under the sink doesn't stop the water upstairs. And the stopcock under the bathtub upstairs doesn't stop the water in the small WC. There is an...

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