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  1. Bogart

    Water leak outside property

    Not exactly a plumbing problem but here goes. I have known for a couple of years there was a water leak somewhere between the water meter, on our property, and the property itself. The water company fitted a new (smart) meter about 4 weeks ago. Now they have contacted us saying we have a leak...
  2. Bogart

    Ease of changing a lever flush to a button flush

    Is it possible to change a lever flush handle for a push button one using same cistern? If so any pitfalls I should look out for. Thanks
  3. Bogart

    Why 2 stats in remote boiler house

    After being woken up a few times by clicking pipework when heating not on looked at setup in boilerhouse. Trying to figure out why there are 2 stats in there. One is Honeywell L641B1004 on flow pipe from boiler other is a Honeywell frost stat, model unknown but lowest setting is 5degC, set at 5...
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  4. Bogart

    Boiler nozzle sizing

    Probably been asked before but cannot see where. Inside my boiler there is written nozzle 1.25 x60 W. In an envelope attached to boiler is a new nozzle marked 1.25 x 60 S are they compatible? Boiler is an old Boulter Camray.
  5. Bogart

    TRV controlled radiators passing by

    Is it me or do others have the same. I have out of 23 rads in the house maybe 6 that pass by even when on the frost setting with the room temp at 10 degC. It is as if they need a small solid washer or similar inserted into the trv head to make it act a tad before it would alone. The rads do not...
  6. Bogart

    What to feed a radiator in?

    Yes I know is a bit basic the header but have been milling this over for ages. Needs doing now as autumn approaching. I need to take a feed off a radiator in one room to feed another in an adjacent room. Problem is the doorway which I will have to cross. It is possible to cross under the...
  7. Bogart

    Mixer tap pressure low

    Never gave it a thought, regarding pressure suitability, when the boss said " Oh I like that tap". Hence stuck with a tap specified as minimum pressure 0.75bar and me with a gravity system at max height 5m, ie 0.5 bar at best. So as I see it I have 2 options. Fit some sort of pump, only needs to...
  8. Bogart

    Radiator tail olives

    Been wondering a while and finally curiosity has got the better of me. Was going to ring Pegler but they have all gone home. Have a few terrier valves to fit. On all of them the olive on the radiator tail is only say 2, or 3 at the most, mm down the tail stem. Would it not be better if the stem...
  9. Bogart

    YouTube Video of pipework and pump

    Saw this last night and wondered about a couple of points. 1 You see the state of the pipework at 7m30s and at 7m54s he says he will recommend the customer gets the system flushed. I am thinking that the pipework shown is not like it throughout or surely no amount of flushing will help that...
  10. Bogart

    Air separator pipe connections

    Yes I know it is me with yet another question. As some of you may know am redoing some airing cupboard pipework. Attached is a photo of the air separator setup. As you can see the feed,15mm, from the F/E tank is tee'd off the 28mm connection heading to the pump. I assume this is okay, well...
  11. Bogart

    Gunged up or what after some 30 plus years

    Attached are a couple of photos I ha.ve just taken after cutting out some 28mm pipe. One ,which was on the flow leg, looks way worse than the return leg one. The flow leg is now down to what a 22mm pipe might carry. Why should one leg be so much worse? Would temperature make that much...
  12. Bogart

    Valves on Y plan is this normal?

    Attached is a drawing of current valves on Y plan. All are gate valves and dirty at that so will change for ball valves. What I would like to know is the following What is the purpose of valve C. It is a 22mm valve on 28 mm pipework Obviously valves A and B isolate the radiators and the DHW...
  13. Bogart

    Instant hot water tap

    One of my daughters has been persuaded that she needs one of these instant hot water taps when she gets her kitchen done out. Oh dad is not too bad at £900. I replied by saying you can get a damned good kettle for £900. As she is on her own and out most of the day I do not see the point in...
  14. Bogart

    Flow rates through 2 and 3 port valves.

    Yes it me again with another question. I keep reading that one will get a better flow rate in an S plan than in a Y plan. Now I can see that being valid if both heating and hot water are called for but if only one surely the flow rate will be the same for both plans? Finally are there any makes...
  15. Bogart

    Tight compression fitting

    Trying to get the 3 port valve off so I can get on with changing from Y plan to S plan. Problem is one of the compression treads will not come free. And being sods law it is the one feeding into the DHW tank. Have tried brute force with 2 large spanners, tried heating it, and freezing it and...
  16. Bogart

    Radiator tails

    Have a couple of rads that will get covers, so to have the trv outside the cover I bought a couple of extended rad tails, 100mm. Now they are parallel threads, is this common with all extended rad tails all I can see are parallel threads or can one buy tapered ones? If one can only get...
  17. Bogart

    Port valve cable extension

    Can I ask what you guys use if you need to extend the cable that comes with a 2 or 3 port valve? I cannot find a 5 core or 6 core that has an orange core. All I can think of using is 3095Y cable and sheathing the black in orange sleeve.
  18. Bogart

    Flushing a system

    As I am not on mains drainage, I have a treatment plant, any suggestions as to how to flush a system out. I am shortly going to install some new radiators but am worried about the flux that may be introduced into the system. I am installing 11 rads. Is there anything that I can attach to the...
  19. Bogart

    Noisy trvs?

    Can specific makes and types of trv be noisy. I ask as have recently installed some new rads using Pegler Mistral II, 2 of which both in the kitchen are noisy. I have another installed in the utility room next door and that is fine. The hiss is quite noticeable but the slightest of tweaks of...
  20. Bogart

    Radiators in series

    Having already some aluminium radiators of a particular type I have decided to get more for another room. Problem is the output is not sufficient. The maximum output is 1800w 580mm high x 1200mm wide so would having 2 rads on the same wall look odd or not. I am thinking of having a pair of...
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