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    Is it possible to not have a b allcock in a cold water header tank?

    For reasons that I won't go into. Is it possible to control the water flow to a cold water header tank without having a ballcock in the header tank? ie to place some sort of control elsewhere in the feed pipe before the water gets to the header tank - turning off the mains water supply would...
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    What can cause intermittent flow on hot tap?

    Can anyone advise? The problem is on a hot tap (not as the cold tap as shown) - the water intermittently stops and then goes to a trickle - turning the tap on and off the water then starts again - the next day it goes back to a trickle. I don't think it can be an airlock - is there a mechanism...
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    Can the ballcock valve 'stick' shut due to hot weather?

    Our attic water tank (which is boarded in and not easily accessible) decided to stop filling up today... (we couldn't hear it filling up) and with the temperature outside reaching 32+ I am wondering if this might have caused a problem. The temp this evening outside has gone down to 21 degrees...
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    Can a waste cap be unscrewed?

    Can anyone advise - can this type of cap be unscrewed? (one end of a kitchen waste pipe) If so, is there a tool to unscrew or should it be able to be unscrewed by hand? Similar to the following...
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    What causes noisy hot water tank filling up?

    Just started recently - sound like a 'whirr' when hot water tank fills up after hot taps used for a few minutes or after a shower. I don't think anything to do with Potterton boiler as the noise happens when the boiler isn't on - for either water or heating. The noise seems to be from the cold...
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    Central heating header tank seems to be overflowing...

    Can anyone advise... I believe it is the central heating (for radiators) header tank that is overflowing from time to time - ie once or twice a day for a few minutes (it appeared to start again today shortly after the central heating came on - and then the pouring/dripping stopped after a few...
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    How does water in mains pipe make a noise like water running?

    In our semi-detached house - and also other houses 50 yards away recently had an issue whereby we could hear the mains water pipe sounding like water was running somewhere - not the actual trickling of water - but the sound of like a high pitch hum etc 24/7. The water board inspector came out...
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    Ground floor hot water tap started running very slowly

    We have a downstairs shower room/toilet and the hot water tap yesterday started running VERY slowly on the sink - virtually down to a trickle. Turned the tap on this morning and hot water was coming through fine again - went back a 10-15 minutes later and the water was back to a trickle... Any...
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