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  1. J

    Thermostatic Mixing Valve 22mm for hot water cylinder outlet?

    Before I embarrass myself asking a plumber to come and quote for installing a TMV on a hot water cylinder is it possible/advisable? We have holiday apartments and each has an electric shower but all hot water taps (bathroom & kitchens) are fed from an old hot water cylinder, heated by immersion...
    • john999uk
    • Thread
    • cylinder hot water thermostatic valve water water cylinder
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  2. J

    TRV + Room thermostat - Why?

    So I am not a plumber but have reasonable technical mind. Can anyone explain why have a 'room' thermostat and TRV? For example, our bungalow has 5 rads with TRV and the one in the bathroom no TRV, plus we have a 'room' thermostat in the hall. If the hall TRV is set lower than the room stat...
  3. J

    worcester rsf 24i pump - too hot to touch - reset tripped

    I understand this will need to be replaced by a gas safe engineer, I have no problem with that at all. I want to stay safe. Problem is last year we had problem with boiler and didn't know any gas safe engineers so picked one from trusted trader. Did not have a good experience at all. Anyway the...
  4. J

    Replacing washer in old stopcock?

    Doing a bit of preventative maintenance/changing washers etc. and shutting the water on and off a few times, I now have 2 problems (well 2 on this subject :) ). The old stop tap inside the house will no longer shut off the water flow completely and it also weeps from the gland. I would just...
  5. J

    British Gas - 3 port valve sticking - power flush?

    The mother in law used British Gas to install her Worcester Greenstar 12 Ri boiler back in 2007!!! She also has a service contract with them at £38 a month!!!!! 3 years ago the 3 port valve was replaced. Each year it still stops working. So she calls them out and they say it's all working again...
  6. J

    Best insulation for exterior 15mm pipe?

    I am trying to work out what is the best insulation to us on 15mm pipe that is outdoors!!! The pipe is under a static caravan and the site is open 12 months of the year. I only need about 4m and the thickest I have seen is 25mm wall thickness. So any ideas what is best way to stop the external...
  7. J

    Best tank connector for OLD galvanised steel tank?

    I might need to add a new tank connector to the existing cold water tank to feed a pumped shower( not power shower). I can't replace the old tank very easily as the loft hatch is very small, my shoulders only just fit. So is any tank connector better than any other for the old galvanised tank...
  8. J

    Zilmet 300lts Expansion vessel - air leak - faulty weld?

    Hi, I have a 300lt (yes its about 5ft high, 2ft wide) expansion vessel that assists in maintaining our cold water pressure during high demands (3 story 5 showers). It has been working well over the last few years but recently the air pressure has dropped. I have found the leak, it is the top...
  9. J

    Pump for electric shower?

    I have holiday apartments in a 3 story building. The water pressure has never been great on top floor and we have had issues in past with not enough pressure on top floor for showers at peak times. We had a 300lt accumulator fitted and that worked ok over the last 4 years. The problem is that...
  10. J

    Winning 100% of work quoted for - am I too cheap?

    My Brother in law qualified about 18 months ago and has been working very hard. He is winning virtually all of the work he quotes for, the only ones he is not winning is due to him not being available quick enough. I think he must be way too cheap. What do you think?
  11. J

    Twin combi boilers to replace vented cylinder

    I am not a plumber so just looking advice before I get a plumber in to do some work. I have holiday apartments in Blackpool and the hot water for the sinks comes from a vented copper cylinder heated by an immersion heater!!! All apartments have electric showers so it is only hot water to the...
    • john999uk
    • Thread
    • boilers combi cylinder replace
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Boilers
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