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    Baxi Duo Tec Keeps Dropping Pressure

    Hi, I have a baxi duo tec 28 HE which keeps dropping pressure and return E119 error code. In the last month it's had to be topped up 3 times and I topped up again early this week to 2 bar and today the pressure has dropped to below 1 bar. I've checked all the radiator valves for leaks but...
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    Gas Safe Registration After Being Suspended

    Hi, I've had to report a father and son business to gas safe due to a shoddy gas boiler installation job. They have been issued with a deadline by gas safe to rectify defects identified in the inspectors report. The business have shown a clear disregard of the notice severed to them by...
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    Can a shower valve flow regulator reduce pressure?

    Hi, I recently converted from a gravity fed system to a combi. I have a manual mixer shower that has now developed a dripping shower head when the shower is turned off which I'm assuming is due to the increased pressure (the hot and cold pipes to the shower run through the loft and then down to...
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    Shower mixer valve inlet centres (what does +-5mm mean)

    Hi, I've come across a few thermostatic shower mixer valves where the technical spec states the inlet centres are 150mm (+- 5mm). What does the +-5mm mean, if on the valve body the distance of the inlet holes are fixed at 150mm. Does it mean that the inlet centres on the wall can be between...
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    How to fit mixer taps to non standard tap centres?

    Hi, I want to fit a shower mixer tap to my bath but the bath holes centres are 185mm. All the mixer taps I've seen so far require tap centres of 180mm. Would I be able to get away with fitting a 180mm mixer tap to 185mm centres? Is there any adapter or fitting that I can use to accomodate...
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    Leaking Valves

    Hi, I just had a new combi boiler and TRV's with drain off valves fitted about 2 months ago. Most if not all the valves are now leaking from the nut that fastens to the flow pipes. Some have got green slime that looks a bit like fairy liquid thats leaked down the pipe. The plumber 'gas safe'...
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    Gas pipe across plug socket safety?

    Hi, I have a double plug socket on a skirting board over which I need to install a new gas pipe. The socket is no longer used. Is it safe to put a double blanking plate across this plug socket and for the new gas pipe to run across it?
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    Any opinion on baxi duo tec 28 he combi boiler?

    Hi, I'm thinking of getting a new combi boiler installed and was wondering if the baxi duo tec 28 HE combi boiler with 7 year parts and labour warranty is a reliable boiler. I've read a few reviews and they all seem to be negative and yet Which has rated it as a good boiler so I'm a bit...
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    • baxi boiler combi combi boiler
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Boilers
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    Dripping hot water cylinder overflow pipe

    Hi, I have copper hot water cylinder in the loft wrapped with a puffa jacket. Its a very old fashion type of copper cylinder where you can simply lift the top off. I've noticed the cylinder has been leaking lately as water has leaked through the ceiling. When I've been in the loft to inspect...
    • Adam78
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    • cylinder hot water overflow pipe water water cylinder
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
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    Programmer needs both heating and hot water to be switched on for heating to work?

    Hi, I have an old conventional boiler (Glowworm spacesaver) and its hooked up to a RWB2E Seimens programmer (see pic). My problem is I'm having to switch both the HW and central heating switch on inorder to get the central heating on. If I switch the HW off the central heating switches off...
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    Radiator Balancing Problem

    Hi, I have some radiators with old style valves and I think they need rebalancing as they arnt warming up whilst the radiators nearest to the boiler are really hot I'm having difficulty identify which is the lockshield valve and which is the wheelhead valve. When I take the caps of both valves...
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    Why is the puffa jacket on hot water cylinder burnt?

    Hi, Recently bought a 1930s semi and was checking the attic out. Can any one tell me why the puffa jacket on this hot water cylinder is burnt - has it overheated? Since both the pipe near it is copper and the cylinder itself is copper, if it overheated wouldnt both sides of the puffa jacket be...
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    Disconnect a power shower

    Hi, I currently have a conventional boiler and a power shower. I want to replace the conventional boiler with a combi boiler. How will this impact the power shower? Will the pipe that feeds the shower be disconnected? How will the taps for the shower be removed as they are in the wall i think...
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    How to bleed water from pipes to prevent freezing and bursting in winter?

    I am trying to bleed the taps so I turned off the cold water mains tap but there is still a considerable flow of water from the tap. It's been running for over 20 minutes with no sign of decreasing. I don't know why the mains tap isn't shutting down the water supply completely. I have a...
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