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Hello I thought I'd post a post. I am currently under going a full re dec of the whole house, new flooring, skirting, architrave window boards and nice new rads. Plumber came to fit the new rads, drained down the system. To begin the work the next day. I had a call from the kitchen floor...

hi everyone I have a thermostatic shower on my middle floor, which when turned seems to make all the hw taps in the house run cold and to avoid this we don't use the temp valve on the shower. the shower is now basically either running too hot or too cold. so seems like a new shower but cannot...

hi all I have a thermostatic shower in my bathroom. we have to keep the shower set at a certain point. if we turn the temp one way the hot water for the whole house becomes cold and we turn it too far the other way the shower becomes too hot Any ideas as to why the shower seems to be...

Hi, new poster hoping someone might be able to help me with an issue that has me at the end of my tether! For almost a year we have been experiencing intermittent sewer gas smell in our house. 2 years ago we had a rear extension done, including a downstairs WC, which involved re-routing some of...

Hi I’m looking to buy a new Combi oil boiler but don’t know what size to go for my old boiler was a Worcester heatslave 12/14 which was running originally 12 rads and one bathroom when I moved in. I then added a rad I believe it was to small to begin with as it was always breaking down it now...

Hi I have my gas meter in the house and shut off vale ECV out side were the meter was before, not very convenient but is this correct reg's wise ? (This work was done yesterday by gas provider) I also have a small leak by the boiler and gas supply has been caped off in ECV value. If anyone...

Evening all, I need a second opinion on a heating problem before I tackle it. I have a customer with a long, thin terraced house. He has a large combi at the back upstairs. His problem is that the downstairs front room rad never gets warm enough. The rads are mainly piped in 15mm apart from the...

Hi hope you are well. I have a gravity fed hot and cold. Hot water cylinder is on ground floor. Cold tank is in loft. I have 2 showers on 1st floor. One is pumped by a pump in the loft. Other is pumped by pump in shower itself. The latter is noisy and I want to replace it. But pressure in house...

Hi guys, before anyone jumps to tell me “get a plumber”, I’m extending my house and doing a loft conversion myself, so looking to save money, that’s my only reason for not getting a plumber. I see mixed opinions on whether to go plastic or copper, I’m happy to learn how to join copper, but at...

hi i am looking for gas engineer. no heating in my house. i have got a water cylinder. help please

We recently moved into a new home that currently has a Super Hot MG-100 Hydronic Boiler (installed in 1986, when the house was built). Clearly, the boiler is way past its life expectancy and in need of replacement. We had a couple of boiler companies come give us a quote and one of them...

Hello, I am looking for advice and ideas. I moved into my house 2 years ago with a Valiant Eco Pro 28 combiner's boiler. The Radiators look pretty old and have recently just found out that the previous owner had installed the system himself. I had the boiler looked over and a NEST installed...

We sold it for the land around it but it hurt a bit, the other half went Friday and this bit goes today. We had it and improved it over 20 years

Hi what's the best advice in dealing with a leak in a customers house? 1. Stripped out bathroom suite, installed 1st fix shower pipes in stud wall. 2. Turned water on, cheeked all joints. 3. Show customer completed works. Happy with job and paid me 4. Get a phone call 3 days later saying...

Hi, I am thinking about a new combi boiler, ours has had it's day. The house is 1977 and the system is about that age as well - around 40years old so the radiators are probably rusted inside as well as the pipes. I have had a few quotes for a new boiler but most fitters generally install a...

A I correct in saying that when you install a new gas appliance in a rented house. There is no need to write out a CP12 and test all the other gas appliances in the house. Thanks.

Hello I'm trying to fit a whole house pump. There seems to be two inlets. One is called a pressure port. Any ideas what it is?

Took me weeks and weeks but I installed a direct hot water vented system from scratch in my house. Had never tried anything like it before but with reading posts on this forum and hours and hours of youtube videos I managed to get it up and running.. only thing is I'm worrying now I might of...

So, we moved into a new build a couple of years ago, and a few times now, we have been woken to the smell of sewer gas in our house. The problem seems to be a rubber bung in the kitchen floor under the kickboard, it connects the sink to a 4" sewage pipe, and it pops out periodically. It also...

hello, I’m struggling to get headway for a suitable plumbing installation for my house. Most companies just want to put in what they are familiar with, however it’s an old 17th century house and I think it needs a one of design. Are there qualified engineers who can actually design a bespoke...