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  1. T

    Shower Advice in older house

    Customer has sent these pics regarding concealed shower. Apparently one of the knobs has broken and unable to operate shower valve. Has tried contacting company for replacement knob but told no longer available as old model. Wants to know practicality of replacing with new or blanking off and...
  2. P

    Central heating for tiny house?

    Well, I live in a VERY small 1 bed house with heating sources of wood burner in the kitchen and two electric radiators, 1 in the bedroom and 1 in the bathroom. I have asked a local heating engineer to give me an idea of installing a back boiler onto the wood burner and then 2/3 radiators into...
  3. J

    Moving house - UFH fun

    Hi All I have recently moved house and this new house has underfloor heating in the kitchen. now i know the house has been renovated and has been empty for perhaps a year. What i have noticed is that the underfloor heating is luke warm at best. i know it runs from the boiler. i checked under the...
  4. D

    Can Faulty Gate Valve On Street Cause House Leak?

    Hi. We discovered a leak in our house's kitchen. It was coming up through the floor in the corner and was about half a bucket of clear water an hour. The kitchen sits 2 steps lower than the front of the house which is on the street. Long story short, the plumber found the gate valve...
  5. S

    What is better a Saniflo or a commercial type Pump for efficiency and sound in private house?

    We are looking to create a en-suite bathroom with bath, sink and toilet at front of house. So will need some kind of macerator. I want to make sure that I get something that will be quiet and efficient, had a saniflo 10 years ago and was not impressed. I am willing to spend a little more than...
  6. R

    Water Leak between meter and house?

    Hi All I have had a problem with a leaking toilet (and consequently a horrendous water bill!) but that is now fixed. But still the water meter turns - very slowly - the last of 4 red digits increments once per minute. So I presume that is 1/1000 m3 per minute? (or 1.4m3 per day!) That is still...
  7. R

    Combi boiler in a large house

    Good afternoon, We are looking to change our existing system (boiler, cylinder and massive water tank in the loft) and have been advised on a Megaflow and a Combi boiler from different plumbers. I am really keen on a combi boiler (water on demand, no tanks etc), though understood they were...
    • Rodders
    • Thread
    • boiler combi combi boiler house
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Boilers
  8. K

    Clueless! New house no idea on heating/hot water system

    hi all, Not sure if this is allowed here but I'm just looking for advice :) I was left with no manuals in my new house, I moved in this April. It's a modern 2 bed house, built in 2010. Anyway, just inside the front door I have a ICOS HE12, next to it is a control panel to set timers for hot...
  9. D

    All taps in house lukewarm since work done in bathroom

    Hi all! Recently had some work done in the bathroom (retiled floor, new sink and toilet put in). Since then ALL the hot taps (shower, bath, bathroom sink, kitchen sink) in the house are producing water that could at best be described as warm. We have a combi boiler new in 2015 but it was fine...
  10. S

    Advice please for stinky house

    Hi all. I live in an area where periodically the smell of sewer is quite over bearing, unfortunately for me when this happens the smell also totally engulfs my house, every room, so bad I have to go stop with my mum. I have had the water board twice and they say all pipes are clear and I have...
  11. A

    No idea with what type of system i will require for a 6 bedroom/bathroom house

    Hi all, I'm a home owner/investor looking to pick some brains of knowledgeable heating engineers and plumbers. I have just purchased a house, currently a 1970's style 3 bedroom 1 main bathroom and downstairs WC property. currently using a 24kw Worcester combi boiler I am looking to convert it...
  12. K

    Terrible smells in new house I have moved into

    I have just moved into my house. There are terrible smells eminating into it seems 3 rooms all containing plumbing. I understand a little about traps and soil stacks. So a plumber is looking into replacing traps on my bath and shower as there are smells coming from there too but there is a...
  13. B

    HW Gas consumption for empty house ?

    Hi all, Bit of an odd question here. I've been on holiday and have the CH switched off, but did not stop the twice daily boost of HW on the timer. Given that here is no HW been consumed in the house when we are away I expected the gas consumption to be minimal as the loss from the 2 x uniSTOR...
  14. J

    All house water pump installation

    hi I am looking to fit a all house pump to my gravity system, I already have a pump installed for the shower, pump located at the tank floor level, but want to remove it and connect the shower feeds back into the system without the pump, I am confident on how to do this, however, once this is...
    • Jamesey1823
    • Thread
    • house installation pump water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  15. R

    Worcester Greenstar 30i for a 4.5 bedroom 3 bathroom house?

    Hi We current have a 10-year-old pressured HWS with a Potterton Supremo 80. The system leaks at the pressure value above the boiler and the PRV also leaks. Our house has 4.5 bedrooms, 2 lounges, 2bathrooms and kitchen. With the possibility of a third bathroom going into the loft in the next 3...
  16. Scott_D

    Boiler for your own house

    What would you fit in your own house? To keep it a fair comparison it must be a combi and around 30kw
  17. P

    Boiler broken - foul acrid odour throughout house.

    My boiler is broken and I'm currently waiting for an emergency visit, but this morning I noticed there was a terrible smell in 4/6 rooms. It's strongest in the bedroom where the boiler is located. It's a very pungent, chemical, acrid smell, a little bit like rotten eggs mixed with burning tyres...
    • peachykeen123
    • Thread
    • boiler house
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Boilers
  18. S

    Oil to storage heaters in large house.

    My aunt has bought a large 3 bedroom house and has removed the oil tank and is also wanting to remove the oil burner and change from oil to electric storage heaters. I've been trying to advise her against this because the running costs of storage heaters can be more than oil. Does building regs...
  19. D

    Whole house underfloor heating as only heat source. Yes or No?

    I'm having a full house refurb and extensions built and had always been keen to have underfloor heating and no radiators. We don't have any plans for a fire or burner either. Does anyone have any experience living solely with UFH? Would you recommend it or should I maybe go with UFH for the...
  20. B

    Heating pipe layout - Mid-Nineties house

    Wonder if there are any site plumbers out there who'd know the standard arrangement for heating pipework in a mid-nineties Westbury built house. The heating was powered by an Ideal Classic boiler feeding a thermal store in a 1st floor airing cupboard. The rads are then fed in micro-bore which...
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