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  1. J

    Bathroom on same level as tank

    Hi, about to plumb my first house so I'll likely be flooding this site with questions. Hope that's all I'm flooding! They've bought a bungalow and turned it into a mansion but there's no attic, so the Cold water cistern is behind a wall on the second story. Thing is there's gonna be a bathroom...
  2. J

    Leak on hot water ch tank

    We have a 40 y old ch that has developed a leak on and around the ' feed ' pipe connection joint ' ( about a foot from the bottom of the tank.I tried to tighten but impossible to move and probably split the washer ? Hence slight drip which I have tried Heath Robinson style tried to seal ! Could...
  3. Joshhunt92

    Hot water tank clicking on and off

    Hi guys My hot water tank has starting clicking on and off every 1-2 mins which is incredibly noisy and annoying. My heating is off, so the only time the tank should click into action is if we use hot water and it needs to bring the tank back up to temperature! Can anyone advise?
  4. M

    Use electric hot water tank in series with gas boiler

    Hi, we are building a new house and we are going to be using central heating and radiators with a gas boiler. We live in a remote rural place and we have to generate our own light. We have set up some solar power and generate more than what our batteries can charge and we can use during the day...
    • mafulynch
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    • boiler electric gas engineer hot water tank water water tank
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Boilers
  5. L

    Shower pump feed from storage tank

    Hi guys, just a quicky. No real excuse but I was rushed and drilled the shower pump feed into the same side as the water inlet. Now as I've not done this before, do you guys think there will any issue with air? Thanks guys
  6. B

    Willis Immersion issue - no hot water getting to main tank

    Replaced a Willis (Belfast) immersion heating in an open vent heating system. Willis is working ok but flow of heated water see wrong and does not generate a lot of hot water. Symptoms are (See diagram): Flow from hot tapes fine (no air locks). Tank heats up using house oil indirect heating...
  7. E

    Domestic Heating Oil Tank Float Gauge

    Hi, Have had 2 break where dial just doesnt work. Seem pretty cheap light plastic devices. Any one know of more durable, robust ones which are also very accurate. Maybe wrong but always believed heavy duty brass dials etc lasted far longer and more accurate although more expensive. Only manual...
  8. S

    Fixing leak between tank and toilet

    Hello I'm completely lost here I have a leak between my toilet and the tank I have looked up how to repair it but I'm a bit confused as the bolts on my toilet don't go into the tank itself and I can't see anyway if removing the tank to replace the part in between is there any other way of fixing...
  9. M

    Unable to drain water tank

    I have tried to search for the answer to this specific question but without success. We have an external oil boiler and seperate water tank with expansion tank. I have water dripping through the tundish - as have a few others on the estate - and the most common fix seems to be the recharging...
  10. C

    Dripping Expansion Tank - Please confirm diagnosis!

    Hi, I've got an oil fired Central Heating system and the overflow pipe drips intermittently. There's a blue expansion chamber just above the overflow that sounds 'full' (compared to the red one that sounds empty. In other systems I've had, when this blue expansion tank was full of water, it...
  11. H

    Tankless Water heater: Expansion tank burst

    Hi. It's cold as heck in Austin. Temps dropped to single digits last night in Austin. Last night loss power @ 2AM. This morning around 11:30am, heard a loud explosion coming from outside area where the tankless water heater system is installed. Noticed that the expansion tank exploded. You can...
  12. D

    Air lock from cold water storage tank

    Having problems with a recurring air lock in the cold water system which is tank fed. Every couple of months it dribbles out very slowly hot water. Not full flow but just a dribble. I use a wet vac to suck the air out every couple of months but it re occurs. Is it possible it’s due to a faulty...
  13. G

    Water venting into header tank

    Hi Guys I’m no expert so excuse the question if I’ve done something wrong. I noticed some persistent noises happening with my heating. I therefore decided to use the 3 stage fernox fluids. F3 then F1 then F2. This meant that I had to completely drain system and refill a couple of times. I...
  14. O

    My tank thermostat only works once a day!

    I have an ESI ESCTDEB Electronic dual cylinder thermostat fitted to a Stelflow 205l unvented tank wired to a timer going off at 10pm and on at 6am. Every morning the water is hot but gets cooler during the day. The thermostat only calls for hot water first thing. I can push the reset button...
  15. S

    Oil tank valve issue.

    Hi I have an oil tank valve that needs replaced as it will not shut off fully. I understand that probably the best way forward is to wait a few months till oil level low then raise valve end of tank but is there a way to bung the oil if say you encountered a leaking valve? I was thinking many...
  16. K

    Intermittent Overflow of Feed and Expansion Tank

    Hello my parents have a house with an open vented system. It has an oil boiler feeding 4 circuits of radiators and also an indirect hot water cylinder. It also has a solid fuel fireplace back boiler (with 4 pipes) to it. The fire can heat both the radiator and the hot water. The fire is never...
  17. L

    Low temprature oil tank thread sealant?

    Happy New Year all! New Year new problems..... I have a new Titan oil tank to connect up replacing a similar un bunded one. No problem, fitted the original many years ago, I have my boiler on a temporary tank but I need to get the tank fittings on to get it filled. The 1" fitting in brass needs...
  18. S

    Header Tank Temperature

    Just been in loft and noticed header tank on my vented system is hot. I understand that this acts as a feed for heating and expansion when heating water gets hot. Is this normal for tank to get very warm? Both the feed pipe and vent pipe are hot but no water coming out of vent. Never noticed...
  19. C

    Header tank valve replaced, noise diagnosis help!

    An easy one I’m hoping. Replaced main water header tank valve as kept getting stuck and overflowing. No probs with the replacement but since completing, the noise of water running through the pipes as it refills is very loud, so much so that we dare not flush the toilet late at night as the...
  20. T

    Recommendations for plug to avoid need to drain down storage tank

    The isolating valve on the tank outlet is sized so I'm looking for a tool or technique for plugging the tank outlet so the valve can be changed. I can feel that the bore of the fitting to be plugged is not smooth, appears to have 2 ridges! Advice and suggestions, please
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