I'm thinking of ubiyng a new toilet/cistern. is a push-button, dual flush a good idea? if in say 2-3 years i need to replace the syphon (drop valve) is it as easy to do this as with a traditional syphon type flush? Are they standard sizes/heights, etc?? thanks for your advise.
how does the 3-port valve work? does it have to be positioned in a certain way, ie the hot water and central hesting flow coming into the valve or away from it, and also the flow from the boiler? mine is in the airing cupoboard and i am trying to work out how it works!!! any help and advice would be...
I agree with the post also about the inlet valve. Your inlet valve (float valve entry) may even be clogged up with debris that has buolt up over the years. Thus reducing the flow rate. Try cleaning this out or better still, replacing it. They only cost about 4-5 pounds.
sorry my previous post was a bit confusing! Basically I want to replace the siphon in my WC as it is not flushing properley as the disahragm is worn. I just cannot undo the wing nuts as they are really stiff and rusty and just wondered how to ease this problem? Should I use WD40 ? What tools should ...
The flow from the Hot water cylinder to the boiler is called the Prmiary flow and return (on an indirect cylinder). Maybe it's also known as the boiler flow and return in some places!!! Anyhow, I was just wondering as I'm trying to learn a bit about central heating basics!
I am not trading as a plumber!! I was just curious about a few things. But anyhow, if wing nuts don't actually hold the cistern to the pan then what exactly is the point of them!?
I know the water is mains pressure (usually 2.5-3 bar pressure), but if it's coming in too slow then what other solution would there be? If the problem is just the cistern being too small, then a larger cistern (230 litres min) will ne required.
if your cistern in the loft is slow to fill, gtrying replacing the float valve seating with a low pressure one (it had a larger orifice) and will allow the cistern to fill quicker. But maybe you just need a larger cistern if it empties too quickly???
The Grundfos central heating pumps that most people have (in the airing cupboards) - are they standard ? Or do you have different wattage, etc for larger properties? What is the standard one to buy for a normal 3-bedroom house? And what pipe exactly does it need to be installed on? Primary Flow??? I...
I am trying to replace the siphon on ac lose-coupled WC. I have turned off the water supply via the gat valve, and unscrewed the 2 screws that help support the cistern to the wall. The WC has an older overflow connector that goes outside, and I can loosen that ok, the problem is: The wing nuts are s...
thanks for your help. I think I have an older wheelhead (thermostat0 valve which won't shut off the supply so will need to drain the system. How to I shut off the central heating supply without affecting the hot water supply!!?
I have tried to remove one bedroom radiator to flush it through outside in my garden. I removed the lockshield cap and tightened that nut and the water drained quickly from that side. On the thermostatic radiator valve side, water kept flowing. I turned it off but as my system is 20 years old does t...
how many pipes, both hot and cold, should there be in my airing cupboard?!! I have the vent and hot water draw off's from the top of my hot water cylinder (inclduing the 450mm min offset), I have a sepearte hot and cold feed pipe to my shower (which is a manual mixer over my bath), I have a grundfos...
thanks a lot for your help here. i've learned something new (even though pretty basic really)!! So basically by turning off your gate valve in the loft which supplies the cold feed to the bottom of the hot water cylinder, you shut off the hot water supply! (well after the small amount already in the...
maybe the level in the cistern is higher than normal level and the force of the water is cuaing too much water out through the trap and into the soil pipe all the time?
i would have thought a bloackage would have allowed MORE water to settle in the trap?!!!
