Main navigation


Search found 9 matches

  Go to advanced search
by gazwads
Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:24 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Only one radiator not working!
Replies: 5
Views: 6063

if you have thermostats on your radiator, you need to remove the thermostat head and you will see a kind of pin sticking up on the radiator, you need to tap that pin with a hammer until it pops up. If you dont have thermostats on your rads you need to turn off all of the other rads. Hope this is hel...
by gazwads
Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:03 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: urgent help with baxi 80he boiler
Replies: 1
Views: 2804

inside of your boiler you have an expansion vessel, when your heating is on the water in your system expands due to the heat, and the expansion is what it expands into. It just sounds like your expansion vessel needs to be reinflated!
by gazwads
Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:24 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: keston celsius 25 problem firing
Replies: 4
Views: 7630

if it isn't sparking then i would suspect the pcb, but my first thought was gas valve. what could have happened is the gas valve went then burnt out the pcb so may require both, make sure there is no sparking first. might be worth calling british gas n paying 10quid a month n get it fixed rather tha...
by gazwads
Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:07 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: No hot water - Help!
Replies: 3
Views: 2507

if its an old system then chances are its wil be gravity hot water, check if your pump runs when you turn on your hot water, if not it wil be gravity and you wil need to turn on hot water only and remove the t/stat from the boiler to boil out the airlock.
by gazwads
Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: worcester 24cdi
Replies: 7
Views: 3868

it means that the tap normally keeps the hot water and cold water until they mix, when its passing they are not being kept seperate, and because the pressure of the cold water is at mains pressure it forces itself down the hot water side, so water coming out of the hot taps are mostly mains cold wat...
by gazwads
Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Radiators heating when off
Replies: 2
Views: 2558

your mid position or zone valve is passing, just means its not shuting off your heating circuit off when hot water is on. Its a very easy job for a plumber!
by gazwads
Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:16 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: No hot water - Help!
Replies: 3
Views: 2507

think that you have an airlock on the hot water side of your heating system (the pipes that actually heat up your hot water) probs best to get a heating engineer to take a look at it.
by gazwads
Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:06 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Only lukewarm water at max setting; Thermostatic Shower
Replies: 9
Views: 40368

your mixer shower is passing, you need a plumber to fit a new shower mixer or fit a none return valve to the hot water pipe to the shower. hope this helps
by gazwads
Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: worcester 24cdi
Replies: 7
Views: 3868

one of your mixer taps is passing, you can check this by running the hot tap and checking that the hot water outlet pipe is getting hot, if so you need a plumber to find out which mixer tap or shower is passing and either change it or fit a none return valve to the hot water pipe to the tap that is ...
It is currently Sat Nov 23, 2024 5:15 pm
Go to advanced search