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by supersadie
Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:00 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Elephant in the Room or is it Just our Dual Fuel Towel Radiator Making Loads of Noise?
Replies: 1
Views: 2034

Elephant in the Room or is it Just our Dual Fuel Towel Radiator Making Loads of Noise?

Hi I have a combi boiler with radiators and a number of 'plumbed in' towel rails, one of which is dual fuel. Every day, several times a day, we have a loud trumpeting sound (see title!) from this towel rail and sometimes from the ordinary non fuel one too. I have bled them, but it makes no differenc...
by supersadie
Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:57 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Help me understand my system?
Replies: 2
Views: 2987

Thanks for your advice. Perhaps it could be as simple as that. I'll investigate.

:)
by supersadie
Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:23 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Help me understand my system?
Replies: 2
Views: 2987

Help me understand my system?

Hi Mystified by my own heating system! I have a fortic supercal indirect combination tank on the first floor with a vertical pipe leading into the loft. There is no header tank in the loft. Have a fanned flue Ideal boiler. Is this an indirect vented system and if so, where is it getting its water fr...
by supersadie
Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:37 pm
Forum: Fillers, Sealants and Adhesives Forum
Topic: Can you screw into car body filler?
Replies: 0
Views: 6830

Can you screw into car body filler?

I am mending a hardwood window which was rotten in the corners. I finished it off by smashing it, having locked myself out of the house! Having removed the rotten wood and applied hardener, there's only a thin shell of wood in the corners where I need to pin it back together. I'm planning on filling...
by supersadie
Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:37 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Radiator balancing for numpties...
Replies: 2
Views: 13010

Radiator balancing for numpties...

I have a conventional GCH system, not a combi. The boiler is working and as far as I know, so is the pump. I should say that the pump is upstairs and the boiler downstairs. The house was built in the 80s and the pump has been replaced in the last ten years. The downstairs rads are always cooler than...
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