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I need to replace the washer on my hot water tap in the utility room. The pipe does not have an isolation valve fitted. My hot water supply comes from copper cylinder which is in the airing cupboard in my bathroom. Cylinder is fed by plastic cold water tank in the loft. Do I need to drain the copper...

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The hot water tap in my utility room needs a new washer. Unfortunatelly there is no isolation valve on this particular pipe. My hot water supply comes from copper cylinder in bathroom airing cupboard and this is fed from a plastic cold water tank in the loft. Do I need to drain the water from the co...

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I have got a cold water tank in the loft which feeds the cylinder in the bathroom which stores the hot water. My concern is to do with tank and pipes freezing in the loft. I have heard that when outside temps. fall below zero it is a good idea to open the loft hatch to allow warm air from the house ...

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I have a cold water header tank in my loft which feeds the hot water cylinder tank in my bathroom. My concern is with regard to the cold water tank and pipes in the loft freezing up. I have heard that, when the weather is freezing, that it is a good idea to open the loft hatch and allow warm air fro...

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Have recently moved into a house where the previous owners did not use their central heating system at all (they had electric fires in each room and used immersion heater for their water). Am wanting to know what detriment this will have had to the boiler and the radiators. Does it actually matter t...

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