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[quote="lizzy"]We have just moved into a new house and one of the toilets spurts water up through the cistern. One of the mechanisms in there (sorry dont know what it is called but is on left side of cistern) is the one spurting water from the top. As you can tell I am totally in the dark ...

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I'm considering replacing an old thermal storage unit with an eemax series 2 in-line water heater. This uses 2 * 40 amps, so i think I'm right in saying requires 6 mil mains cable. (recently bought some of this for a cooker) I've pulled off one of the electric sockets to check the wire, and it's sin...

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Hi Did a bit more research, and it turns out its a very old gledhill pulsacoil thermanl heat store, which explains the barrier bit at the top, as it has a small cold water tank on the top, for topping up the main store. I drained it out, and the elements were indeed furred, so I gave it a load of fe...

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Thanks for all the replies. It's been a while as I have been discovering the joys of cutting down the jungle in the backyard, and painting, painting, and more painting. Getting a bit more settled now, so time to focus on this issue and stop having to boil 10 kettles of water for a bath. Had a look a...

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Hi I have recently bought a house and seem to be learning rather more than I had intended about diy! My latest woe is the hot water. There is no gas to the house, just electric. I have a hot water cylinder which has two connections to the mains. One I am told is for ecomomy 7, and the other for an a...

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