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I have a back boiler in my house and recently the heat exchanger has failed. Until I get boiler replaced, If I isolate the loft cold tank do I need to isolate the header as well?

I have a leak from a fitting on a pipe connected to radiator I have got your app and asked for plumbers to contact me but so far I have heard nothing I put my email address and mobile number and also sent a photo

Hi my outside tap has very little pressure. I have removed the tap but the pressure is still the same. The tap is on side of the property, I believe the pipe work might be under the kitchen sink which is on a different wall. I’m unsure what to try next?

I am 15 and a half 16 inn June 20 I am looking to do a plumbing apprentice going to do a plumbing course in new city college

I am 15 and a half 16 inn June 20 I am looking to do a plumbing apprentice going to do a plumbing course in new city college

The kitchen tap handle just spins and doesn't grip to the valve to open/close. I had the cartridge/valve replaced 6 months ago by a plumber due to a slow drip. It still has the original cap/handle. It seems the new cartridge spindle is shorter than the original was and the cap is no longer gripping to it. I tried to replace just the handle/cap but the caps I've tried have been the wrong size. So then I tried to replace the whole hot cartridge side but I'm unable to find the hot water/mains stop cock! I think a whole replacement for the hot tap valve is required. But if I can upload a picture, I wonder if anyone is able to guide me on what cap/handle to purchase to fit the spindle/cartridge/valve...!

He lived in Princes Avenue N22, he was a plumber and his name was Terry Britten or Terry Britton. Do you have a list perhaps? Thanks

Shower head started dripping. Changed the stopcock and it’s seems ok. What we’ve noticed lately, as soon as we put the central heating on (combi boiler) the shower head will start dripping again. Any advise would be really appreciated. Many thanks Mina

Hello, My boiler started making this intermittent whining sound 13 days ago. Plumber came out 6 days ago and he said the fan's on its way out. Also the pressure is rising to a given value way faster than it ought to. He claimed it's not dangerous when I asked him, but don't fancy using it apart from very short periods. I'm a bit concerned it might explode. Are my fears misplaced? Trying to get the letting company to sort it out. To no avail so far.

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Apologies in advance for the long text, but i would give as much details as possible so you know the full situation. Radiator not working as used to Had system boiler replaced for combi boiler and one of my radiator was very hot on the top and warm on the bottom. The installation of the boiler was included with: System Filter Magnetic Scale Reducer (Boiler only) Heating System Inhibitor Heating System Cleaner Worcester Greenstar Keyless Filling Link Worcester 100mm Telescopic Horizontal Flue Kit (350-570mm) Gas Pipe per meter Yesterday, the plumber came back to check the radiator. he tried to bleed the radiator but no air came out of the rad he bled 2 rad upstairs he turned off all the rads except the living room rad. the living room rad started to get a little bit hot, but still not as used to be. after a few minutes plumber turn all rads back on again from what i understood he didn`t know what else to do but before he left he notice the pipe on the bottom was cold as well as the bottom left of the rad. Last thing he did was to adjust the pressure of the boiler. i would like to point that he had no knowledge why the 2 pipes ( flow and return) are on the same side of the rad, one at the top and one at the bottom of the rad. He thinks that is the cause of the problem, but i live at this house more that 10 years and the rad never had a problem. He tried to fiddle with the valve that is on the bottom of the rad but it wont move, it`s static and he said it should be the same valve as the top one. He never saw something like that before. Two hours after plumber left the rad was worst. It`s been completely cold from half of the rad to the bottom and piping hot from half of the rad to the top. I believe the plumber does not know what else he can do and maybe an experienced plumber would. Today he told me the only solution is to replace and change the pipe to the other side of the rad cause he thinks the pipe was put in the wrong side of the rad and that is the cause of the problem. I am wrong to think that if the position of the pipe was the problem the rad would be stop working long time ago? Please help! What else can be done rather than pay more unnecessary money if there is something else that can be done? Or should i get a second opinion of a more experienced plumber with knowledge about this king of pipe installation?

I'd really like to remove some boxing and shuffle my toilet backwards (approx 30cm) since at the moment it's crowding the sink. However, the soil stack connection is on the right hand side so that there would have to be 90 degrees to go backwards, then 180 degrees back into the toilet. Is this impossible? Any words of advice would be welcomed!

Pipes rattle when shutting off any appliances in the house eg toilets taps washing machine it is a very loud knocking tried draining system from top to bottom but still the same any ideas.