Home DIY

Euph?

No. It's only now that I'm interested in cocks and infections.

FFS. Carpet fitter just left having got the carpets the wrong way round and come up short in the second larger room. Living amongst piles furniture on clothes the rest of the week then.

He tried to tell me my measurements were off but given that a rounded up figure of 350cm isn't a hard number to remember and that we added another 10cm of contingency at the shop I refute this. Also he left the bit he cut off the smaller room behind. 90cm. Plus that room's width of 270cm is... Oh yeah the exact width he should have had when he came up short next door.

I think he was just trying save face and/or not get fired by the shop as he got the manager to order a replacement and re-fit St,right away.

Hey ho. At least I can fumigate the fuck out of the place while it's empty.

I had the same problem recently. What's the pressure like out of the main tap? And what's the pressure like out of the shower bit without the hose?

Taps are fine, and have replaced hose and shower head.

Have realised the issue is that i have a gravity system but because it's a flat the cold water tank is at head/ceiling height in a cupboard rather than in the attic meaning as soon as the shower head is at head height there is no gravity pressure.

Unless anyone knows a clever fix i'll need a pump or power shower fitted.

Watch the programs. He comes up with ideas that require major structural engineers to make work. He is great to watch if you know nothing.

Have you tried the water saver shower head from Thames water, that I mentioned earlier?

So...are they flogging cheap carpet is so what is the size ;)

This won't magically create a difference in height between the water level in the tank and the shower head. Just get a pump and enjoy ALL THE PRESSURE

Ah right, I think you need a pump then. I was going to say I made mine much better by getting a 20mm internal bore hose from Amazon rather than the 8 - 12mm ones that seem standard.

In reply to steve.com

No it won't but from experience it has helped. Suspect it is something to do with the restrictive flow, as it is a water saving shower head but I don't know, could be the design. All I know is that it has improved the situation. Seeing as Laner was looking for a cheapish fix. A free shower head could help.

Careful as fitting a pump could mean that there isn't enough water getting to the shower. Have had this.

Watched some of the first series a while ago, didn't find it as engaging as Grand Designs.

@lynx i did get the thames water free shower head, and it did work better at chest height and lower so thanks for the suggestion.
Still need a pump so i don't haver to crouch down when i wash my hair though!

A solution presents itself...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mcae8M9SJM

Hair.....don't understand ;)

In that case, can you raise the header tank in to the loft? Sticking in a power shower/pump can be an issue due to how much water can get to the pump. So fitting a pump may cause other issues. Have a spare single impeller pump that I was going to plump in for a friend, want to fit it in and see what happens? This is dependand on there being flexi pipes going to the taps otherwise it is a little more difficult to fit the pump.

lives in a flat, may not have a loft

Flat is Ex-LA so no loft unfortunately. All piping is metal through to the bathroom, though haven't looked under the shower if that's what you mean?

@diable how important is getting a twin pump? happy with that one?

Look if the taps are connected by something like this

So we were woken up at 5 this morning, when the heating came on, by a loud squealing coming from the boiler, and the gauge on 0 bar. We've had to turn it off for now. A cursory Google suggests it might be the pump? What's the damage to fix that?

It's a Worcester Bosch Greenstar combo fitted in 2009 if that makes a difference.

a) who teh fuck has their heating come on at 5am when it's as balmy as this? our's stays off from March 1st to October 31st - fucking softies! (semi -srs but not rly)

b) a loud squealing suggests air entrainment in system or pump bearings/impellor scraping - was there a fault code at all? Is there water, under pressure, available at inlet to boiler central heating circuit? Have you got a pressurisation valve that needs opening in order to feed mains water into teh heating circuit and restore pressure? might be like this > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQfwR36NQI
< or two valves with a flexi braid hose

c) does this fault manifest when the hot water for taps circuit is on duty? i.e open hot water tap, boiler should come on, heated water comes out tap, pump not required for this as mains water pressure pushes the water through boiler..

ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!!

no, second wife moved out.... 2nd March...

#sadpandfacedotjaypeg

pretty infomative bosch boiler installation video (40+ mins long tho)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR3uF7QHE14

I had the same squealing in my old boiler system and it was definitely coming from the expansion vessel.

I solved the problem by moving out.

HTH.

Cheers all - we've just had a load of old radiators removed prior to plastering walls etc. so got onto the plumber who did that and he's gonna take look when he's in tomorrow.

In our loft there's a flue from an old boiler, leading to a chimney on the roof. Is there likely to be a way of detaching the flue from the metal fitting, leaving the chimney in place?

It'd be easier to do that and not have to patch a hole in the roof. The flue probably contains asbestos, so don't want to saw it off.