hot water cylinder problems

Today we had a visit from a BG engineer and his notes say replaced PRV in boiler. I assume this is a "pressure release valve" Anyway since he left when my hot water timer comes on to heat the tank its like a loud gurgling noise next to the 3 way valve in the cupboard upstrairs. Now when we...

tried four (!!) plumbers on this, finally the overflow has slowed down to a trickle, just under a bucket in 24 hrs, for long periods no overflow at all have traditional vented indirect system, small and large water tank one cause for overflow could be that hot water is VERY hot, so I might have...

Have traditionalvented indirect heating system. F&E and large water tank in loft. All worked well until my watersofterner gave up the ghost. While fiddling around with it I shut down bypass valve by accident. Water in house ran out. Got that sorted again. But ever since the F&E tank is...

Morning all, hope you had a good Christmas. Gas heating system with hot water tank upstairs. Hot water is set for three times a day, morning, lunch and tea time. We don't use loads of hot water but now and again in a morning the water is only tepid. It's after the hot water should have been...

I bought a flat recently; it’s all electric with no access to the gas network. I had an electric central heating system installed this year. The boiler is Potterton Gold 9Kw and the water cylinder is an Elson Zircon ZD 150 Direct Unvented. There has been banging coming from the cylinder. For...

Hi - I have a situation where the hot water pressure in the shower reduces significantly when I turn on a hot basin tap, but not when I turn on a cold basin tap. This is strange because there is a 28mm pipe from mains (~3bar) up to the attic where unvented is. It splits in 2 22mm pipes right...

I have a Boilermate ii where the hot water pump is 24/7. The Capillary thermostat was replaced twice by previous owner of the house. It appears that the capillary thermostat is stuck closed ie doesn't cut off the circuit so that the pump continue to work. When disconnected at one pin the...