We have finally moved house and having spent getting on for £1,000 putting our heating system in the old house in apple pie order for the new owners, we are upset to find all sorts of things wrong with the ch and plumbing in the new one, despite having paid a corgi reg. engineer to check this system out before we bought it; he said everything was fine.; wonder how much they paid him? One thing which I hope to be able to sort out myself is that the thermostatic valves don't work. Hopefully, it's just that the pins have got stuck through lack of movement, but I am not familiar with this make and don't know how to get the heads off. They are labelled "Lifestyle" but don't give the manufacturer, though some of them also have the letters "acl under "Lifestyle".
They are completely different from the Danfoss ones I'm used to and there are no screws to undo. Can't see any obvious way of getting them off. Can anyone help?
I note that the pipes at the top of some of the rads are rusty. Can one just treat with Kurust and paint over or have they had it?
The worst thing, which I obviously can't do myself (being a somewhat crippled old lady) is that there is a leak from a joint above the pump which has obviously been going on for a long time as there is a build up of limey deposit. And to think we replaced a similar joint in the same position which only leaked for a couple of days and had dried up; we thought while we had it drained down to replace the motorised valve, we might as well do this joint, but of course it added to the bill.
I am obviously too nice for this world. My husband (who has had 2 ops. for cancer in his spine and also has Parkinsons and severe osteoporosis), plus our gardener/handyman, plus our daughter practically killed ourselves leaving our house immaculate, and we get here and find it filthy (despite toffy nosed owners). We couldn't even put the perishable food in the fridge b efore we had washed out with bi-carb and left the door open for a long time to get rid of the smell made by the rotting fish inside. I won't go as it is off topic. Last straw is that my knee op scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled and not even a new date in sight, so difficult to make any arrangements for plumbers, decorators etc. and impossible to go shopping as walking is agony. I'd get drunk if I could find the corkscrew! PLEASE HELP WITH THE TRVs. I can't turn off the rads (nothingso luxurious as a zone thermostat here) in some of the rooms and our musical instruments are going to b e ruined.
They are completely different from the Danfoss ones I'm used to and there are no screws to undo. Can't see any obvious way of getting them off. Can anyone help?
I note that the pipes at the top of some of the rads are rusty. Can one just treat with Kurust and paint over or have they had it?
The worst thing, which I obviously can't do myself (being a somewhat crippled old lady) is that there is a leak from a joint above the pump which has obviously been going on for a long time as there is a build up of limey deposit. And to think we replaced a similar joint in the same position which only leaked for a couple of days and had dried up; we thought while we had it drained down to replace the motorised valve, we might as well do this joint, but of course it added to the bill.
I am obviously too nice for this world. My husband (who has had 2 ops. for cancer in his spine and also has Parkinsons and severe osteoporosis), plus our gardener/handyman, plus our daughter practically killed ourselves leaving our house immaculate, and we get here and find it filthy (despite toffy nosed owners). We couldn't even put the perishable food in the fridge b efore we had washed out with bi-carb and left the door open for a long time to get rid of the smell made by the rotting fish inside. I won't go as it is off topic. Last straw is that my knee op scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled and not even a new date in sight, so difficult to make any arrangements for plumbers, decorators etc. and impossible to go shopping as walking is agony. I'd get drunk if I could find the corkscrew! PLEASE HELP WITH THE TRVs. I can't turn off the rads (nothingso luxurious as a zone thermostat here) in some of the rooms and our musical instruments are going to b e ruined.
