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Follow these steps to add leak sealer, cleaner, inhibitor or any other chemicals to your radiators without draining the system. Learn how to add inhibitor to a central heating system and protect it from limescale and corrosion. This can be tricky and messy when doing it for the first time, so be sure to put some old towels down. You might have really sludgy heating system water and you don't want chemicals on your carpet either. If the water doesn't stop coming out of the bleed valve when you release the pressure, it means at least one of the radiator valves is faulty and not closing. You'll either have to dose in another radiator or drain the heating system. Adding inhibitor blog post guide https://housewarm.co.uk/add-inhibitor-to-central-heating/

Ideal boiler pressure guide https://housewarm.co.uk/ideal-boiler-pressure/ Ideal boiler F1 fault guide https://housewarm.co.uk/ideal-boiler-f1-fault-code/ Is your Ideal boiler pressure too low? How do I increase the boiler pressure? To increase the pressure on an Ideal Logic combi boiler, you must open the two valves with blue handles by turning one 90 degrees until fully open. Then you need to open the other valve slowly until the pressure starts rising on the pressure gauge. Then, close them both fully when you've reached 1 to 1.5 bar on the pressure gauge. An Ideal logic boiler will sometimes show an F1 fault code when the boiler pressure is too low. If your boiler keeps losing pressure, you have a problem with your boiler or heating system that needs to be fixed. Most commonly a leak. Why does my boiler keep losing pressure? https://housewarm.co.uk/boiler-keeps-losing-pressure/

Baxi boiler pressure guide https://housewarm.co.uk/baxi-boiler-pressure/ Why does my boiler keep losing pressure? https://housewarm.co.uk/boiler-keeps-losing-pressure/ Learn how to repressurise a Baxi combi boiler when the pressure is too low. The Baxi 600, Baxi 800, and Main Eco Compact combi boiler are all the same. If you have a different Baxi boiler, the process will be the same but the filling loops might be slightly different. You must open both valves to let water into the heating system. If you have two black knobs, turn one anti-clockwise as far as it will go to open it, then turn the other one anti-clockwise slowly until you hear the water and see the pressure gauge moving. Then turn both knobs clockwise as far as they will go to close them when you have reached the correct pressure.

How to replace a radiator valve full guide https://housewarm.co.uk/how-to-replace-a-radiator-valve/ Changing a radiator thermostat is a simple job anyone can do. Make sure you get the thermostatic radiator valve head with the correct connection to fit the TRV on the radiator. A good pair of water pump pliers is needed.

Bleeding radiators full guide https://housewarm.co.uk/how-to-bleed-a-radiator/ Learn how to bleed a radiator without a radiator bleed key or screwdriver for when you don't have them or the bleed valve is damaged. Make sure you use an old towel to catch dirty water and always repressurise the boiler after bleeding any central heating radiators!

Tap cartridge replacement guide https://housewarm.co.uk/tap-cartridge-replacement/ How to replace a mixer tap (faucet) cartridge: Single lever mixer tap cartridge replacement. Some mixer taps have two handles (and two cartridges) but this video is for single lever mixer taps only. The grub screw holding the tap handle to the cartridge on this basin tap needed a small flathead screwdriver. They typically need an Allen (hex) key. Plumber in Newcastle upon Tyne https://housewarm.co.uk/plumbing/

Outside tap leaking guide https://housewarm.co.uk/outside-tap-leaking/ How to fix a dripping tap full guide https://housewarm.co.uk/how-to-fix-a-dripping-tap/ Learn how to replace an outside tap washer and fix that drip or outside tap that's not working. If you've got the right washer then this is a simple job but they're not easy to find. You'll probably have to buy a big pack of assorted washers. Sometimes it's cheaper and easier to just replace the tap to fix your outside tap leaking. How to change a washer on a tap https://housewarm.co.uk/how-to-change-a-washer-on-a-tap/ Outside tap not working https://housewarm.co.uk/outside-tap-not-working/ Plumber Newcastle https://housewarm.co.uk/plumbing/