Expert Plumbers in Birmingham

The first thing to remember is not to turn on or off any electrical devices including lights and torches. Now go to your gas meter and switch off the gas control valve, you can open windows and doors to ventilate your property. Exit your property and ring the Gas Emergency Service on 0800 111 999

Your boiler has a sequence of operations that it will go through every time there is a demand. If one of these operations is not completed due to a faulty part, the boiler should go into fault mode and display a fault code relevant to what action it failed to achieve. Faults can be intermittent so you could as a temporary solution reset your boiler using the reset switch or by turning the power off and back on again. This could get your boiler working again for a limited amount of time, at this point you should call a Gas Safe Engineer to diagnose and repair your boiler. Never attempt to repair your own boiler.

There are many causes of low water pressure some are listed below:Your stop tap may not be in the fully open positionYou may have a pressure reducing valve on your supplyYou may have a blocked strainer on your supplyYou may have a leaking water supply undergroundYou could be on a shared water supply

There are two types of taps. The first type contains a washer, this type of valve you can screw tighter and tighter to try and stop the water dripping. This tap will require a new rubber washer. The second type contains ceramic disc cartridges these taps will only open and close with a quarter turn movement. This tap will need new ceramic disc cartridges to stop the dripping.

There is a minimum and maximum depth at which service pipes should be laid:Minimum depth is 750 mmMaximum depth is 1350 mm. If an installer wishes to install a service pipe either deeper or shallower than these depths they must notify the local water supplier for permission. Important note: The gas service should be at 600mm to ensure separation from the water service pipe.