mike_s
Plumbers Arms member

This is for my own home so I don't mind looking online, I have heard very good things about the quality and value of betterbathrooms.com but where else should I look? We really are on a budjet for what we want as we've been doing the whole flat up at once from when we bought it. We are still renting a flat until it is ready to move into. We are possibly after a freestanding bath or corner jacuzzi bath with perhaps a shower cubicle as well and combined w.c and basin vanity unit so I know it won't be cheap. We are basically looking at taking a chance on cheaper ranges as it is only a 1 bedroom flat. Really interested in hearing where you guys would get your stuff from for your own home, I will check my local plumbers merchants too of course.

Was working on an old worcester 240 rsf today. Problem was hot water not heating up well, no signs of overheating. I replaced the hot water heat exchanger thinking it could be limed up but I was wrong. the white restrictor that fits into the connection looked ok but when I measured the flow rate at the tap it was 12 litres per minute. I spoke to Worcester and they say it should be 8 litres per minute for this boiler. I have ordered a new flow restrictor as it appears to be letting too much water through? Has anybody come across this before and found a new restrictor rectified the problem? There is no heat escaping down the flow and return and the hot water heat exchanger is getting much hotter than the water coming out of the taps at only 46 degrees max. It works fine if I turn the tap or the stop tap down but customer states that it used to be fine without doing that up until recently. So should this restrictor not allow more than 8 litres per minute through and if it is then am I correct in thinking it must be faulty? The incoming mains pressure is nothing phenomenal.