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Dan
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Name a bunch of boiler makes for me and I'll make a poll so we can see which ones get installed the most.
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How To Balance Radiators Tool List: Radiator-bleeding key Lockshield valve adjuster or adjustable spanner Screwdriver Digital...
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Hi All, Have a peculiar problem with my Gloworm Flexicom 30cx combi boiler, the main heat exchanger is getting red hot and fault coding on...
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My recently installed Bosch is sounding like a washing machine. It started 4 days ago and goes through this cycle for 35mins twice a day. Using...
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I am undergoing a whole house refurb including new plumbing, boiler, rads etc. I specifically asked for new copper pipes throughout the property...
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It appears that the auto feature (D0) is no longer working on my boiler. My rads are taking 45 mins to get warm and the flame is now a lot lower...
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Hi All, I have the boiler above and the safety thermostat has snapped at the plastic cable right where it means the thermostat. This looks...
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ChrisB1982
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Hi guys, just after a little advice please. I must be very fortunate, as I have a 28 year old Valiant VCW-GB242-EH Combi Boiler, which over the...
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Hi everyone, Just a query about what size in KW gas combi boiler do I need for a top floor flat (3rd floor). I have a Vokera Easi heat plus...
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ChrisB1982
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Hi. I replaced the Pressure and Temperature relief valve on my MegaFlo CL300 (I had thought it was dripping but it turns out the overflow drip...
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RedYellowLorry
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Hello, I'm trying to top up the pressure on my Greenstar 30i ERP but the blue keyless filling lever won't move. It doesn't feel stiff, it feels...
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RedYellowLorry
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Hi all I have a main eco compact 30kw combi boiler installed. This is using weather compensation (baxi ifos) and salus iT500 controller. The...
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ShaunCorbs
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I would like to accurately monitor the F&R temperatures of 22 mm copper pipes on a CH boiler. Laser based tools do not work properly on shiny...
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ShaunCorbs
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We live in a 1980s four-bedroom detached house. The time has come for new central heating. The current system is a mild revision of the original...
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gpbeck
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I am generally a decent handyman, can usually make 2+2=4 and take care of most things to avoid troubling experts with just the basics, but know...
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I have a thermal store heated by a boiler with its own thermostat. I also have a stove with a back boiler. The stove heats water in a separate...
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I have a friend who has offered to fit my new boiler to save on costs. He is competent but is retired and no longer gas safe registered. Is he...
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hello! while saving up for a new plumbing and heating installation for my new one bedroom flat, i did a lot of research on different boilers and...
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I'm going to have my bathroom renovated and that includes changing my rusty old rad for a towel rail. I wanna cut down the costs as much as...
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Ben-gee
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Is it OK to have my boiler in a full height 600mm larder unit 2000mm high,instead of a normal wall boiler unit ? So i can store stuff underneath...
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gmartine
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I've just bought a 3-floor house with a gas boiler on the ground floor and hot water tank on the middle floor. When I switch on the hot water at...
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Last Plumber
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Hi , I'm wondering whether anybody can help me at all ? My boiler has started making noises which I am unable to identify. If anybody is able to...
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ShaunCorbs
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We have just moved in to a 12 year old house with a system comprising of a gas boiler with header tank and hot water cylinder also with header...
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Evening Hopefully you're not sick of this type of question! I've had a few quotes for a boiler upgrade (going from a regular boiler (~15 yrs...
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We have this boiler installed and it's started to give issues. The service was done and passed ok. But only as there was no noise for the guy to...
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I am planning on replacing a standard radiator with a designer style vertical radiator in anthracite. I will need a high output of 6000BTU plus...
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btjtaylor
Hi all I've been reading about the Drayton Wiser system and along the way I began to go down a rabbit hole learning about heating system...
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Knappers
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Hi All I have a single pipe central heating system which was extended 20 years ago when we had an extension. The heating upstairs has never been...
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Hi All, My mum had a Worcester green Star 4000 fitted on one of those eco grants. A external filter wasn't fitted. Should this have been fitted...
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Is it safe to put fridge magnets on my boiler?
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Hope someone can offer some help with this issue, I have a Baxi 105e works fine no real downside, serviced looked after regularly. Have an issue...
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I currently have a Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 438 system boiler which is 13 years old. I have been having problems with the boiler which potentially...
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Desktop987456
I have a open flue old boiler (natural draft for combustion) installed on outside wall. Before winters want to install a heat only condensing...
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Desktop987456
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I have an old Potterton suprima boiler with a hot water tank and pump. We have hot water but no heating, the light on the boiler is showing amber...
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I'm hoping someone can give me some advice, I'm working with an old Ikon 40-50 Cl boiler, and when turned on the fan seems to fire for a second...
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ChrisB1982
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HI folks, this post is a follow up to my post relating to my single pipe heating system. In summary, I have a house built in 1980 (I bought it 2...
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I have opened a website now how can I get customers from now on
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I have a Baxi Duo Tech 28 HE. According to an online search with the serial number and GC number, I should have a 20-plate heat exchanger. So, I...
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ShaunCorbs
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Hi, Can I pick your brains? My boiler is often reluctant to start, sometimes it does, sometimes it seems that it will if the demand is from the...
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gmartine
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My landlord's great at getting all the Scottish government funding that's going, and there's full insulation, double glazing, an airsource heat...
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Have this boiler since last November and have given up on the installer and have another person coming this week. Supplier here in Ireland came...
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Hi all, My property is a 3-bed terraced with double glazing windows... It currently has no central heating, so I will get a new combi fitted...
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