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How To Balance Radiators
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Have a peculiar problem with my Gloworm Flexicom 30cx combi boiler, the main heat exchanger is getting red hot and fault coding on...
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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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I have a main eco compact 30kw combi boiler installed. This is using weather compensation (baxi ifos) and salus iT500 controller. The...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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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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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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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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...
Is it safe to put fridge magnets on my boiler?
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...
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...
I have a open flue old boiler (natural draft for combustion) installed on outside wall. Before winters want to install a heat only condensing...
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...
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...
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...
I have opened a website now how can I get customers from now on
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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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...
My landlord's great at getting all the Scottish government funding that's going, and there's full insulation, double glazing, an airsource heat...
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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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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TMixer taps and check valvesHello, I have a few mixer taps to install in bathrooms and kitchen. The kitchen tap also has a wondering spray arm capability. On researching...
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AWill councils ever fit mixer taps?I'm a council tenant and my bathroom basin is broken and needs replacing, it has standard pillar taps. Do you know if councils would ever replace...
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SShower dial issue hot waterHi am wondering if I can get some advice on this issue. Shower was working fine until Saturday when the dial only works when turned to cold water...
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SPressure Relief Valve Behind Washing Machine ProblemHi, all. I have a leak problem behind the washing machine. It's a pipe that is leaking directly into a drain. It used to drip but now is leaking a...
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