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Been in property about 10 years and the valve on the (round/bunded) Balmoral tank has always been in pretty rusty state. Tank is 5,000 litres but...
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Hi Folks I'm wondering anyone here, has any indepth knowledge on the Worcester Heatslave Combi Boiler. This boiler is quite old (2006) but it has...
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Peter J Brown
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Jock Spanners
Evening All, I have a customer who wants a modern oil boiler fitting to replace his ancient one. The big problem is he's divided his house into...
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ShaunCorbs
ShaunCorbs
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I have a Grant Vortex Blue 26kw external oil boiler, installed less than 12 months ago. It's had intermittent non-starting problems resulting in...
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exedon2
exedon2
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My oil boiler is 2009 vintage. Just been serviced. Had a new tank fitted by approved fitter. I notice that the bottom of the tank is roughly on...
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MikeJhn
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If any of you engineers out there take one of these Potterton BOA sectional boilers out before taking it to the scrap yard ring me 07977722363...
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Michael Hall
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My firebird oil boiler hw supply is luke warm, but does heat up slightly when run if the ch is on at the same time. Is this a faulty diverter...
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John.g
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Hi, I have a combi boiler that fails to fire up and sustain the burn. I read a similar post on this site but it doesn't precisely match my needs...
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L Adams
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Hi, I'm looking to change our boiler as part of some general house renovations. Could anyone recommend one that's going to be ultra reliable...
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Alan Humphrey
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Hi, I have a three-zone 2016 house with gas heating. When the downstairs heating switches off, it bangs extremely loudly. I have tried adding...
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ShaunCorbs
ShaunCorbs
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I have been told that I can't have a mains pressure unvented hot water cylinder with a back boiler on a wood burning stove as the heat source is...
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SimonG
SimonG
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Hi, we have Worcester Bosch heatslave external oil boiler 18/25 Boiler locked out. Pressure was below 0.5 so brought pressure back up. When lock...
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rose cotts
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Hi, Newbie here so feel free to teach me the etiquette of this place, and apologies for the lengthy opening post. The boiler started locking out...
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SimonG
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Hi, just fitted a new fuel pump and control unit to my ecotherm boiler but I still can’t get any fuel to the top of the pump, nothing coming out...
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Dave hall
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Closed heating system, approx 14 years old with oil fired boiler, feeding around 18 radiators over 2 floors. One small radiator nearest the...
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StillGame
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Recently I needed to re-route very old and dodgy oil pipe from tank to boiler. I dug trench and laid a duct and the engineer used green plastic...
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ShaunCorbs
ShaunCorbs
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Having a few issues with my combi boiler, its 14 years old now and due to be replaced as we are building extension, but need to get another 10...
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SimonG
SimonG
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Hi all, can anyone confirm to me what the difference is between a heatslave 15/19 and 20/25 physically? So the reason for the question is if I...
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Kevin L
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Green star oil combi heat exchanger noise day and night water whooshing /gurgling
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Chuck
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Bogart
Probably been asked before but cannot see where. Inside my boiler there is written nozzle 1.25 x60 W. In an envelope attached to boiler is a new...
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Bogart
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Hi, I am trying to service a Trianco Eurostar 70/90 oil boiler but I just can not get the bayonet fitting blast tube to turn and release to gain...
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Bodgit
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Crossfingers
Please help Our Grant Vortex Pro oil combi boiler seems to have developed a drip from some sort of valve where it looks like there's a limescale...
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Crossfingers
Crossfingers
Jock Spanners
Evening All, We've just moved into gas boilers (after years doing gas) and are currently tooling up. On our first install we had problems bending...
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ShaunCorbs
ShaunCorbs
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Hello have issue with Firebird enviromax C26 its doest want to start for what ever reason it tries but cuts off almost instant and keeps trying...
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egizz983
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Can anybody explain why I could get heating oil for 72p/l last Monday but by Friday was being asked 92p/l? The word profiteering comes to mind...
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Bogart
Bogart
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I have just bought a Danesmoor greenstar12-18, fitted with Reillo RBD burner. Worcester notes should be used with C2 Kerosene, is it possible to...
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SimonG
SimonG
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We have an outdoor Worcester Bosch Greenstar 25/32 Oil Fired Combi. We are getting a random lockout fault, code 855 9F. Pushing reset sorts it...
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mitchino
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Hi all, all new to this breakdown life, currently waiting on getting on a training course, so just been relying on technical and instructions...
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CJAY40
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Hi - I've had some conflicting advice so looking for confirmation please - what size should a heat sink radiator for a log burner/boiler be? I've...
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G-laaar
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Crossfingers
Hi Is it possible for a DIYer to replace an expansion vessel and hose? It's an external grant vortex boiler and from what I've seen online it...
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ShaunCorbs
ShaunCorbs
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Hi, We had our annual oil burner service carried out by a well known Norfolk firm last Thursday and all was great for a day. Came home from work...
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exedon2
exedon2
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The Blue CPCS Competent Operator Card is an ID and competence card provided by the CPCS. It demonstrates that an individual has met certain health...
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Camray 5 (90A) (20 year old) oil boiler, had a noisy fan on the boiler so investigated, just a bit of dirt in the casing however, having removed...
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SimonG
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I have a new Grant Vortex 15/26 oil boiler installed. It has a boiler thermostat with no numerical information, just a wedge graphic and covers...
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The boiler (480k, serviced every year) will not turn off at the end of the 3rd timed cycle each day, even though the green 'on' light is out...
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MetMan
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Camray 5 (90A) (20 year old) oil boiler, had a noisy fan on the boiler so investigated, just a bit of dirt in the casing however, having removed...
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Lincoln22
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I have recently moved into a house with a central heating system that runs from oil or/and the multi fuel stove. The water gets hot and then...
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SimonG
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Evening Gents. That time of year again the wife has demanded the CH Be turned on. However, im having an issue with it - It simply isnt turning...
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exedon2
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When putting our CH and HW on, it’s sometimes a lottery as to whether the central heating will come on. The HW works every time with no problems...
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