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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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I'm wondering anyone here, has any indepth knowledge on the Worcester Heatslave Combi Boiler. This boiler is quite old (2006) but it has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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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I have a three-zone 2016 house with gas heating. When the downstairs heating switches off, it bangs extremely loudly. I have tried adding...
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...
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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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...
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...
Closed heating system, approx 14 years old with oil fired boiler, feeding around 18 radiators over 2 floors. One small radiator nearest the...
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...
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...
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...
Green star oil combi heat exchanger noise day and night water whooshing /gurgling
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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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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hi all, all new to this breakdown life, currently waiting on getting on a training course, so just been relying on technical and instructions...
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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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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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New unvented cylinder / Replace old vented cylinder and add a ST pump?Hello, I am renovating a small bathroom in an apartment on the 5th floor. Heating is electric, no gas or oil. I have four (related) questions...- Started by dave100
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DOld pipe sizes and new fittingsHi, my wife decided she wanted new modern bathtaps instead of the old 'supertaps' we've had since we bought the place. So we bought the new taps...
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KTesting concealed shower valveHi all I've finished running the copper for my concealed shower valve and tested both inlets and the outlet with cold mains (full pressure). I...
- Started by kristeva
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RReverse Circulation - Sense CheckHi everyone, I'm a (somewhat, I hope...) competent DIYer and just want to get some advice if my suspicion on a problem we're having is correct...
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New unvented cylinder / Replace old vented cylinder and add a ST pump?Hello, I am renovating a small bathroom in an apartment on the 5th floor. Heating is electric, no gas or oil. I have four (related) questions...
- Started by dave100
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DOld pipe sizes and new fittingsHi, my wife decided she wanted new modern bathtaps instead of the old 'supertaps' we've had since we bought the place. So we bought the new taps...
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MLooking for this partHi All, I am looking to purchase this part, if anyone has one or can point to to where I can purchase one then I would be grateful, as local to...
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