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  1. N

    no hot water / space heating

    Hi all, Any thoughts on this? Vented system - boiler fires up no problems (very noisey on fire up) - banging noise comes from cylinder pipework around where the 3 port valve is - after about 3-5 minutes the boiler shuts down. I think the 3 port valve has had it as the manual lever...
    • nysk2008
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    • air banging boiler central heating system circulation cylinder damage gas header header tank hot hot water manual no hot water pipe pipes pump space system tank valve vent water work
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  2. W

    Today's job (cowboy strikes again!)

    Customer called me out saying there is no water coming from either the cold tap on the bathroom basin, the cold shower or the cold bath tap. So I get on site, try and open the taps and just a dribble. I turn off the mains stopcock and crack openthe joint at the top of the basin cold service...
    • WHPES
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    • again airlock basin bathroom cistern cold expansion header tank hose job loft no water pipe pump seal shower shower pump stopcock supply tank tap taps valve water
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  3. A

    Brains Required 4 black smoking GERKROS NEW boiler AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAargh!

    Any Brainiacs out there that can help, we have saved for 7 years to buy central heating (old house, falling, down, very,very rural, 2 kids, 10 dogs, 2 part time jobs!!!) Two weeks ago we bought everything required from ramsbottom oil suppliers, they recommended this Gerkros boiler its the...
    • adaskins
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    • air appliance black boiler boilers bosch building building control building regulations burner condensing control filter green header tank new boiler oil price pump regulations required stock water worcester work
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  4. L

    water in f&e tank heating up

    I recently done a job in a bungalow of taking some rads off to let the lady paint behind them,and returned to put them back on. The woman said that she always had one cold rad while the rest were hot. I tried to bleed it but no air came out only water,so i turned all the others off to force heat...
    • lightfoot
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    • air bleed bungalow cleaning cold cold water cold water tank header tank heating hot hot water job loft lukewarm paint pipe problem sludge system tank tee vent water
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  5. T

    CH Header Tank Overflow Problem

    I have a problem with the Central Heating header tank overflowing caused by water entering the tank from the expansion pipe that feeds into the tank. The Tank overflows when the boiler and pump cut in. My system is a conventional fully pumped with an electric Y valve to distribute hot water...
    • timh
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    • 22mm air boiler central central heating system cold drain electric expansion header header tank high hot hot water overflow overflowing pipe problem pump system tank valve vent water
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  6. A

    Will this work?

    Hey folks. I've drawn out a diagram of the system I want to fit in my static caravan. Will it work? The idea is for a pipe stat on the boiler outlet to switch on the pump when the stove is on. I also thought I would need a safety valve on the outlet to drain heat in the event of power failure...
    • AndyC
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    • boiler cold copper drain gas header header tank hot metal pipe power pump safe safety safety valve switch system tank valve valves wall work
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  7. C

    Boiling hot water, little heating

    Hello all, I am having problems with a heating system, three of the rads will not heat up at all, I have bled them and the valves are letting through water okay. The programmer will only fire the boiler when hot water is selected as well as heating, causing the hot water to be scalding and (I...
    • Connor Williams
    • Thread
    • blockage boiler boiling central heating system control cylinder flow gravity header header tank hot hot water little motorised valves oil problem pump remove system tank valve valves wall water
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  8. D

    POTTERTON 80e problem

    Hi I have a Potterton 80E. A couple of days ago it cut out with a re-assuring (not) pop pop noise then cut-out. At first when I re-started - switching electricity off and on at wall - the fan came on straight away. The boiler would fire up and last for a little while before cutting out...
    • dannyhydro
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    • boiler header header tank heater noise potterton problem pump system tank valve wall water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  9. K

    Best ways of supplying Hot Water

    Hi Guys What is the Cheapest and best way to supply hot water to a 1 bed flat, which consists of 1 sink and 1 bath, I have no gas to the Flat, and no room for a Header tank etc...it is a very small ground floor flat. Economy 7 is presently installed. Many thanks
  10. K

    Hot Water Cylinder Tank

    Hope you guys can help?? I have just bought a very old, one bedroom flat and only require a Hot water cylinder to purely supply Hot water to the Bath and Sink, can you please tell me can I just buy a standard cylinder and have this piped up from the mains cold water supply and run by an...
    • kyra
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    • bath building cold cold water cylinder gas header header tank heater hot hot water hot water cylinder immersion heater install mains pressure shower sink storage heaters supply system tank unvented water water heater
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  11. J

    booster pump

    hi, was just wondering is a grundfos 1.5 shower booster pump suitable to pump all hot and cold services in a one story apt including washing machine and dishwasher
    • jabbathehut
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    • booster cistern cold dishwasher head header header tank hot no water parts problem pump shower tank water
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  12. A

    water heating

    I am trying to improve my elderly parents' hot water system. They live in a bungalow where the hot water tank, serviced by an immersion, is on the ground floor so the head is about 9 inches above teh taps at best. supply is but a dribble. (Central heating is gas-fired hot air) I am considering...
    • andycannons
    • Thread
    • air bathroom boiler central heating system cistern combi combination cylinder gas head header header tank heater hot hot water loft pipe pressure supply tank valve water water heater work
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  13. M

    What is causing my pipe hammer...?

    Hello. I'm trying to get to the bottom of an ongoing problem in our flat. We've had pipe hammer for a year or so, and having reduced the mains pressure, I've managed to cure the problem associated with the kitchen and bathroom taps etc. However, we still get a problem when a valve somewhere...
    • mykeyj
    • Thread
    • banging bathroom building button causing cold float valve hammer header tank heating install kitchen loft mains pipe pressure problem system tank tap taps travel valve water
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  14. G

    Pr1ma 40B - no HW or CH

    Hi all, first post in the forum. I have a Potterton Pr1ma 40B which was working fine, but now I have no heating or hot water. Pilot light is on and the system sounds like something powers up when I engage HW or CH (maybe a pump somewhere else in the house?), but nothing happens :confused...
    • gjsearle74
    • Thread
    • boiler central heating system fix header header tank hot hot water no hw plumber potterton pump system tank valve water
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  15. P

    mission impossible

    been to an installation which had older hep2o without the barrier on the ch side. Hep fittings direct off the rayburn into a boxing and cupboard which cannot be accessed then upto a false ceiling. The pipework can then be found in the cylinder going into a hep manifold feeding the 8 rads 4 of...
    • peteh20
    • Thread
    • boiler burst ceiling cold combi cooker copper cylinder header header tank hep2o high installation job rayburn system tank wide work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  16. R

    Solar Help!

    Hi We have a client with a problematic solar DHW system, we think we have the answer to the problems, however would like to put it on here to see what you all think! The system is a Smart energy set up, 30 evacuated tubes, on a ssw facing pitched roof, convaluted stainlees pipework in siamesed...
    • Robtheplumb
    • Thread
    • banging boiling cleaning cylinder dhw hammer header header tank help high insulation loft pressure pump safe safety safety valve solar system tank valve water
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  17. J

    mixer shower

    hey guys weekend again and am goosed just priced a bathroom there just now everything fine customer buying all the gear out of my control am afraid, question i got is he has bought a mixer shower but he has a gravity fed system in and from whay i can see the kitchen and bathroom are back to back...
    • jambo
    • Thread
    • bathroom control cylinder electric gravity header header tank kitchen mixer mixer shower pressure pump shower stuart system tank
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  18. P

    Heating system check order

    Hi there can some one help me out, am doing course I need to know the write order to check the heating system after doing repairs to system, manythanks.
    • plumberphil
    • Thread
    • boiler central heating system check cylinder flow header header tank heating system motorised valves order pipe pump system tank test valve valves
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  19. S

    Thermostatic mixer shower instalation

    Hi all Just wanted to confirm something regarding thermostatic mixer shower. A freind has asked if I would help them install one. They have a gravity fed system (CW = tank, HW = cylinder) and do not want electric shower. Am I right in saying it is better to take the cold feed from the CWSC...
    • sengaul
    • Thread
    • 22mm cold cylinder electric essex flange float valve flow header header tank heating hot instalation mixer mixer shower overflow remove safe safety screen sealed shower tank thermal thermostat thermostatic valve water
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  20. P

    hot water flow

    got toa call today no hot water got it running out slowly then sometimes slows down checked tank in loft full and drains when taps run. any ideas on how to cure cos i think im missing something.:confused:
    • pauls
    • Thread
    • airlock cold cylinder drains flow header header tank heating hot hot water loft no hot water overflow problem safety system tank tap taps under floorboards valve water work
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
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