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    Ferroli Optima 701 CH and DHW unable to work simultaneously

    Hi. I have a Ferroli Optima 701 with what I hope to be a minor fault. The central heating works fine and the hot water works fine, just not at the same time any more. They used to until today. I noticed this problem when I had the heating on and went to wash up, water started warmish and...
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    gas boiler need a bit of assistance

    i went to look at a house 2day and they what to fit a wood burning stove with a back boiler. now the heating system is pressurised and there is a gas boiler system boiler with a vented cylinder upstairs since the heating system is pressurised i would like to change it to a open vent system and...
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    Worcester 28i - no heating

    Hello guys I have a Worcester 28i central heating system. Yesterday I came home to find the house was freezing with no central heating and no hot water. It had been left on while I was out in full working order so its not as if I had manually done something to trigger a fault. It...
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    ferroli optimax 25c ignition fault

    hi all, was at a ferroli optimax 25c today with no ignition, turned out the condensate was blocked and the heat exchanger was full of water, i removed the sump plate and drained it, i could hear a gargling sound coming for the boild before hand. with the sump drain and condensate clean out...
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    How do i repressurise this?!

    If anybody fixes this problem you will have made my day. Live in a flat wit this super duper (super ****) heat exchanging system?! The whole building has it. We don't have boilers or the like...Just this "work station" As you can see from the picture, the pressure guage is at 0 so no...
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    Baxi Combi 80 Eco boiler - no central heating

    Boiler has been on hot water only for the summer, when switched over to heating and hot water, can't get any heating. Boiler lights, gets hot, and cuts out after 15 -20 seconds or so. Heat exchanger pipe to diverter valve is red hot. Heating outlet pipe out of the boiler to rads and return...
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    Boiler gets very high pressure, and cuts off

    Hi, I have a boiler that has not been used for about 6 months. The system had been drained until yesterday, when I filled it back up. I bled all the rads, no problems, no leaks. But when I try to run some hot water or turn on the heating the boiler fires up perfectly, then the pressure...
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    Loft radiator installation

    I am installing an additional radiator in the loft area of a house. The house uses a gravity feed heating system. I have to take out the heating tank I am going to use the cold feed and vent pipe of the tank for my flow and return of my new rad in the loft. So I am going to have to...
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    elp choosing a system, microbore?

    i live in a very old house, timber framed with wattle and daub walls. i cant chase pipes into the walls nor can they go under the floor boards. So ive been thinking a micro bore system might be least intrusive? underfloor heating is also a no. So can anybody give me a run down on how a microbore...
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    combi boiler

    worcester combi 2 year old lost pressure but no sign of any leaks
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    A diagnosis please...

    Please see the attached photos of a leak in a pipe next to my hot water tank. Can this be fixed with a simple drop of sealant (or other DIY method), or does it require professional attention? I would very much appreciate any qualified plumber's opinions. If it requires profession...
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    Hot water starts running cold(-ish) after just a few minutes

    Hi, Let me start off by saying that I know very little about plumbing, so expect me to struggle a bit with some of the terminology and concepts :) Now, to my question: I have an unvented hot water system, with an immersion heater, in a small flat. Recently the tenant in that flat reported that...
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    baxi 105e 3 bar pressure problem

    hi all i was told i would be back with a problem about a month ago i was advised the ex vessel (which is charged to 1 bar) was knackered so fitted an external one t into the return pipe everything was running fine until i checked the pressure level then i topped it up to 1 bar then ran the ch...
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    Internal leak sealing liquid

    For adding to central heating system and sealing leaks in inaccessible places. Anyone ever tried this? Seen it advertised. Don't need to use any or anyting, just wondered if it works. And actually, how it works...
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    what central heating boiler to use

    Hi just buying an old 6 bed house and need to no what is a good make of boiler to fit, i also want to use a pressurised tank (ie megaflow or gledhll ) Thanks
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    Alpha CB24X Combi Boiler Over Pressurisatiion Problem

    I have an Alpha CB24X combi boiler. When the CH is turned on the pressure rises above 3 bar and (quite rightly) the pressure releif valve operates dumping CH water out through the overflow outlet. The boiler then seems to realise it has over pressurised, stops heating and the pressure drops...
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    Boiler question

    I have a Vailant ecotec plus boiler. I want to drain the heating system and change all of the radiators. Trouble is it'll take me a while. Can I continue to use the hot water if I drain the heating system?
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    Help needed on new development!!

    Hi I would like some advice on a predicament i find myself in. I bought a property as a first time developer which is a shop with planning permission for 3 flats on the two floors about the shop. I started the works and upon the advice of my builder at the time, I had installed pushfit plumbing...
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    An unusual problem

    I have a problem which i am unsure if falls into a plumbing problem or pest control but i am going to try here first as some of you may have experience with this. In the morning after night shifts i keep finding small and very distinctive flies hanging around my bathroom sink, specifically the...
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    Gravity feed hot water

    I have just moved into a bungalow which had some plumbing problems.Most of these were related to leaky joints.The system is powered by a Vaillant boiler plumbed to a pressurised heating circuit and a gravity feed hotwater system which I would guess is about 15 years old.The problem I am having...

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