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  1. Robert Tyrrell

    Another shower pump problem, or problems :)

    I have two customers that I've fitted shower pumps for and both are having problems but I cannot, for the life of me, get to the bottom of the problem with either so I'm looking for some advice. Customer 1: They fitted a new bathroom and asked me to fit pipework to sanitary ware etc, as well as...
  2. G

    Can inhibitor cause problems rather than prevent them?

    After installing new rads no inhibitor was used, the reason given was that it can cause problems rather than prevent them. The system has been without for approx 4 years now and I've got an Atmos multi boiler, is this advice correct? thanks.
  3. F

    Shower pump problems....

    Hello, just wondering if anybody could help me? I was recently called to a job where the customer said they were only getting luke warm water to their bathrooms. The house has 3shower rooms all running off a Monsoon pump, hot inlet to pump is off a Essex flange and a seperate 22mm feed from the...
  4. P

    Headline dhw problems.

    Hello all. I am asking for some advice regarding the lack of dhw from my heatline combi. Central heating is fine. But when I put the tap on for hot water there is nothing the boiler doesn't switch from heating to hit water. Could this be the diverter valve gone. As before it the dhw stopped...
  5. J

    Pressure problems

    Hi, wondering if anyone has had this issue before; i have just just put an external expansion vessel onto a main combi 30he as the old one had perished. However after about a day the pressure is dissing again above three bar. The filling loop is not passing. My only other thought is there is...
  6. L

    Riello control box problems.

    Been having problems with the grant combi boiler 21e locking down and the button on the control box needing to be pressed to fire up the boiler. An engineer was called out and he said it was likely to be the photocell, which he cleaned which allowed it to work about an hour, then it locked out...
  7. P

    Problems with British Gas and my Central heating

    I hope can provide me with advice?. I have a have valid insurance policy with British Gas. I have had it for the past 20 odd years. Our current boiler is a Baxi Barcelona condensing boiler. At the beginning of the year we had major problems with the boiler and BG completed a lot of work on it...
  8. D

    NEW Veissman vitodens 100 open vent problems

    Hi Everyone hoping someone has some bright ideas for me! just did an install removed an old ideal ff and replaced it with a veissman as above. first day of install yesterday, all piped ready to go, I tried to refill the system, blockage in the dreaded feed / vent tee, cut that out replaced...
  9. L

    Noisy boiler problems

    I've just moved into a house with an alpha he 25 combi boiler. Everything was fine until yesterday the boiler lost all pressure We spoke to a plumber who advised us how to repressurise the system to avoid a call out charge. Since then the boiler and pipes have been making a moaning noise...
  10. T

    Gurgling from badly designed discharge pipe. Any way to lessen problems?

    Any ideas as to what can be done to reduce the impact of induced syphonage in this situation? One badly designed (too long) 40mm wastepipe is used for the bath, basin and kitchen-sink. Inevitably there is a good deal of gurgling when, say, the kitchen sink is drained as it ‘pulls’ noticeably on...
  11. W

    radiator problems

    We live in a bungalow which was re-plumbed around 7 years ago, with new h/w cylinder, pipework to all rads,c/w tank, TRV valves and pump.The boiler and rads are 16 years old. All the rads are connected to pipes running through the loft and down the walls to them. All has been fine until now...
  12. G

    Need a boiler engineer Edinburgh for vokera linea 24 problems

    Hello My linea 24 is coming up with error code 02 when using the ch for long periods, both the ch and hw thermistors have been replaced but this hasn't cured it. In central Edinburgh eh7 Thx
  13. A

    Please help - boiler filling loop problems

    I have an Alpha CB24 combi boiler and it's just given me the red/orange alternate flashing lights. So I've googled the problem and what I need to do is re-pressurise the system; apparently it's an easy fix. But on my boiler, there's only one black switch and I can't make it turn. It moves...
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  14. N

    Boiler problems after moving house

    Can anyone help me? I'm looking for people who may be willing to be a case study. I'm doing some research around house surveys and conveyancing. I'm looking for people who have experienced boiler / gas appliance problems shortly after moving home. I know of a few people who have had serious...
  15. M

    Unvented cylinder problems - Co. Durham

    Ongoing issue thats never been fixed! I am having issues with hot water flowing into the tundish, when the hot water cycle is running, is there anyone that can help?
  16. S

    grant combi v3 heating problems

    hi guys ive got a grant combi v3 with low heat from hot water. central heating naturally convecting all the time. ive replaced the microswitch and the diverter valve, the hot water now is lovely and hot but after you have switched the hot tap off the central heating is naturally convecting...
  17. GQuigley67

    Circulation problems

    Have had a real nightmare job for one of my clients, potterton gold HE, I replaced the weak pump, diverter valve and AAV, stripped everything bar the Main HE, isolated the heating circuit and pinpointed it to the boiler(prob HE) system water very clean and no signs of bad system contamination...
  18. J

    problems with brands?

    Hi Guys I'm starting to use Honeywell (2/3 ports & Controls) but i've been told to expect problems soon, heard the same for Drayton! Has anyone had issues with these brands at all? Should I look out for particular problems? Thanks :)
  19. hamish

    Problems with Bristan Easyfit Kitchen Taps

    Between June 2015 and June 2016, I fitted 21 Easyfit kitchen taps. I have recently had 4 cases of the taps ‘blowing off’ the base and flooding people’s kitchens. These occurred 8, 9, 11 and 13 months after installation. In each case, the base was installed the correct way round, and the grub...
  20. P

    having problems removing rads with ancient valves

    Hi, So have just bought a house and trying to remove rads so I can remove wallpaper. Looked online and tried the turning valves clockwise on the rad, this didn't work so turned off valve next to hot water tank. and took off the first rad which had valves at either end. However I am having...
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