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We moved into our current home in June. The heating is supplied by a 10 year old WB Greenstar CDi 37kkW combi boiler. I had the boiler checked by a local GSR engineer who has serviced my son's boiler for many years. He said it was working correctly.
So far it has worked OK, getting the house up...
I'm talking about an open vented (heat only boiler) system here. While adding some more loft insulation I noticed a little surge of water coming into the bottom of the F&E tank every time the circulating pump switches off (and a little draw down when it starts). Nothing is present at the mouth...
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New here so please forgive my ignorance. I have a Main 24 HE combi boiler and it’s playing silly bugg*rs. When given power it runs constantly, providing both heating and DHW. We have to turn it off at the selector switch when we don’t want heating/hot water otherwise it just burns...
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Please can anybody help with why my CH system does not produce enough hot water when the boiler is required at the same time to provide heat to the underfloor heating? More details here :
1. If the CH is programmed to just provide HW then running it for an hour in the morning produces plenty...
Hi, I'm hoping for some suggestions as to where I go next in my endless mission to stop my system taking on air.
The house has a gravity fed system, 'S' plan, Heat only boiler supplying CH & HW, with separate F&E and vent just before the pump in the typical H layout, pump & valves are all...
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As part of our house refurb I had the boiler replaced and a pressurised hot water cylinder fitted. Builder's CH people used Glowworm Energy 7 30S system boiler, and mounted it very neatly above the cylinder.
I was a bit surprised to see it piped in 15mm from the 22mm that comes through the...
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I recently bought a house in a country where I don't speak the language, so I am in a bit of a pickle. I have a protherm boiler but I cant figure out what model it is, its older and seems to have a label saying its from 2004. Its an old school system and I can't find any instructions...
Im having problems with a pressurised hot water system. Keep getting leaks every 4-8 months as the pressure valve fails.
The first valve failed after approx. 4 years from installation. Since then (another 4 years) Ive replaced the vessel 3 times, its had had vales cores 5 times, and Ive put...
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I hope I post this in the right section. I bought a house couple of months ago. There was an old, broken back boiler installed in the fireplace, so I looked for a company to replace it with a nice shiny combi boiler. A gentleman came over to estimate the work. He offered to replace the...
Hey guys. What’s the easiest way of determining that a 2 port motor has failed? I know that if the stat is calling and the arm is set to open on the valve and the actuator is ok it will fire. Is it purely a case of checking whether 240v is at the brown and orange when heat is called for? Any...
Hello, i've posted on here as it seems there are a few single pipe experts.
I've installed a big column rad with normal valves (no TRV) on a single pipe system, i have done this in 2 other rooms with good success and continue to get very hot. The rest of the house is on a 2 pipe system and...
I recently had an engineer visit to service my boiler and it turns out that the flue is missing, as the boiler is now obsolete and the part no longer purchasable, he has condemned the boiler...
My issue here is that it had been serviced for many years and no one who visited had said that the...
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I have recently purchased a property and now starting to slice up the various jobs into DIY vs get a professional in.
Given the likely disruption, one of the early tasks I want to address is the exposed central heating pipework that effectively does a full loop around the first...
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a local installer has recently quoted me £3,660 for a complete install using the main eco compact 25kw boiler
i have also been waiting for more feedback and reviews of the new worcester bosch 1000 which seems to be getting quite positive initial feedback, and a few criticisms which...
So I have a combi, my thermostat is Honeywell dt90e. Wanted to change thermostat to a programmable so bought a 2 wire programmable stat when wired In. The stat is calling for heat but boiler won't fire. I took stat off and connected a wago to both wires and the boiler fires straight away. Has...
First time post so go easy, ive had an ongoing issue with my boiler loosing pressure, ive had boiker chexked over and they suggest its a fault with pipework, ive checked for ceiling staining and around all radiators however all dry and no obvious signs, weve tried fernox f4 leak sealer still to...
Hi, I moved to a house recently where it is installed with city heating system. As I understand from past records, the original house had only radiators that were fed by a thermostat-controlled heat exhanger with a pump to circulate hot water. One of the previous tenants installed under-floor...
Coming from Canada, and having lived in Europe for some years, I was a bit surprised that people still install vented heating systems in the UK. As a kid I lived in a 1912 house with original cast iron boiler and radiators, and I remember the expansion tank with sight glass, it was in my room...
I'm thinking about going self employed after working as Service and Repair engineer at BG for 10 years. Advice please!
Got an open vented system with two 2 port valves and a fairly recent ‘electronic’ pump, set to fixed speed 2.
In the recent colder weather, I turned the boiler up a bit and then became aware the boiler was singing so turned the pump to 3.
By chance noticed an icicle hanging from the expansion...
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