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I have a 40 year old Glowworm Hideaway 100.
I have lived in this house for 8 years and it has been faultless, until recently. The pilot light won't stay on.
The boiler has been worked on by a Gas Engineer, but he is stumped and telling me I need a new boiler. I can not afford a new boiler...
I'm seeing PowderFlush advertising their business with this new (to me) technique. I've tried to google where to source pellets from, indeed tried unsuccessfully to find any data/ instructions with which to familiarise myself with but to no avail. Can anyone offer help on this subject?
What temperature is best to set the flow too on a central heating boiler? Setting it at a slightly lower value can make the boiler condense more?
I enjoy a pint at my local pub/restaurant owned by a hardworking Chinese family. I have had many years experience on property maintenance and they asked for my help.
He had an old LPG gas boiler feeding a Santon Premier unvented cylinder feeding 23 radiators and hot water for the kitchen. New...
Anyone knows a radiator wich has inlet and outlet roughly 40 mm from wall to radiator pipe centers(looking from side paralel to wall view).
I have ordered from mytub radiators, however got reply afer a day.
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Heating issues. Had new water pump fitted 3 weeks ago, new 3 port valve 18 months ago, boiler is 4 years old. I balanced radiators when new pump was installed and for 2 weeks or so the heating and hot water worked a treat. 3 days ago, woke up to find neither working properly. Timer comes on...
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We have applied for and are having a 'free replacement' boiler under the government scheme.
They will fit a Potterton Baxi replacement (tank fed) and Plume kit? boiler exhaust outlet is close to a kitchen window apparently
I'm just wondering what to expect apart from draining the system...
My LPG Glow.worm Ultracom 30 sxi boiler has exploded in some way. The front has blown open and the casing has buckled. (I was on holiday at the time. Thermostat left set at 16deg.) Annual Service four weeks ago. Boiler and heating still working! Any suggestions on cause?
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When I choose the the venting function what does it actually do? Do the pump have its own vent hole? Do I need to vent the radiators while it's doing this?
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Chris
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My hot water cylinder (approx 45 years old) is fitted with a bottom mounted immersion heater controlled via a timer and an Essentials 7" TS220 thermostat bought from Screwfix. The cylinder itself is well lagged with two jackets and the timer kicks in every evening for 3 hours...
I am looking to install a thermal store to replace my current vented cylinder. I plan to use an external plate exchanger for DHW and heat the store directly from my existing vented boiler. So what I am looking for is a plain stainless steel tank (no internal coils) with a variety of connections...
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Could I please ask for some advice? I have an Electric central heating system in a flat that feeds 6 largish rads and a towel rail. Its piped in 22mm above the false ceiling which then drops to 10mm pipe as it runs down to the rads behind the dry wall. Its piped in plastic pipe...
I am new to the UK and just bought a house in Norwich. It has a vented cylinder and vented CH that is suffering from pretty severe corrosion, some of the rads are rusted through, so I would like to replace it with a sealed system. The rads are all plumbed in 10mm, so I would like to replace that...
Wondering if someone can answer my queries. We have a firebird C35, downsized to 26kw condensing boiler. 2 Ufh manifolds and rads. When the boiler runs the rads and manifold 50m from boiler the boiler runs perfectly. When the boiler runs the closest manifold 15 m away from boiler heating approx...
Sorry, loads of these questions on here. Getting a new boiler as current 18 year old one is packing up and would like some advice.
Opted for one of the online retailers - BOXT/boiler central/heatable as the plumbers I've spoken to locally are busy or not available for weeks and my wife's getting...
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Went to stick the underfloor heating on and the pump started making a weird noise and the first red LED and the last amber LED are on - which per instructions means that the pump is blocked and it is necessary to deblock the shaft. It has a deblocking screw in the centre of the control...
Hi, recently had a Grundfos ups3 Pump fitted and get a hissing noise out of it and then 2 of the closest radiators start to gargle, I’ve change the speed down to constant 2 as it was on constant 3. Would constant speed 1 be ok as its a bungalow with 8 radiators.? Thank you.
My old Vaillant wireless thermostat is absolute rubbish so its time to upgrade.
I just require a reliable wireless thermostat for a standard Ecotec + 831 combi boiler. I do not need any wireless radiator themostats etc so I assume I just need one zone.
I like the idea of having control via an...
I wonder if anyone could help.
Problem: We have no hot water and the heating comes on when we switch the hot water on from the boiler programmer to heat the hot water up.
Our boiler is a Potterton Suprima or (Supr1ma).
What we’ve done so far: My neighbour switched the three port valve so...
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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