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fronty
Ideal Logic combi cycling when CH hits 50
Hi, my Mum's Ideal Logic combi keeps cycling when the temp reaches 50 degrees despite the CH control set to max. The manual says the flow temperature should reach 80 when set to max but I can actually hold the CH feed pipe with my hand and it never gets hot enough to cause me to let go before...
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Help... intermittent hot water issue
My heating has developed a new and unwelcome quirk just recently, which is that it's sporadically failing to provide hot water. This is something that happened a few weeks back, but it seemed to go back to normal, but in the past couple of days it has happened again each day. We have a...
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Larches
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Ideal boiler loosing pressure (AT WITS END)
Ideal boiler loosing pressure (AT WITS END) Hi all looking to converse about my boiler problem with people with knowledge. I’d be grateful for advice. System Ideal Vogue S32 System Boiler Everflow Stainless unvented hot water cylinder (EN 300 P5)(300 liters) Drayton Mitime T740R...
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Jerry
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Range flowmax thermal store.
Evening Ive got a customer with a range flowmax. The customer is saying that the hot water is hot but only for 1 shower but before they would get three. There is one immersion at the bottom on economy 7 with a boost. Its a vented thermal store. At first i thought the blending valve is playing...
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John.g
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ESRTP4RF+ Opentherm
Hi, new here. I just had an Ideal Vogue Max 40 fitted and it has an ESI ESRTP4RF+ connected to it. I purposely asked for a cheap and cheerful control device so I could do my own research and choose a better control method in the near future. Plumbers were superb, clean, tidy and the job is...
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The Donut
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Boiler not getting up to temperature (or is it)
Hi, We have an old Ideal Elan 2 RS 50 boiler and without doubt it's be rock solid. Yes we will be replacing it in the new year, but for now it'll do. However, it does not run as hot as it use to (or so I think). Please find attached a graph of it's performance today. It is set to "High". So to...
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Brambles
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Is powerflush really any better than chemical plus mains flush? (before boiler repair)
Hello, BEFORE I cleaned the system last year with a mains flush. There was a little inky stuff and a bit of sludge at the very end when I emptied out the rad I took off the wall, but no rads have ever had cold patches. Most pipes are hep20 but I had small section replaced by copper 2 years ago...
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bureaucrazy
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What is this ... radiator grill side plate lower pipe plastic support ... .need to source new ones
Hi all, Firstly thanks for letting me join ... I have loads of radiators with grill and side covers - 20 years old mostly. The plastic bit at the base of the side plates are now very brittle and always break when touched. - see picture. I'd like to get a load to replace the ones that are...
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Has my friend been Ripped off ?or is this fair ?
Hello just joined and my 1st post on here . My friend has had a new combi boiler fitted then asked the same engineer a few months later to install 2 double panel radiators where the 2 single small panel ones were too small ,( they worked great got piping hot but there was just not enough output...
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Ric2013
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Mid position valve as bypass
Hi all Just seeing if this is a common method of providing a boiler bypass thesedays as there seems so many ideas out there, years ago if we needed a bypass a gate valve was the answer but no longer classed efficient and others not suitable due to the smart pump. The system is a sealed...
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Recent house purchase - CH/HW Major issues.
Hi all, We recently purchased a house and nothing seems to work correctly here, I've spent weeks rectifying issues. Plumbing, electrical, carpentry it's been never ending. The house was built by Barratt Homes in the year 2000, it is a 3 bedroom house called a Palmerston, the CH/HW system is a Y...
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Timmy D
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Pump constant pressure or proportional to the thermal output
Hi I have a worcester boiler and one of the settings is 3-d1 (Pump range map) as attachment below Now the installer has set it away from the default of 250mbar to proportional to the thermal output and also changed 3-d3 to 30%. The issue I now have is that with the zones fully open then...
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milleniumaire
Central Heating System Design
I'm looking to expand my central heating system by adding a new bathroom UFH zone. I'm also changing the pipes feeding the loft radiators to 22mm, instead of 15mm. Early discussions with my heating engineer talked about introducing a Low Loss Header and one or more additional pumps. The...
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milleniumaire
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changing horizontal radiator for vertical
Can anyone advise me on changing a horizontal radiator for 2 verticals. Do they have the same output?
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king of pipes
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Pumping over - on hot water only
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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Rory
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Boiler running constantly
I’m hoping someone can advise who would be best to fix the issue we are having. We have multizone central heating, with a separate hot water tank. Recently had hive installed but this issue has happened once before we had the install. The electrician who did the install has already had to come...
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Timmy D
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Central Heating taking two hours to warm up
Hello, I'm not a plumber, and may get some of the terminology wrong in this post, please don't shoot me down for it. Since moving in to our home several years ago, we've had issues with the performance of our central heating. In winter, the living room can take up to two hours to get upto 18C...
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John.g
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Greenstar 4000 combi consistently high pressure
I am a not an expert and worried about a boiler installation for my mum. She is 91 and lives on her own (vulnerable adult with dementia). I had a new boiler installed (Worcester Greenstar 4000 30kW Combi) end of August as she needs a reliable boiler. I visit my mum every 2/3 weeks (I live in...
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Viessmann Vitodens 100-w configuration with Nest
Hi all, I had a new Viessmann Vitodens 100-w boiler (the new version) installed last year. The guy who was installing and commissioning it had never seen or commissioned this boiler before, so I guess he didn't do it in the most efficient way: 1. I've got Google Nest thermostat but it looks to...
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Problems with small bore pipe and an old central heating system
The small bore pipe to 4 radiators was completely clogged up. One radiator stone cold , others barely luke warm. Those plumbers that bothered to quote said ‘power flush’ but would not guarantee any success. So I tackled it myself, ripped up the floor boards and traced back the small bore that...
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