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I turned my central heating on for the first time today this year and it started to bang and the flame inside looked a bit erratic. Upon looking in the pilot light viewer it looks like there is debris/embers burning resting on the bottom. I turned everything off and switched it back on to...
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I have a balanced compartment boilerhouse, with 3 force draught open flue boilers, is this OK? I don't have access to ige/up/10.
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I have a balanced compartment boiler house, fitted with 3 forced draught open flued boilers, is this acceptable?
Don't have access to ige/up/10 to double check, and the literature I do have is very light on the subject.
Thank you.
Has any one come across a backplate elbow start leaking after 5 years because of a crack in it?
Hi, I'ts been a while but its time to call on you guys for some help and payback with a peppering of advice across the forum.
I've got your typical ideal classic replacement:
side exit flue
small high cupboard
Etc.
I'm looking at regular boiler replacement and would normaly go for a baxi 600...
Could someone take a look at this for me please?
Just had a boiler put in our property on a grant scheme. The boiler is great other than him not cleaning the pipework including gas joints before leaving 🙁.
I've cleaned it up and it seems alright.
My other main worry though was what the follow...
Hi, could you help me to solve mysterious stuff happening with Ariston e-combi 38 located on the loft
Can hear the sound of the boiler pump in our bedroom. If I come closer to the boiler, it's not sound so bad, but in bedroom you can hear it a lot.
pump is running even with room stat turned...
Full disclosure, I am an Electrician.
One of my older clients has just had her fire capped off because it doesn't comply with today's regs and was told the regs are now retrospectively applied.
This is the opposite of what I am used to. For example, if I do an electrical inspection and find a...
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I have recently returned to the industry and have applied to Octopus for the upskill role into air-source heat space installs. Does anyone work for them on here? Just wondered what people's thoughts were on them as a company and if anyone is fitting air source what they think of this...
I have recently got an ad with a well known ad company beginning with Y, for some reason I cannot use the word here. Can anyone tell me what custom is like if using the same?
Anyone recognise what this buildup is around pipe going into the hex on a Worcester greenstar 30CDi
its my own boiler
Just passed my ACS and was having a nosey inside the boiler when I noticed this buildup
the condI trap was also blocked with the black metallic gunk.....................I had...
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Can anyone identify what this part is? The fella that showed me it said he took it off a combi boiler in a UK fire station that was being scrapped, around 1990's, the folded ended has a small hole, about 7mm, ...stat pocket?...the other end was just plain pipe from what he...
I was paying particular attention to a British Gas radio ad the other day where certain efficiency and cost saving claims where being made. Oh and there it is, a disclaimer at the end of the ad said in rapid fashion that the savings claimed were based on a Band G boiler or less than 70%...
And this is why I don’t fit Worcester…
trying to help one of my customers out. They had a WB fitted under a year ago which has developed a fault. I told them it would have warranty and to get WB out. Engineer came out and wouldn’t even look at it because he said:
Boiler inaccessible - it’s...
Was just thinking about ways of monitoring heating system efficiency and the effect of different ways of using the house, what doors and windows are open at what times and the effect of various weather on gas consumption. We can do it for electricity at a household level, but it's fairly...
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I recently had an IC Economiser Combi 35 installed with piping upgraded from 15mm to 22mm. A different engineer (ie not the one who installed it) came out today to address a pump overrun issue and, in addition to flagging up a couple of settings which were still on factory default and a...
Hi I didn't notice that the trap had water in there and when the pump came on it sucked some into the analyser now I'm not getting any readings is this a simple fix any help would be much appreciated
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Can anybody tell me what the engineer is required to check in the process of doing an annual gas/boiler safety check?
Is there a specific mandatory checklist or process to follow?
The boiler is a Worcester Greenstar HE installed on the kitchen wall.
Thanks,
Mark
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Hi, I have a Kohlangaz Gosford HE gas fire. It has recently been serviced but when it is set to it's lowest heat output setting using the Remote control the heat output now seems excessive compared to that which we have become used to since it was installed in 2017. I contacted the firm who...
Hi, thanks for any advice, I'm about to change the pcb on an alpha intec system boiler. The fault code suggests intermittent voltage supply. Visually the case is brown stained almost directly where the transformer is located and a resistor looks like it's been getting very hot on the board. Are...
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