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When putting our CH and HW on, it’s sometimes a lottery as to whether the central heating will come on. The HW works every time with no problems. Furthermore, when the CH does come on, sometimes only half of the radiators in the house come on - when this happens, we switch CH/HW off and switch...
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Is it possible for a DIYer to replace an expansion vessel and hose? It's an external grant vortex boiler and from what I've seen online it looks simple enough
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Have a 4 port solid fuel back boiler, is the any disadvantages of capping two of the ports off, (eg top left bottom right) then using it as a two port for HW and heating with a injector Tee, only reason iam asking as would cut down on pipe work coming from boiler and just out of interest...
I have a oil fired Rayburn with a BM controller and flexitemp, installed for 10yrs +, which has developed a fault.
It runs OK either high or low settings through the day but when left over night on low setting goes out ?
Flexitemp seems to operate when tested
Any help would be appreciated
installed a warmflow 70/90 bluebird boiler with a 0.55 x 80 degree nozzle.
boiler is only heating 5 radiators in a small 2 bed house.
what is the recommended nozzle size and pitch for this boiler?
Can I change the nozzle size and pitch to use less oil as the flame is hitting the back wall of the...
I'm about to start the plumbing of my house and wanting to use a maxipod with a oil fired boiler and a log stove. But its a single story house. Can i have my expansion tank below the flow and return pipes located in the ceiling? I've did a basic drawing below to show the layout.
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Looking at some time connecting my solid fuel boiler up to HW cylinder, problem i have is where cylinder is the first floor drops by about 350mm
so can not get a continues rise in pipe work, attached should be a diagram i think would overcome this issue, can you see any issues with what i...
Just had oil boiler serviced and was told balanced flue failing on old Tranco Eurostar.Starting to suck exhaust fumes into boiler instead of clean air.Was told that as a temp. measure until I get a replacement delivered it's possible to unclip air hose and draw air from there and can block...
My ageing tiger loop could do with replacing. All I can find online have horizontal connections whereas mine has the connections vertically the pipes coming in from below. I was hoping I could get a straight swap unit. Will i need to alter my pipework as well then?
Looking for some advice. I just recently removed my old single pipe steam system and in the process of installing a custom built wood fired hydronic boiler. Im going to use my old radiators in the system. Wondering if I should go with 1 loop where the return is tied directly back into it or...
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I moved into a new build house a few years ago. A Firebird Silverpac external oil boiler (kabin pak type) was installed which is situated on top of the detached garage base - I've now decided to build the garage meaning the boiler will be now be located...
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Watchman Plus plug monitor showing “r” so replaced 4 x AAA in power tube and measured 6.3V at connector. After switch on, monitor displays serial number then remains on “r”. I have carried out battery replacement before, with no problems.
Any ideas where to look next? Cheers
Heatslave II 25/32 water leak from PHE Inlet block. When DHW PRV fitting was removed a white flat seal/washer was found in 3 pieces. This seal is not listed on any diagram. It sits ahead of the rubber o ring item 45 on drawing and has has the same ID and OD as the oring but is made from white...
My current set up (images attached). I can heat my hot water tank (oldWood Fire.jpg) using the coal/wood fire , however how would I be able to use the fire to heat my radiators (7). I have recently moved into the house and I just cant see how its done. What would I need to buy to enable this...
Hi, I have two Crosland type 68489 inline oil filters in my domestic heating system. I need some replacement seals or gaskets to fit between the top of the bowl and the body of the unit. Can any one tell me where I can buy these separately as opposed to part of a kit as I already have several...
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Hi, I am trying to service a Trianco Eurostar 70/90 oil boiler but I just can not get the bayonet fitting blast tube to turn and release to gain access to the nozzle and electrodes. I have tried using Penetrating oil and a oil filter wrench to turn it, I have tried some heat and some tapping but...
Hi we had a recent service on our 40 year old Thorn oil boiler, we fire it up for the 1st time since the service todayfor got water, after 20 mins there was black smoke bellowing from the cabinet and flames inside. Going off the photos is there any obvious pointers to what went wrong? Thanks in...
Hi guys, I'm relatively new to oil and have a question regarding S/ES and H/EH nozzle patterns. I know that the ES/EH are specifically for kerosene but otherwise it appears that an S and ES are interchangeable. This has me wondering if its necessary to carry both, as it seems pointless to be...
Hi there. We have recently moved into a rental. We told our landlord and he says he can't smell anything.
The boiler is in our spare room which we were going to make our due baby room in September. But I'm not too keen on putting baby in that room the smell it is only apparent when boiler is...
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Re-jigging a serviceable Boulter Camray 2 boiler to run presurised instead of gravity. Manual says it can but we need to fit Manual reset Limit stat and Phail tube to put into boiler for sensor -both available. (Also Expansion vessel obviously!)
This seems straightfrward - any comments...
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