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Hi, Recently my gas-fired central heating system was updated to two zones each operated by its own programmable Honeywell thermostat , 1) main house & 2) annex. Both work except the one heats up the rads on both sides, the other heats up only his own side. Can you please explain what would...
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Who,s doing it and in what situations? What exactly are the rules? I from memory read somewhere that retro fit wise it's all to do with what your replacing. As in a boiler replacement doesn't require any upgrades. Not even the mighty BG fit zones round my way. Tbh adding in the extra cost...
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Hi I am having problems controlling my heating zones. I have a 3 storey townhouse with a thermostat on the ground floor and a thermostat on the top floor in the main bedroom! If I switch on the thermostat upstairs all the radiators throughout the house heat up. (top, middle and bottom...
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Hey everybody I have zonal heating which gives seperate heating to an annexe and our main house, we have the benefit of the heating going off in 2 seperate directions from the boiler. So we had a V4043H motorised valave installed on the pipe going to our house and 1 on the pipe going to the...
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on a job where the main circulatory seems fine on three zones ,but the single problem zone ,which i am working on ! ,goes from the cellar (boiler situ) up to first floor up 4.8m ,then down 2.4m . the 4 radiators here are tardy in heating up and do not seem to get as hot as rest , i am thinking i...
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Had a little chuckle to myself whilst reading the worcester installers choice rag about zombie boilers that never seem to die , In other words they were made better years ago than the carp the sell now.
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Hi - we want to replace the taos in our bathroom. - what do i need to measure to get a size of tap to buy?? do i measure the o utside thread of the old tap? - confused.com
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Hi, I had a crew refit my bathroom a few years back and they installed a mixer shower which I've managed to identify as a Zipponi 1070C: http://www.zipponi.it/lineaclassica/uk/miscelatori1.htm The temperature valve has, over the years, seized and I've been able to free it with WD40 and a...
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Evening chaps Only a little 5 ltr thing and when I removed the element etc the sacrificial anode literally crumbled away in my hands. The element itself seems OK although it is a little scaled up. Was wondering is it worth, cheap, and hassle free to just replace this anode or is it better to...
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Has anyone got or fitted a Zip tap or one like it as Mrs Ted has been speaking to one of her posh friends and has been told how good they are bla bla bla and wants to know why we haven't got one if they are soooo good. Lost for an answer with a quivering bottom lip, ixplained that the early ones...
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Thought I had a problem with an Ariston 30L water heater in a village hall whereby the hot water flow has steadily reduced to almost nothing over a period of a year. When you open the hot water tap you get a burst of water then it slows and stops after only a small amount has come out...
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Has anyone any reviews on these water heaters i hear the pressure to the shower aint right good... Thanks, Richard
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Has anyone fitted zip inline es3 before, reason I ask is I spoke to technical today and they told me it can't be used with thermostatic taps as can affect pcb and I can't figure out why
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Hi all, I have a few of these to fit next week. What's the best way to do the vent pipe? Spec says copper pipe via tundish , so should the tundish be copper?. Original plan as a Mc Alpine tundish and overflow pipe. Any thoughts? Thanks
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Hi I have been asked to install some Zip Hydroboil plus wall mounted units in our office. it seemed simple enough .................. but I didn't realise they required a vent pipe. Only options I have is to vent it direct to outside - but was worried about it possibly discharging boiling...
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Between 30 to 50litre hot water capacity required to feed 5 basins. (only electricity.. no gas) Do you run the initial hot water feed in 22mm and then branch down to 15mm on each basin?
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Selling a Zip Aquaflow AF2150, new and unused. Currently have it listed on ebay Zip Aquaflow Water Heater 150L - eBay (item 170419352061 end time Dec-22-09 07:51:13 PST) Quality piece of equipment, just not needed anymore by myself, therefore im looking for a quick sale before christmas. Any...
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Hi, I have a 300lt (yes its about 5ft high, 2ft wide) expansion vessel that assists in maintaining our cold water pressure during high demands (3 story 5 showers). It has been working well over the last few years but recently the air pressure has dropped. I have found the leak, it is the top...
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Hi all, This is the first time on this forum, althigh I have read many many threads in the past. I have a Range Tribune hot water system that is fitted with a 6Bar PRV that is constantly leaking. I have been told that the Zilmet 110 Ultra Pro 18 litre expansion vessel with an...
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Hi I have had a few problems with my Zilmet Water Heater and Expansion Cylinder, Firstly we cannot seem to have Central Heating and Hot Water on together as the whole boiler shuts down and has to be reset on the boiler :-( Water was leaking from the pressure release on the Main Tank and I...
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