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Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011 was estimated to be 12,161 in 2019. The town lies near Colchester and Sudbury, in the Colne Valley. It developed initially on the hill to the north of the river. The name Halstead is said to derive from the Old English hald (refuge, shelter, healthy) and stede (site, place or farm), meaning "healthy farm" or "place of refuge".

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    Halstead HE error codes

    Hi Two weeks ago I turned the hot water tap on and heard a clanging noise like a wheelie bin being dragged, the water went cold and boiler in the loft flashing 2. I turned it off and on again and it worked ok. Until a week later did the same thing again - I turned it off and on again it took...
  2. P

    Low pressure Halstead combi HE

    Hello, I have been getting low pressure on my 12 year old Halstead HE combi boiler for about six months now. At first it was going down over the course of the week so needed topping up every week, when I started putting the heating on in winter, the pressure shot up in the space of half an...
  3. J

    Halstead ACE HE30 combi boiler dhw issue

    Halstead ACE HE30 combi boiler dhw issue, intermittent no hot water worse when heating been on. replaced hydroblock, diverter actuator, pcb and thermistor. None of these have made any difference also flow from hot tap same as from cold tap suggesting filters and heat exchanger okay. Any...
  4. W

    Halstead ace combi HE 24 or 30 - no central heating

    Hot water seems fine but central heating not working. When heating turned on, C is displayed (but without .) and no sound of boiler attempting to light. No problem with hot water. Any thoughts v welcome thanks
  5. Inverness

    Halstead Eden boiler flame failure

    hi guys. Went to a breakdown today. Fault code suggested flame failure check gas supply. I cracked open the nut to the gas isolation at the boiler good flow of gas.. the inlet on the gas valve very small amount of gas creeping out. Would I correct in saying new multifunction gas valve required?
  6. P

    Halstead Boiler leak

    Hi all, Just found out today that our Halstead Best 60 Boiler has been leaking. I saw some drops of water on top of the microwave, to be told there has been water there for the last week and it had been wiped up every day!!!! Anyway took the side panel off and found that there was a drop of...
  7. Desperate_Dan

    Halstead Ace High (DHW+CH)

    Hello all, I have a dreaded Halstead Ace High boiler. I've become pretty familiar with it over the years following a necessary service to the diverter valve and diaphragm. It's developed a new issue though which has me stumped: When a demand is created via a tap: the DHW Flow switch is...
  8. U

    Halstead spark lead replacement

    Halstead hero 60 boiler works fine but spark lead is a bit tatty and all spares sites show it as obsolete, if it burns out what grade of cable couls I use to replace it , or could I use a cable of suitable length from a different boiler? Thanks
  9. M

    Halstead Best 50 won't turn off.

    Hi all I'm after a bit of advice, a few weeks ago I had the hot water on and after the programmer turned off the boiler stayed on and was venting into the central heating header tank as the pump wasn't running. The only way to turn it off was to turn the power off at the fuse box. If power is...
  10. A

    Halstead Eden 18 CBC flame fault

    Evening All Looking for a couple of suggestions to a problem with my boiler. An intermittent fault developed about 2 months ago where the 'Flame Failure' error shut the boiler down every couple of weeks. A quick hop in to the loft to reset fixed it every time except now. The boiler isn't...
  11. P

    Halstead ace high problem

    Hi I looking for some help with my boiler......it would only give me hot water when the heating was on and after looking on line i found that the problem was likely to be the diaphram in the flow valve. I changed the diaphram but still had the same problem so i changed the whole valve unit...
  12. P

    Halstead ace high problem

    Hi Im looking for some help with my boiler...it was running fine untill a week ago when i stopped getting hot water...i found i could get hot water with the heating turned on and looked on line and found a lot of people mentioning the diaphram in the flow valve....i changed that and still no...
  13. S

    Halstead Hero 60 replacement

    Good day. After having an Engineer visit it has been decided that our Halstead Hero 60 has to be changed. Can anyone advise a suitable replacement which will require minimal pipework please? It is a simple flow and return pipe system. I do see that Halstead no longer exist and were taken...
  14. B

    halstead eden

    flow temp is 63 degrees does anyone know the resistances for ntcs only thing I can think is out of calibration temp s turned up to max the boiler seems to be humming along nicely its just a bit cool
  15. Riley

    Halstead heap

    Been asked to take a look at a halstead Eden VbX 30 no heating or hot water all Ntcs ok and flue sensor (checked anyway) ok external pump spins prior to going to 1 lockout code im a bit stumped with this. The only other thing would be pcb I think. only second time I've dealt with one of...
  16. K

    Halstead combi 82 not firing

    Hi there, firstly apologies for having a rubbish boiler but can't afford a replacement yet. If I run a tap the boiler makes all it's usual start up noises, the burner light flickers but then goes out. No ignition sound and the boiler runs with just cold water. The fan runs. Have recently...
  17. C

    Halstead ace 30kw gurus please help!!

    Hi can I start by saying a big thank you to gasman and croppie for there assistance in getting into this forum. i'M new to the boiler break down gig so please go easy.. I was called out to a Halstead ace 30kw Combi. problem is no hot water or heating. on a heating demand boiler only stays...
  18. A

    Halstead ACE HE 30 - Intermittent Hot Water

    Hi all, Relative has a Halstead ACE HE 30 and sometimes the hot water works straight away and sometimes it requires the heating to be run before. Obviously I'm thinking diverter valve but they are mega expensive on these and I'm hoping it might be the little motorised head attached the side...
  19. U

    Halstead Ace Whistle / Whine / Scream.

    Hi, I am looking for some advice regarding my Halstead Ace High boiler. It works perfectly, DHW is fine, heating is fine, it holds pressure and generally does everything a boiler should - except - when the CH comes on, after a little while (after it warms up?) the boiler emits a loud (can be...
  20. F

    how to check flue integrity on halstead high ace

    Servicing the boiler, want to know how to check CO readings, Ratio etc it it says in the manual you can via a plastic cap somewhere, it's an oldish boiler.
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