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Tbh it was my mum's place and she didn't bother to register it... I didn't know it wasn't registered sadly... but luckily it didn't matter
 
get worcester to supply you with a nex hex then get a local gas guy or worcester to fit as your in london rates can differ alot
 
Harvest Fields said:
Was about to say that. But looking at the picture that isn’t a bad deal from Worcester. Especially if they said they would change the pump also.
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they wont as its not a worcester part eg boiler part
 
Yeah that wilo yonos pico pump was fine he said

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Thing i didn't understand is when i turned it to vent mode (set in the middle) i had no idea where it was venting air from..... there's no escape valve...
 
That’s a problem that goes back way further than recent work you’ve had done. Get Worcester to repair the boiler, get someone to powerflush the system and investigate why the problem occurred in the first place. I can’t see in the airing cupboard pic but is there a bypass and is it open? Also it might be that air is getting into the system.
 
could of just airlocked in the first place so might be no fault
 
Suzan said:
Yeah I called them up and they registered it for me :D
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This is what's messed up with this trade at the moment. A boiler in stalled by a bg engineer but not by so a cash install that wont be registered with building control not registered with Worcester phone them up 5 years later and they register it.

No other trade would have that but ours just gets screwed over.
 
Millsy 82 said:
This is what's messed up with this trade at the moment. A boiler in stalled by a bg engineer but not by so a cash install that wont be registered with building control not registered with Worcester phone them up 5 years later and they register it.

No other trade would have that but ours just gets screwed over.
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Also guy who installed it wasn’t gas safe as they arnt qualified out of hours / do jobs on there own time but many do
 
ShaunCorbs said:
Also guy who installed it wasn’t gas safe as they arnt qualified out of hours / do jobs on there own time but many do
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That's what I mean.

Worcester should turn around and say hahaha tough boobies (I'm guessing the other words I'd use would be blocked :)) you should of got it done properly now pay to get it repaired or replaced.
 
Fit a lot of these boilers at work. Have had terrible trouble with some of them airlocking.

They do exactly what you have described. My money would be on that.
 
Millsy 82 I guess you haven't got an actual say on the situation (i.e. what one would do) rather than the initial installation that I had no control over o_O
 
Hmm KingDoey it's kinda funny because I did think it was an airlock but that PP was convinced it's sludge. I find it interesting how if it is an airlock, bleeding rads doesn't solve the issue...
 
Suzan said:
Hmm KingDoey it's kinda funny because I did think it was an airlock but that PP was convinced it's sludge. I find it interesting how if it is an airlock, bleeding rads doesn't solve the issue...
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Because as said before bleeding rads won’t always clear an airlock. It all depends how the system is piped

You need to set do a combination of things like cycle the pump vent the heat exchanger etc. Gradually force the heat round the system one radiator at a time. It’s not always a ten minute job
 
No... and I guess shifting it through the pipes is only possible with a full drain... Even near the hot water cylinder there's a tiny valve to release air and barely any came out...
 
I was shifting from one rad to another until the PP guy came round and deemed the boiler ID and shut it down. Couldn't continue the rad shifting from that point... How would you vent from the heat exchanger?
 
Suzan said:
I was shifting from one rad to another until the PP guy came round and deemed the boiler ID and shut it down. Couldn't continue the rad shifting from that point... How would you vent from the heat exchanger?
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Only a gassafe registered plumber could do that for you. Not you the user
 
That PP was also saying in order to check for air near the hot water cylinder, he would have to cut through the pipe. I said to him "i'm guessing you'll solder the pipe back then..." he said "yeah definitely"...
 
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