Oil boiler (now~15 years old) unvented system with 17 radiators. We moved in 5 years ago and I had to keep bleeding the same radiator. The bleed gas could be burned with a blue flame and the water was acidic (pH 5.5).
Since then system has been chemically flushed (it was not too bad) and the...
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As per title we have a regular smell from the shower trap. Clean the trap twice a week, had a cleaning rod down the shower waste pipe and no blockage. Used several different drain cleaners over time but smell returns (not always but often enough to be annoying). Seems to coincide with...
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I seek some advice on replacing an existing regular boiler.
I currently have an old Potterton 10-16 Netaheat electronic, which is around 35 years old and still working OK. It is fitted to a std 'Y' plan system with boiler in utility room and separate hot water tank, pump, valve etc in...
Vaillant ecoTEC Plus 400 15kW Heat Only Boiler
I've got air in the pump and one gas engineer has said I need to move the pipes as they are configured incorrectly. Another said all I need to do is add an AAV as high as possible. Another said I should seal the system. Boiler was installed in...
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Can anyone shed some light on why the three same radiators need constant bleeding? There's about 13 radiators in my house and it's a close vented system. Two of the rads are upstairs and one is downstairs. It's a old house and the rads have also been there for a while, my guesses are either...
I have a Worcester Bosch 24Ri regular boiler (open vent) which is 10 years old. It has been pretty reliable with only one fault (the fan unit gave up after 9 years) in last 10 years. It's also had one new burner, rubber seals and electrodes changed in services. I have noted that it's best to...
Has anyone had any experience with the drain off/bleed valve on the primary return ,adjacent too main heat exchanger on Worcester life 8000 (45kw) regular ?
I want too replace the 3/8 threaded drain off /bleed valve with a AAV ,has anymore does this?
large system 28 rads 3 floors ,sealed...
Quick question - our old regular boiler was just replaced after it failed. They installed a new Bosch 25i system boiler instead. I don’t really understand the details, but they say they fed it from the attic tank and so I should ignore the fact the pressure gauge is at 0. I think it is designed...
One radiator in the house needs to be bled every week, it works fine otherwise and there is no sign of a leak near the radiator or in the pipes leading to it. Should I be worried about a leak?
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I've just moved to a 4 bed detached house (2 bathrooms) built in 2005, in Bromsgrove (B60), with the original 15 year old set up of a Glowworm Micron 60FF regular boiler coupled to a Boilermate 2000 storage unit.
The boiler itself is not very efficient and I'm just waiting for the...
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Over the last 2 months I've been experiencing dips in water pressure from my kitchen tap. The weird this is that these are momentary dips in pressure that occur every 15 seconds. It seems to happen in the mornings and evenings and is making my plastic pipes to...
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Can I use a compression reducer to connect a 15mm TRV to a 10mm pex pipe?
Not sure if the compression would hold onto the pex pipe.
Or do I have to go from TRV > copper > pex.
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Mark
Hi my old Baxi boiler, regularly serviced, keeps cuttng out and needs reset. Happens about every week.now.. Pressure is absolutely fine. Mentioned it to engineer at its service 4 weeks ago and he could find nothing obvious, but it had only happened once at that point. Once reset all seems...
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Please can you advise me on the following;
I need to do some work on my hot tap pipe work in bathroom. I can't use the gate valve as this is broken to shut of the cylinder fill pipe.
How do I go about shutting off the hot water without draining down the system?
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Apologies if this should not be posted here (I have posted to the electricians forum, however just realised the plumbers forum seems to have many more posts covering this mixer unit)
I have a pretty basic question on suitability of a shower digital mixer valve. Checked with the the manufacturer...
Custard went off on holiday, came back boiler didn't fire up.
EA code, reset -nothing. Called me, got there, checked for gas, checked condensate pump ok, took cover off to check ignition and the flame rectification lead was disconnected? How would this happen?
Any clues? igotnoidea...
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This is my first ever post as a newly registered gas safe engineer. I’m looking for help on an issue I tried to help with for an old couple that live locally to me.
They have the above boiler and very recently have had constant issues with it kettling and almost immediately locking...
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Had a Logic Plus 35kw combi installed in early 2016. All working great until recently.
Late Nov last year, we got the following error;
'Low Water Pressure - 1 fill system to 1.0 bar - 2 bleed rads - 3 contact installer'
Good news is filling the system worked and...
Pretty new boiler this guys , went to service it earlier today , service got abandoned because the bleeding thing would not go in to high fire , rang Vaillant, no joy , emailed them , no reply yet , anybody know how to do it , cheers in advance .