Went to the above boiler last week, it kept blowing fuses. On looking at it, it was the div valve pin leaking onto the motor. I used the service kit and replaced the guts of the valve and the valve motor. Ran the boiler and tested hw and htg =happy days.
I got a recall today as the customer...
hi all got my self my first heat mat today a rothenburg one.
the question is do you wet them or use them dry one plumber says wet them another says keep them dry otherwise you wash the oil off which keeps them from being heat proof.
used it once dry today and its black already.
Hi my name is Dave, my Isar combi boiler and system is 7yrs old. Since day 1 it has given me no end of problems. I have recently flushed the system, circulated a cleaner for a week, reflushed, fitted a Magnaclean pro filter and put inhibitor into the system. The central heating circuit flow...
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Hi all, new here so firstly hi and thanks for your time in advance.
I have a Ferolli F24 boiler and have been an unusual problem. Essentially I can not get any DHW unless the CH is on. Diverter valve been replaced, so not that.DHW and CH sensors also appear fine.
The reason i know this...
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fitted a 18 RI today......
fired the boiler on hot water worked fine, then i tried heating on its own and didnt fire
system had a new honeywell 3 port with drayton programmer
spent an hour testing 3 port/wireing etc then my boss said this is an old way of wiring a system and it...
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I recently had my boiler serviced; all fine except it needed a new hose with return valve due to a leak. Since then my hot water has been luke warm or non existent unless the heating was also on. Had plumber back and he fitted a new flow switch and thermistor; but still not working. The next...
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Hi, Im going to be installing an unvented cylinder to a property next week. I've got the cert and hand books but I can't see any info on pipe sizing for the feed! The ones I've done in the past hve all had a 22 mm rising main, this one has a 15 mm. The pressure and flow rates are good. Will it...
Hi all. Just new to this site
Was wondering is there any way of fixing a broken air vent in a radiator . can you buy a kit or anything? The vent is quite small at the back of the radiator. thanks
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Help, can someone tell me how to set the central heating to a lower more comfortable temperateure?
its a tiny 1 bedroom flat with 5 radiators and heats up quickly n soon gets too hot so i need to get up n turn it off again until next thing i know its freezing again.
the knob i turn to turn it...
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My boiler has developed a pinprick sized leak on what looks like the three way valve housing. I have put a bit of rubber over it and secured with cable ties. This seems to have done the trick for now (slight trickle) but what shall I use to repair it? I have looked at epoxy putty and...
Hi,
Been subbing for a company for a little while and have been added as an engineer on their gas safe account.
so do I need to renew my personal registration?
Would I have to have it got privates?
thanks to all helpful replies
Mo
I did post on an old thread that had a very similar issue to mine, but did not get a reply so I hope I'll be excused for starting a new thread.
I have an Ideal icos boiler and a Range Tribune HE which will only supply hot water when the heating is on. If on the 'water only setting' the boiler...
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I've been working on a vaillant turbo max, I changed the inbuilt time switch because they could only put the heating on manually, I waiting and made sure it was coming on with the new switch as it wasn't before, customer has now rang and said she can't get any hot water with out the heating...
I just had my gas cooker installed and noticed the hose slightly touches the bottom part of the oven - is that fine or should the hose not be touching the cooker at all?
I have a large two year old condensing boiler. There is a Drayton controller (about 4 years old) and Honeywell tank thermostat and 2 way motorised valve on cylinder heating circuit (both older).
With CH off on room thermostat, there is no hot water and boiler does not fire.
When CH is turned on...
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During routine boiler service customer asked if I would remove CWSC from top of airing cupboard.
Found it to be made of asbestos (photo of manufacturers badge on phone if I wasn't an IT Pygmy I'd get it posted here).
Initial thought was don't touch, boiler installer left it in place a...
what do you guys find the most annoying part of being a gas engineer
my 3 rants are:
Customers who think fault finding shouldnt be chargeable, it takes time knowledge and skill to fault find a boiler, but apparently thats not appreciated when you tell them you dont work for free
Customers...
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