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    Keston boilers

    The company I work for have just got a new contract and the few I have been out to over the past week or so have Kestons fitted is there any common problems with them that I should be aware of apart from being a pile of poo and needs ripping off the wall.
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    DIY timewasters

    Love it
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    Honeywell V4600A and C

    Can these be swapped the V4600A is exactly the same valve as the V4600C but the difference is the C is slow opening so it takes 30secs to get up to main flame and also the A is around £130 and the C is £60. I cant see anything wrong with replacing an A with a C but just wondered if you are...
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    electric or hot water underfloor heating advice needed please

    I would go with electric and towel rails on a separate circuit as the second plumber said.
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    hot water

    Is the system a Y or S plan? How long has this problem been going on? Could be a loose wire on programmer.
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    DIYER Lost all radiators but 2

    This is in no mean a dig at you but is your time worth so little when I do work in my house (Dont do it very often typical tradesman) I would rather get it over and done with so I can get on with what I want to (Drinking beer and kayaking) so £15 to save me 1/2-1hour is money well spent.
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    Oldest Boiler?

    I went to a large building today the boiler has been in since it was built in 1964 it was an old Ideal Brittania. Ideal even had to google it to try and find out what I was talking about. A few months back went to a rugby club it was their biggest game of the season and the boiler was...
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    flue seal leaking water

    Apparently not. Yeah I would class as AR unless it fails FGA check.
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    flue seal leaking water

    If it is leaking water then it can also leak flue products. It needs doing properly not sealant around it.
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    System pumping over

    I have a bit of an odd job I have got a system that only pumps over when htg/dhw on together but if I run them seperatly it stops. The custard has replaced the pump about a week ago then when his heating didnt work called me in found a blocked cold feed. Filled it back up tested it a non return...
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    Scalding Hot Tap Water

    Drop the temp on the stat. What is it coming out of the taps at?
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    Greenstar Utility 32/50

    I got called out today to this boiler which kept going to lockout apparently the last tenant ran out of oil the landlord had it topped up new tenants have been in for a week and the boiler wasnt working. I thought great pull some oil through fire it up and test pressures smoke fga etc. So...
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    Worcester 28I Junior

    I have had a problem now on 5 boilers the problem goes like this Boiler fires runs fine for about 30-60 secs Fan stops burner still lit for about 20 secs until it starves itself of oxygen Fast flash on lock out button. Every time this happens I replace the PCB as it seems like a PCB fault...
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    Possible water in the oil line?

    I went out to a job in Jan and the oil pump was playing up kept sticking so I put a new pump in all working great until yesterday the oil pump is shot again. (The motor tries to turn but cant, if I pull the pump out of the motor it starts up and runs) The pump is a danfoss and my merchant says...
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    Boiler causing chimney fire

    I got called out to an oil boiler today which apparently caused a chimney fire. When I got there I found the flue and liner had been removed by the fire brigade to get any debris out the liner was in good condition and so was the cowl. Now assuming the cowl was properly cemented in so no twigs...
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    this is what happens when a diyer trys to fix a boiler

    Maybe thats why it didnt work properly
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    Solar for heating a swimming pool

    I carried out a boiler service at a property today and he was moaning about his solar not heating his pool very well. My response was I have never worked on solar so cant help. Anyway got talking to him and had a look at what he had (Wasnt going to touch it as I wouldnt know where to start and...
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    this is what happens when a diyer trys to fix a boiler

    Looks like fun I'm gonna try that on the next ferroli I come accross.
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    DIY Combi boiler installation

    Are they I best go back through all my old posts and delete the incriminating ones
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    DIY Combi boiler installation

    If you install your own boiler and something happens within a year Ie you blow up your house insurance will probably not pay out due to the fact it has not been signed off by a gas safe registered engineer or building control. When people used to ask me to sign boilers off I used to say ok that...
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