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    Are deaerators really worth fitting?

    Hi All I'm only a DIY'er, I have always had air in my system, I thought it was the result of the 20 year old Glow Worm boiler and corrosion from that. During the summer I had a new Atag boiler fitted by one of their recognised fitters. Really pleased with the boiler but still seem to be getting...
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    Have to keep using filling loop to put pressure into system!

    Hi My parents late 80's and early 90's live in a 3 bedroom semi. Ideal logic 30 combi boiler fitted in the bathroom provides heat and hot water. Radiators and original pipe work were put in by Dad 40 - 50 years ago, when it started life as a solid fuel driven system. By the end of the winter...
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    Plumber to install toilet and hand basin.

    Hi All Looking for a plumber to supply and install a new toilet and hand basin at my parents home, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands. Thank you. Sticky
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    Radiator balancing

    Sorry if this has been covered before. I live in a dormer bungalow. I'm replacing all of the down stairs radiators with vertical radiators. The flow and return pipes are dropping down in 15mm from the upper room where there is a loop of flow and return in 22mm. On all of the downstairs...
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    Street fittings

    Hi Sorry this might be a silly question, I'm only a DIY'er. I bought some 22mm elbows by mistake that are 'street fittings' I will be able to use them but it seems to mean using a straight connector as well. What are they normally used for? Thanks for your help. Sticky
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    Vertical radiators

    Hi All I have been looking to replace our hotch potch of different designed radiators with some that are more modern and I suspect more efficient. I had been looking at some Milano Aruba vertical which look attractive in shape and colour, the White and Anthracite that I had been thinking of...
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    Boiler breakdown cover

    Hi My parents, both in their late 80's had a new Ideal Logic combi 30 boiler installed just 2 years ago. No problems to date. The 2 year Ideal Boilers guarantee expires at the end of this month. They have had a letter from Home Serve offering their Boiler Breakdown service plan. Are all of...
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    Boiler problem!!

    Hi All I'm sorry if this is a 'how long is a piece of string' question. I've got a Glow Worm Hideaway 80 boiler that is providing CH and DHW via an indirect open vented system. The boiler which is 16-17 years old and never had any previous problems has started to play up. Cutting out after a...
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    Replacing synchronous motor.

    Hi All Sorry to bother you, but I am replacing the synchronous motor on a Honeywell motorized valve. I've bought the universal synchronous motor that Tool Station sell. One of the two wires from the original goes to a connecting type block on the valve. There are three other wires going into...
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    Free boilers for OAP's

    Hi All My parents are both in their 80's. They live in a three bed semi and have had central heating in one form or another for over 40 years. Dad a competent DIY'r in his day first installed a solid fuel system with Parkray fire and back boiler. The radiators and majority of the copper pipe...
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    New hot water cylinder, advice please.

    Hi All I'm in the process of updating our heating/hot water system. My intention is to change the old (after market tie on jacket) uninsulated hot water cylinder for a new one and connect the gas boiler and wood burning stove boiler to it via a H2 control panel. My question relates to what is...
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