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  1. sammathias

    Worcester 280 rsf Luke warm water

    Worcester 280 rsf. Heating works fine, hot water fires up but is only like warm. Now with heating demand I'm getting 240v at 3 port. With heating off and tap running it's only.luke warm. If I manually move motorized valve to left it gets upto temperature. Iam only getting about 4v on board with...
  2. sammathias

    Vaillant vsmart simple question

    Can vsmart be overrided by simply pressing the plus sign on thermostat...reason I ask is customers + button doesn't increase temperature, never has and she's only ever been able to turn it on/off via app. Never fitted one clearly but would have thought her thermostat is faulty??
  3. sammathias

    Worcester 24i junior non condensing breakdown

    Called to a breakdown. Basically boiler locksout and flashes 4 times a second. Fans working getting 240, pumps getting 240, working but not really strong. Boiler lights and runs for a minute or so then I noticed the fan cuts out and burner flames come from under burner. Flues clear and cleaned...
  4. sammathias

    Poor vaillant.............

    The reason boilers should be serviced...e Never seen a hex split like this? Dropbox - IMG_20181030_114609.jpg Dropbox - IMG_20181030_120720.jpg
  5. sammathias

    Pressure release problem....

    Glow worm betacom 28 not holding pressure changed prv twice with prvs I had in-stock....literally top it up to 1.5bar and it will drop immediately through prv. Don't know if I'm being thick but must be a crack or something in the hydro location I can't see. They are over £100. Can I just cap...
  6. sammathias

    New flue...vokera pro combi 85he?

    Got asked to look at a job today with very little information other than boilers leaking outside and the make being...'all it says is pro'. When was it last serviced '''never' so I'm thinking full service, new prv potential new expansion vessel. Probably more, isit worth it! Anyway knocked...
  7. sammathias

    Best system boiler????

    Soon to be taking over my old dears house and will be planning to upgrade system... Just wondering what you guys think are the best oil system boilers on the market? As I'm only gas Safe I don't deal with any oil. Probably looking at a 24kw output
  8. sammathias

    Commercial ticket?????

    I just wanted to know as I'm not 100% sure but I've been to quote up a job which was initially a big fish and chips but over the years has been downsized and the new owners wish to convert the building into 3 seperate holiday lets all going to be run off communal heating/hot water (combi )...
  9. sammathias

    new build sprinker system/32mm main

    I was told today that apparently on new builds that sprinkler systems are required to confirm with building regs and that a 32mm main is required as standard.... is this just a load of hot air or???
  10. sammathias

    ariston microgenus 23 mffi breakdown

    My mate has a 16+year old ariston which isnt producing heating or hot water. I called around lastnight and gave it a service, hasnt been done in years, burner etc was very dusty. Anyway when i left every thing was fine, 11.2mb pressure on high and 2.5mb low kicking in and out on...
  11. sammathias

    Having Fun With Some DIY Plumbing

    I have one of them 3/8 benders!!! my granddad passed them down and I deemed them useless until It dawned on me that thay are perfect size for bending plastic coated 10mm oil line!
  12. sammathias

    Pipework heat capacity?

    I have a customer who wants to upgrade the size of his living room rad from a 600*1000p+ to a 600x1400k2. the existing rad is on 10mm pipe probably about 12metres in total, doesnt take alot of working out that the new rad wont work very well off 10mm pipe but try telling customer that, he...
  13. sammathias

    Ideal logic combi 30 lossing pressure

    Originally i got called out to the boiler which was losing pressure every 6 weeks or so. Vessel was flat and prv leaking. So recharged and changed prv. That lasted 4 weeks and i got called back yesterday. All the rads are full and no leaks to be found. I isolated the boiler and cut the...
  14. sammathias

    Vaillant ecotec plus 835 low gas pressure.

    Fitted an ecotec plus 835 yesterday and was only getting 15.5mb working pressure at the gas valve. WP at the meter was 19.5mb. puzzled because there is 9m of 28mm pipe and 4m of 22mm before a stub of 15mm. Gas rate of appliance was within tolerance....15.5mb is also within tolerance but too low...
  15. sammathias

    FLUE GAS READINGS ecotec pro

    routine service today on a ecotec pro 28 approx 8 years old. Basically the boiler would only stay fired up for about 45secs before cycling on and off on max rate. This wasnt long enough for me to get an accurated fga reading. Gas rate and pressure was good. Am i right in saying could...
  16. sammathias

    Vaillant ecotec pro 28 HOT water too hot.

    Routine service today on an ecotec pro 28. Everything went fine but i noticed the customer had his hot water set at 40 degrees on the boiler...but when running the hot tap it was coming out at 69 degrees..even in p.01. i looked at the diagnostic codes and D.003 was set at -99 degrees and D.006...
  17. sammathias

    Gas fire identification???

    Wondering if anyone can identify the make of this fire?? Think its stovax but cant find any M.I for it for the coal layout? Any ideas?
  18. sammathias

    Worcester 30CDI banging when not in use!!!???

    Hey all, trying to get to the bottom of an intermittent fault on a 5 year old worcester 30cdi. Basically most times the heating has been on for a while and is switched off the boiler makes banging noises awhile after!! i personally am yet to experience the noises as im never around long...
  19. sammathias

    Worcester 28i junior lock out problem.

    Alright guys, another problem which i havent actually been to investigate but the blokes a plumber i know so ran through it over the phone.... Basically if he turns heating on, heats up fine no worrys. however if he then turns ho****er tap full bore at same time boiler will lock out after 20...
  20. sammathias

    Worcester 24i RSF no heating

    Just a quick one guys. Went to a worcester 24i rsf the other day on a breakdown. Basically it has hot water but doesn't fire up on heating.... however if you run the hot tap prior to turning on heating then turn hot tap off. boiler stays fired up on heating. I gave it a good service as it hadnt...
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