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    What's this valve's purpose

    Hi guys, Prob a very quick one for you seasoned people. Working in a customers house with old central o/v heating system. He could not get flow to the upstairs rads or extension rad which was on a drop at the end of the house. Pump was an old Grundfos selectric which was weak so replaced...
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    Baxi 105e issue

    Hi all, Just a quick one to tax your tired brain cells. Got a customer with one of these old beasts & i was called out to it late evening because of flashing 30 & 50 degree lights & no heating/hot water. Had a quick look at it and nothing obvious bar an occasional drip from the diverter valve...
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    DIY Draining down system

    See if your hot water tank has an immersion heater. If so you can drain down central heating system, but make sure you isolate boiler electrically, eg - unplug or pop the fuse out of the switch boiler wire goes too. That way the water will be heated electrically without help of the boiler...
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    Domestic boiler in commercial office's

    Hi all again, Random ?. I have been contacted by a landlord who is looking to re-let his commercial premises after previous long term occupier moved to another premises. The boiler is an ideal Logic+ 30kw combi located in the upstairs kitchen beside the sink & i'm happy with them as serviced...
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    Radial heat exchanger cleaning?

    Evening guys, Whats the best stuff to use to clean up a radial heat exchanger. (Baxi duo tec 33 HE a) Usually use water sprayer with nylon brush/tooth brush & wet vac to remove any loose deposits. Was thinking of alt way, maybe chemicals to speed up process. Cheers, Andy
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    Baxi 80 HE Instant combi hot water issues

    Hi all, I am sure i had previously posted regarding this boiler & issue with customer getting hot water for shower/taps, etc. Basically if they want a hot shower they have to turn on basin hot mixer tap full for couple of mins before steady hot flow occurs. They then turn on shower & it...
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    Potterton Puma 80e combi poor hot water

    Hi guys, Got a customer with this old boiler. I've serviced it for last couple of years but no major issues so to speak. Recently it has started having poor hot water performance, initially hot but then goes to tepid if that with occasional very brief blips of warmer temp water. It switches over...
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    Baxi duo tec2 ga 28 kw combi hot water temp fluctuating .

    Hi guys, Was at a customers recently & they had problem with fluctuating hot water temperature. On the initial repair visit I changed the hall sensor & the flow turbine as this was quite cruddy when I dropped it out to check condition. New one came with brass block so just removed old one from...
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    WB Greenstar 30CDI combi rads lukewarm

    Hi guys, Looking for advice on customers boiler. Called to customers house who said no heating, hot water fine. Picked up diverter v/v on route and new room stat as remembered there old one was looking a tad tired. Got to customers house and carried out initial safety checks and looked at...
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    Alpha CD28X no lights or power. (combi)

    Hi all, Just a bit of advice re this boiler. Customer called to say no lights or operation at all in any mode. Visited about 8pm on way back from other work and tested. power coming through to boiler but iaw instructions checking with multimeter nothing on the pins which led me to diagnose...
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    Leaking Zilmet 11A solarplus expansion vessel

    Hi all, Got a customer with a leaking expansion vessel on the solar thermal side of the system that is installed. The solar thermal system is a Kingspan solarplus with a flat roof collector and the expansion vessel has started to leak on the weld area. There is an indirect solar tank by...
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    Replacing rads in bathrooms with towel rails

    Hi all, One of my friends has a 3yr old house with normal rads in the bathrooms & cloakroom which she would like to replace with towel rads. It was built by Taylor Wimpey and the plasterboard walls are paper thin (9.5mm board I think or similar) so not the best. She has the normal 10mm...
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    Replacement Boiler query

    Hi all again, Another different query to see where the votes go. Customer has a Potterton Suprima 40 boiler and Gledhill Boilermate 3 to be replaced. Property detached 3 bed with main bathroom & en-suite shower. Occupied by retired couple. They are looking to replace the kitchen...
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    Upgrading heating time controls & stat

    Hi all, I have several customers on the same estate as myself with the Boilermate 3 thermal store linked up to a Potterton Suprima 40 gas boiler. The system has a Grasslin mechanical clock on the boilermate 3 cylinder and a Potterton PRT2 (240v & 4wire) stat in the hallway. The systems...
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    God keep the DIYers safe from harm

    Customer sounds like a right arse. As mentioned above the best option would be to cap and walk away as you will no doubt be getting endless grief and then be blamed for not installing iaw MI's once the boiler goes wrong and the manufacturer has to be called out. I don't think natures...
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    Valor 941 coal layout & flue terminals

    Hi all, Just looking for a bit of advice re this fire. I visited the customer today with this fire as it would extinguish after about 10 mins running at max setting. Not been serviced in a good few years so managed to download manual and carry out majority of service bar laying out of...
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    DIY Garden Hose - Which approach is best?

    Oh Dear, Best as previously mentioned to get a proper outside tap that complies with water regs fitted, that way you would not have to worry about sink tap adaptor leaking and pouring/spraying water all over your kitchen. Also if you had the outside tap fitted at same time as main tap if you...
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    Cannon Coalridge BF Mk2 gas fire poor starting advice

    Just a quick question re this fire I was called out to have a look at. The customer has the original installation and servicing instructions as well as the customer operating instructions which you cannot seem to find anywhere online and also BFG Europe don't support this fire. Basically...
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    Controls for ideal vogue

    Hi all, A quick query to controls for an Ideal Vogue 32kw/40kw that I will be fitting for a customer in the next few weeks. Basically I am looking for the best control setup for him. His old combi boiler is located in the garage attached to his house on the far wall. Would the ideal rf...
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    Worcester Flue protection through wall with lime render

    Hi all, I will be fitting a new flue to a Worcester boiler as the cement has munched through the old flue in a couple of places. My question is there anything that I can wrap the flue with as it passes through the wall to act as a sacrificial protector for the new flue. I have thought about...
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