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    Back Boiler fitting new radiators.

    Hi I've been to look at a job to fit 4 new radiators and connect to an existing back boiler. The flow and return pipes from the back boiler have been hacked off flush with the wall. The open fire has been regularly used since then with no water in the boiler. I would have thought that the...
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    Vented system with ?back boiler

    Hi all. we've recently moved into a 1930s house and we are trying to figure out the heating system, it is a vented system with a wall hung Worcester gas boiler, we've just been tracing the pipes back today from the bathroom where the cylinder is and found that their are 22mm pipes to the...
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    "There's a funny smell from my back boiler"

    Says my wife's pal on the phone this morning, not been serviced for donkey's years, the POC's can't get through the exchanger then the flames melted the cable which put the boiler off and stopped them dying, c'mon people get your appliances serviced get
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    Open fire back boiler

    Hi, having just oust moved into a new house which has an open fire in the lounge, as such we'd like to make use of the fire from time to time. We've had the chimney swept and smoke tested the issue is that the fire, a Baxi Burnall 16", has a back boiler which is still fully piped into the hot...
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    Coal fire back boiler - heating pump noisy

    Hi guys, living in a 40 year old ex council house. Coal fire, back boiler (totally enclosed) and the pump has been quite noisy for a few years now, more so upon start up and then it's just a whine or hum throughout each room. I suspect it's just simply a build up of sludge and the pump is...
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    Back boiler without gas fire

    Morning all, I've got a customer that has bought a place to rent. She has a baxi Bermuda, but wants to get rid of the fire and keep the BBU. Is it safe to remove the fire and cap? She wants to just put some sort of cover over the front with sufficient ventilation. any thoughts before I go round...
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    back boiler to combi

    my mates dad has a old back boiler and wants a combi fitting instead. im quite new to plumbing and wondering when you take the back boiler out u need to loop the flow and return don't you. any advice would be a big help thankyou
  8. cr0ft

    Old Back Boiler/Fire pipework

    Hi all. Those of you that know me well on here will know I always ask if I'm not sure about something! At a customer's house doing a rewire at the moment. There existing heating system is an s-plan system with a condensing system boiler (oil) and vented hot water cylinder. There is a...
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    Re Baxi Bermuda 401 OldSchool back boiler - new regs?

    Hi all, I have a flat that has the Baxi 401 back boiler that exhausts to the chimney. I am happy with the boiler, it's very simple and serves me well. I am about to book the annual gas safety inspection, but then I found this on one of the websites: 'IMPORTANT NOTICE: Some properties, mainly...
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    Back Boiler Loud Gurgling Noises

    Hi all. I have an oil fired central heating system that also has a fireplace with a back boiler plumbed into it. The system has a dual coil copper cylinder with the oil side heating one coil and the back boiler the other. There is a pipe stat on the back boiler supply to the copper cylinder...
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    Back Boiler plumbing

    I have an old fireplace which I want to get rid of. It has a back boiler in it and 2 pipes that go to the water tank. I have started taking the fire place down and leaving the pipes intact. I was wondering how is it best to stop water in these pipes? thanks Martin
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    Baxi back boiler query

    Hi guys, apologies in advance if some of the terminology is wrong - I'm a spark not a plumber. Got involved with this as I was asked to check the wiring on a two way valve at the home of a longstanding mate. System is a simple Baxi back boiler serving 5 rads and an indirect coil in the hwc. One...
  13. AMGasServices

    Wanted free standing boiler and back boiler

    Hi, i would like a free standing open flued boiler in working order and/or a back boiler also in working order. I need these so an old friend can teach youngester how to work on these and what to check. Thanks for viewing
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    Back boiler in bedroom?

    Hi everyone, I chap I know rents out a flat that has a Baxi Bermuda back boiler and fire in what used to be the living room. He has recently rented the property out and his new tennants have converted the living room into a bedroom. Now, British Gas have been to do an annual check and service...
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    Keep back boiler or get combi

    HI, JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR OPINONS, MY MOTHER HAS JUST BOUGHT A 2 BED BUNGALOW WITH 8 RADIATORS AND 1 BATHROOM(old electric shower over bath). DO WE UPGRADE TO A COMBI WHILST PROPERTY IS EMPTY OR LEAVE THE BAXI BACK BOILER.IF SO WHICH IS THE BEST AND MOST RELIABLE BOILER DONT JUST WANT THE...
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    Replacing Back Boiler

    Hi all I wondered if someone could give me a bit of advice. I have a Back Boiler that has been condemned as it is leaking fumes which aren't all being expelled up the flue and so need to replace it with a Combi boiler. The Back Boiler is of course located behind the fireplace in the living...
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    baxi back boiler pipework

    did a tank and cyl to combi swap this wk .the old boiler was a baxi back boiler with the htg pump on the rtn - perhaps some of the older guys can shed some light on what I found . the flow from the boiler went from the boiler and teed to upstairs and down stairs rads the rtn from upstairs and...
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    Back boiler and electric boiler on the same system?

    Hi all, So i've had a request from someone to look into the possibility of fitting an electric heater onto their existing back boiler system. Their set up is: Coal fired back boiler which serves a cylinder (with immersion heater for back up) and about 6 standard sized rads (mix of single and...
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    Log burner with back boiler and solar system install in South of France

    OK, thought I would see if anybody on here can help with this. I have designed a full system for my house in the south of France which is basically a buffer tank heated via a log burner or solar panels, heating underfloor heating and radiators and to provide hot water. I have installed all the...
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    grant baxi back boiler noise

    I have just moved into a house with a grant baxi back boiler in the coal fire and oil link up. approx 20 year old system I have tried 2 plumbers but am stuck. The problem is when i pull the damper on the back boiler to put the heat to the rads you can hear what sounds like air bubbling in the...
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