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  1. ian.

    Ideal Heating system filters insulated jacket

    Is it possible to get an insulated jacket for the magnetic filter which is supplied as part of the Ideal Vouge Max (18kw)?
  2. panda_96

    Bleeding air from Central Heating System

    Boiler is making a gurgling sound and keeps short cycling. I believe there is air in the the system and I've already bled all the radiators. This is the pipe leading into the water cylinder, is it where I should be bleeding the air from?
  3. E

    Cleaning Magnetite in underfloor heating system

    Hi! I have mostly underfloor heating in my house and one new radiator and two old. A bit of metal pipes and three manifolds, but mostly PEX-pipes. The heat source is a Vaillant FlexoCompact 88/4 heatpump. The plumbers which installed the heatpump added Elysator Sanol (cleaning agent) and...
  4. A

    Coal heating system help

    I'm going to be helping a friend renovate his bathroom. He has a coal heating system will he be able to continue using his fire whilst we work on the water and heating pipes once the stopcock has been isolated? Will it be ok to drain some hot water out the tank and relocate radiator pipes
  5. P

    How to raise pressure in my samsung 6 gen joule heating system

    Hi Guys, my pressure gauge showing nearly (if not) 0 Bar. Heating downstairs works for now, upstairs 2 out of 5 rads not. I'm trying to get a plumber in but it will take few days, have kids home and afraid to end up with no heat. I believe all what it needs is get pressure back to 1 bar but...
  6. D

    Noise from centre heating system

    There is a noise, like a buzz that starts randomly but usually in the early morning. I can't seem to pin it down to one location. I have managed to record the noise and there is a link to YouTube if I'm able to post that? My heating and hot water are both on a gas central heating system, but...
  7. A

    Understanding gas central heating system

    Hello everyone, We have recently moved to the UK, so really don't know much about gas central heating and boilers over here etc. So this is probably a very basic question but I just don't know! We are moving to a house later this month. It has a "wall-mounted gas-fired boiler for domestic hot...
  8. Desktop987456

    Pipework advice - Central Heating System

    I have a 320 sqft double storey house with 6 bedrooms. The house is serviced by two heat only boilers (non condensing); a 120k btu (35kw) and a 70k btu (20kw). Both Boilers are installed at ground floor (120k at front and 70k at the back). Front boiler serving front downstairs and upstairs rooms...
  9. Fatboyslick

    Repeated air/hydrogen forming in closed heating system?

    Would love some advice please: I had 4 radiators replaced in September as part of a kitchen refit. This included new copper piperwork behind the walls where the Rads are placed. The system wasn’t flushed or anything, just installed and the plumber left. A few weeks later we noticed that our...
  10. T

    Drain Central Heating System- when is it safe to switch Boiler back on

    Drain central heating system (water tank in loft) in a two storey house - ground and first floor when is it safe to switch the boiler back on - is it only when the tank in the loft has stopped making a noise - implying that the system is back to where it was before the system was drained. The...
    • Topslice
    • Thread
    • boiler central central heating drain heating heating system safe
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Boilers
  11. L

    we have an ambirad heating system in our place of work

    we have an ambirad heating system in our place of work. one works perfectly. if you set it to above room temperature it comes on and works fine. the other is as if it's in reverse. you have to set it to below room temperature for it to come on. which as you can guess is pointless. can anyone...
  12. D

    Balancing heating system, does it cost more?

    New to the site and looking for help. Recently, I decided to balance my heating system as some radiators where barely getting warm compared to others and after checking they didn't need bleeding, this seemed like the next step. I have balanced the system and all the radiators get hot at...
  13. Jonnyh88

    Help with setting Grundfos pumps.Single Pipe CH heating system.

    I'm trying to get to grips with a system I have inherited as a new home owner. I know that single pipe systems are crap and should be replaced, but that's not an option right now so I have to make sure what I do have is set up correctly. My bills are astronomical - £6-700 a month right now, and...
  14. G

    Help! - Noisy central heating system – not heating water well ……

    Hello ! I have recently moved into a new house – or rather a 1960s built house. The central heating system looks to be around 10-12 years old Its conventional mains gas boiler central heating system (not a combi) the boiler is an “Ideal logic 18” – with hot water tank in an upstairs airing...
    • Garzie
    • Thread
    • central central heating heating heating system noisy system water
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  15. V

    Two pumps on heating system. Imbalance?

    Hello, I wonder is I could ask for some advice please. I have just replaced and only gravity fed boiler with a new Baxi heat only boiler. The system is two pipe and has 17 rads in a long old house. The system is 22mm copper except the last 5 rads which are 15mm. (I know this should be no more...
  16. L

    Advice on weather compensation for communal heating system

    Hello all, We have a Worcester Bosch GB162 100kw boiler in a residential block for the communal heating serving 12 flats. We currently sporadically manually set the boiler's flow temperature (e.g. 60 degrees when not too cold and 70 degrees when cold) on the boiler itself and use a timer to...
  17. R

    advice on how to flush out the pipes on my central heating system.

    I need advice on flushing out my central heating system. Lower two floors underfloor, top floor radiators. Oil fired system
    • Robin Overall
    • Thread
    • central central heating flush heating heating system pipes system
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  18. C

    Struggling to repressurise my boiler and heating system

    Hi folks - new here and looking for a bit of advice. I've got a British Gas 532/i boiler which is struggling for pressure - around 0.5 bar. Heating works fine through most of the house just struggles to get to the very top rooms. I don't think any bleeding is necessary, and I cannot find a...
    • cjhncl
    • Thread
    • boiler heating heating system system
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Boilers
  19. C

    I'm struggling to repressurise my heating system.

    Hi folks - I'm struggling to get pressure back into my heating system after the summer - no bleeding required - but cannot for the life of me seem to find where I'm supposed to fill the thing from. Pressure is currently at 0.5 bar and I get good heating through most of the house, except the...
    • Chris James
    • Thread
    • heating heating system system
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  20. S

    Dual heating system with upstairs and down stairs thermostats

    Hi I have a dual heating system ie separate thermostats for upstairs and down stairs, my question is why does my upstairs bathroom radiator come one when I turn my downstairs heating on ?? Surely this should come on when I put the upstairs on ??
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