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  1. 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...
  2. N

    Dual zone central heating query

    Hopefully a quick question: I have bought a new house and had a few issues with the CH system (they connected the valves for the two zones to the wrong thermostats which has now been fixed) but have now come across something that doesn't make sense to me. I have a downstairs cloakroom (toilet)...
  3. B

    Drayton smart heating controller/programmer help

    Hi. I'm new to this forum and just looking for some advice if someone could please help. I'm trying to fit a Drayton smart heating system and I'm unsure how to wire one of the components which I believe is known as the programmer or controller. There is one that was originally fitted with the...
  4. K

    Hot water no heating

    Hi, I have just had me diverter valve and cartridge replaced so solve my original issue of have both heating and hot water on at the same time without the option to turn off. But now I can’t turn my heating on. It’s on, on the boilers thermostat but doesn’t heat. I’ve disconnected all other...
    • Kyle Magee
    • Thread
    • heating hot water water
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. WizPip

    Fast hot water then noise and normal flow after heating hot water

    Hello, I'm a fairly adept DIYer but I have an issue with my plumbing and not entirely sure what's left to check. I have an unvented indirect system with 1 hot / 1 heating zone, cylinder is a Range Tribune HE 150L pre-plumbed. For quite a while now I've had a problem where after the hot water...
  8. S

    How to test central heating pump?

    Happy New Year everyone! I need a little help on figuring out what's wrong with my central heating (CH) system. I'm in a new house, and I know the system has a single motorised diverter valve for hot water and radiators (rads). Problem is almost none of my rads get hot, except for 2 or 3 that...
    • Sam Wain
    • Thread
    • central central heating heating pump
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. D

    15mm pipe run from central heating manifold query

    Hi Guys Im aware the say you should keep 15mm runs supplying radiators to 12 metres. However if running one rad from a manifold, how much can I get away with? Im not holding a gun to your head. One of my runs has to be just over 13 meters. Thanks in advance. Donkey.
  12. J

    Radiators vs Underfloor heating large space

    Is underfloor heating much better than radiators for a largish open plan space? The room is 46 m sq, L shape open plan space with 4.6m of bifolds and another 2m and 3m run of bifold on the L, pitched roof on 3m of the space meaning a bit more than standard ceiling height there, total volume of...
    • JamesR8
    • Thread
    • heating radiators underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  13. J

    Central heating in winter when on holiday

    Hi all, I am thinking to set boiler when we are on holiday soon this winter. First, I want to turn off the cylinder (hot water tank) handle (please see attached photo arrow pointing), this way the house will no water flow at all, this is to prevent water/pipe leaking/burst which happened last...
  14. knoxy777

    Back boiler not heating downstairs

    We have dual heating, back boiler and oil. The oil will heat the immersion tank and all radiators but the back boiler will only heat the upstairs radiators and immersion. We only moved in a few years back with the system already installed and are not sure if it was designed to do this. There...
    • knoxy777
    • Thread
    • back boiler boiler heating
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Boilers
  15. dips31

    Ground floor heating not working.

    We shifted to a new house with 3 floors. The boiler is in the attic. We have problem with the ground floor radiators which is not heating at all. When we shifted a plumber removed one radiator in the ground floor we are not sure if that is the reason. Its a one pipe heating system. So many...
  16. 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
  17. S

    Tank leaking & heating losing pressure - solar water heater

    Hi, We have solar panels for our hot water, so we have the main water tank in the airing cupboard, plus a small pressurised (I think) tank. The smaller one has been leaking for several years leaving rusty water on the outside & on towels in the cupboard. The system also keeps losing pressure...
  18. dilligaf

    Grundfos Central Heating Pump Weak?

    Do central heating pumps lose their strength over several years and is it worth taking it apart and servicing it? Are the two seals either end 1 1/2 inch or 1 1/3 inch? What's the latest central heating pump should I need to replace mine (photo) like for like?
  19. S

    Banging heating pipe

    Hello everyone! I've spoken to my super a few times about the heating pipe in my bedroom, which makes a terrific amount of noise every time the heat comes on - a problem that does not affect the similar pipes in my kitchen or bathroom. He says it's normal and that nothing can be done, but I'm...
  20. M

    ufh heating on 20+ hours a day

    As above. Ideally it'd be less. This might be the wrong forum for the Q. But the system is actually working fine. the system is in the 15mm insulation boards above a tar subfloor. Are my next steps to start getting cavity wall insulation etc etc?
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