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    Can you come checkout the forums in general, and give me some feedback please?

    Hi Dan, Thanks for reducing ads. For a while I was confused by "Search forums" disappearing into "What's new?" but now I know where it is, all plain sailing! How far back do the posts go now? I got the feeling you had archived some. I know they can't go on for ever, but they can be useful...
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    Vaillant echTEC Plus 838H over pressurising

    If constantly filling through the loop it would rise to 3 bar (assuming you have 3 bar on the main) whether heat on or not, then discharge through prv causing pipe to drip. Loop should be left disconnected and capped to prevent this. Deflated or ruptured expansion vessel usually causes wide...
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    What is causing water hammer in my flat?

    How old is the block of flats? What makes you think you have a separate riser? That should mean less noise from neighbours and exact point of connection below is not likely to make much difference. Hearing neighbours turning off taps is common but that's a brief sound. Banging in pipes more...
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    Pumping over

    There are rules. Send in a drawing.
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    Power Flushing Central Heating

    If your unit is a reliable one then full advice will be available from the manufacturer, make sure you follow it carefully.
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    Boiler problem

    Does the boiler make a gurgling noise while it's running? If so, condensate water may be backing up into it and it would be wise to get an engineer to check. Eventually the boiler should go off.
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    Why so many Popup Ads

    Agreed. Ads persist even though I pay a subscription. Have written to Lou about it 😀
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    Wind affected short cycling boiler

    Hi Paulyone The "E" after Modena 80 means that the ignition is electronic so it doesn't have a pilot light. (Even if it did and the pilot light blew out you would have to relight it before it would light the burner again). How long have you had the boiler? Have you seen it work on windy days...
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    What happened to stop valve and hot water?

    Well BobbyJoe we are not dermatologists! The only thing I can think of is chlorine which is commonly added to mains water - if there is a large amount (eg early in the morning) you can often smell it at the kitchen tap. But I can't see how it would be anything to do with the work as it is...
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    What happened to stop valve and hot water?

    Hi again Bobby Joe Are you in Scotland? In a 6 in a block it was normal to have six galvanised tanks in the roofspace one for each flat and as you rightly say your flat has been converted to an all mains fed supply earlier than the rest because it was a bought flat. The reason you have so many...
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    What happened to stop valve and hot water?

    Just read your post and replies from this morning. Even if your pipework wasn't touched the rerouting of the main in the roofspace could easily result in what you described. Not sure why it's a massive issue? You are better off than before with a stopcock for the main pipe going into the combi...
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    What happened to stop valve and hot water?

    Were the water tanks in the roofspace above you? Presumably one of the 5 flats is your neighbour on the top floor? So there is likely to be pipework up there even if only the top floor flats had tanks up there. When tanks are removed it is common to connect the main to the cold pipe which...
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    Boiler thermostat issue

    Can you supply make and model of boiler and model of esi thermostat please?
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    Hello from Romania. Young old person intrested in the past.

    If you are trying to fit old plumbing fittings you need to be careful of a few things, for example an old tap may look good on the outside but be corroded or worn inside. Our older heating systems worked by gravity and have been superseded because they were inefficient.
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    Hello from Romania. Young old person intrested in the past.

    What is it you are looking for Stefan? At that time most of our domestic plumbing was lead which cannot be used nowadays and domestic heating was rare as we didn't have district heating systems on the scale used in Eastern Europe. Most people just had a coal fire, sometimes it heated the hot...
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