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  1. A

    Separating Heat and Hot Water....???

    Hello Everyone, I've just taken over a property that I lived in with a relative, following his recent passing. Trying my best to enhance the heating system somewhat by simply wanting to separate the control of central heating and hot water provision and introduce some enhanced controllability...
    • Alfie MacLaren
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    • heat hot water water
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Plumbing Advice
  2. K

    Radiators won't heat up?

    We have a oil burner and recently got a back boiler stove plumber in. The pipes were already there for the stove but have been dormant for 8 years until I got the stove plumbed in. It created a massive air lock in the system. The radiators are ran on 2 loops (living area and bedrooms) I got the...
  3. V

    dripping from over flow pipe have a heat genie could it be stuck open

    After power cut boiler over heated, since then water is dripping from the over flow pipe. I have a heat genie could it be stuck open or dirt causing a drip? How do I stop it ?
  4. M

    Heat top half of tank

    Hi - I've got a dual element E7 vented hot water system. Currently, the immersion heater at the bottom heats the tank every night - assuming minimal hot water usage, it uses between 2 and 3 kWh every night. Thing is, I don't use much hot water - I have a dishwasher and electric shower - I...
  5. C

    Commissioning Engineer, Air Source Heat Pumps Needed - North Yorkshire

    Do you have some experience with Air Source Heat Pumps and are looking for your next role? Evergreen Energy are hiring for a Commissioning Engineer in North Yorkshire now! Please pm Cecile
  6. L

    1st post here,which type of oil boiler -sysytem or heat only.

    Hi everyone-im a first time poster and after some info on what type of boiler to fit to my repiped house. I have an old large house which has currently got a 70kw oil boiler with a single pipe system and pipework is approx 4 inch threaded steel-mega inefficient with school type radiators-the...
  7. O

    Heat gun or blowtorch?

    I'm thinking about replacing a radiator or two. This will almost certainly require some soldering, although not much. As a bit of a novice, but not a complete and utter idiot, I was planning to use Yorkshire fittings (and not only because my wife is from Yorkshire, although that helps!) and a...
  8. A

    cylinders, boiler stoves and heat genies. Advice please

    Hi, Moved in to 1980s bungalow in the last year. Doing renovations and manging things myself (I'm a qualified sparky -- clueless about plumbing until recently!)... New bathroom with all new domestic plumbing going in. Cylinder position is changing and new cylinder going in. Need to switch from...
  9. K

    Gas rate heat input breakdown

    Hi do we need to do a gas rate or heat input when doing a boiler breakdown? Thanks
  10. T

    sewer smell coming through heat vent

    Everytime my heat comes on I get a sewer smell coming through the air vents.
  11. N

    Heat pumps and pipework

    So with all the news about heat pumps I just started idly thinking about investigating in more detail. So I came here and browsed a bit and from what I understand heat pumps are just not going to work for me. I have two houses: Early 1980s, 4 bed detached, copper microbore pipework...
  12. Jock Spanners

    Can I heat a vented cylinder with an empty coil?

    Evening All, I've dug myself into a hole due to being too busy and there being shortages of kit. Basically the Megaflow unvented cylinder I ordered last year has been delayed for three weeks and I cracked on changing the boiler thinking I could at least instal the boiler. So I'd put in a...
  13. L

    Worcester Bosch FS 30 CDI not coming on demand for heat

    HI All, Weird problem with an FS30 CDI, The boiler does not come on when demand for heat (LR terminal) is on, but I can turn it on manually via the service menu. Heating controls all seem fine, but anyone seen an issue before where it doesn't seem to register the demand for heat and just stays...
  14. sawback

    Vitodens 100 WB1B - Hot water but no heat

    I have a 10-yr old Vitodens 100 WB1B. This fall a leak developed: the air separator located in the boiler above was leaking, and water dripped down and infiltrated the pump electrical housing in the Combi unit. This shorted out the Combi pump which then blew a fuse. I corrected the leak and...
  15. B

    Column radiators cost to heat house

    We have recently installed column radiators (stelrad regal) pretty much throughout our house during renovation/extension work. We choose steel radiators for the classic design. I knew they would contain more water than traditional radiators but that information isn’t really advertised and I just...
  16. A

    Bathroom radiator won’t heat up/manual valve

    Hello, Can anyone give any advice please? Our bathroom radiator won’t heat up. It’s a column radiator from Victorian Plumbing - only 2 years old - and has manual cross-head angled valves. it’s been like this for a while and we are trying to fix it. We’ve previously removed the radiator and...
  17. A

    Baseboard heat problemsThank you.

    Oil fired boiler is heating my cellar but not my first floor, I have hot water baseboard heat. Thank you.
  18. R

    Hot Water Heat - Help Needed

    Hi....I have an older 2 family house. It was built in the 50's and is clearly not the best insulated which when combined with the old steel frame casement windows makes it drafty in the winter. The downstairs is 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room, bath (1250sf. 10 ft ceiling) plus it has a...
  19. B

    Glow Worm Fuelsaver 40B Mk2 Heat Exchanger Kettling

    I have an old Glow Worm Fuelsaver 40B Mk 2 installed on the kitchen wall. In November, the heat exchanger began making a kettling noise. It’s done this before. In the past, simply draining and refilling the system to flush out loose deposits was enough to stop the noise. In November 2021, I...
  20. Cm19820

    Logic Heat 15 problem

    Hi all, having an issue with a Logic Heat Only. On a few occasions early this year the boiler was going to fault code L2/F2. The electrodes, gas valve, sump, syphon, and spark gen were replaced. All was well for a few weeks until it happened again, then the fan was replaced. All fine until now...

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