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    Advice on faulty water underfloor heating system

    Hello all and hope everyone is well, New to the forum and would be very grateful for any expert help. I live in a small flat that has underfloor heating zones in living, bedroom and bathroom. Unfortunately, the floor no longer heats up when I activate the bedroom and living room zones...
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    install new central heating system

    Hi All, I am very new to all this so forgive me if I am lacking alot of knowledge. Aiming to install a new central heating from scratch. Property details split over 3 floors 4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms open plan kitchen/lounge Current Installation assumptions install 8 rads in total running off...
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    Vertical Rad issue on a 1 pipe heating system

    Evening guys, Just wanted to pick some brains about an issue i'm currently having with a vertical rad on a 1 pipe heating system. Kitchen that has been converted into an open plan kitchen diner. We've taken out a large double rad and installed 2 single verticals in different locations. One rad...
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    Air source heating system

    In a new build, the air source heating valves have rusted and are leaking, water pressure keeps falling. The fluid is dark brown. The air escape valves are clogged up. Should all this happen in a 1 yr old system?
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    Heating system underfloor/hot tub

    Hi everyone. I have a problem that is beyond the skills of my plumber, I have 2x Shepherd huts in a field with a hot tub and underfloor heating. I would like to install an external log burner that would run the underfloor heating, heat the hot tub on a similar curcuit to the underfloor heating...
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    Problems with small bore pipe and an old central heating system

    The small bore pipe to 4 radiators was completely clogged up. One radiator stone cold , others barely luke warm. Those plumbers that bothered to quote said ‘power flush’ but would not guarantee any success. So I tackled it myself, ripped up the floor boards and traced back the small bore that...
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    S Plan heating system, heating coming on with hot water

    Hi Guys, Had a question about a S plan system. When customer turns on a hot water tap the boiler gets demand for heating as well and radiators heat up, the heating radiator sign (Vaillant Boiler) flashes on the boiler display screen. Customer has said it has been like this for a year. I have...
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    Can u bung cold tank 2 create a vacuum on single pipe heating system

    Need to adjust some pipework for new radiator but both the branches for old radiator came off the same pipe. Will this create a vacuum for me to move the tees further apart then rejoin up?
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    Whether to power flush a 40 year old central heating system?

    I’m currently looking into replacing my 20- year-old Ideal Classic FF 360 gas boiler in a 70s semi and have been getting various quotes for a condensing conventional boiler, as we don’t want a combi. The current boiler works well, we have it serviced every year via British Gas Homecare, but...
    • Tim Hardy
    • Thread
    • central central heating flush heating heating system power system
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
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    Slow leak on my pressured central heating system

    Hi, new to this forum. I hope someone experienced out there can help me find the fix. We recently finished a building project and had a major re-design/move of all of our hot water (megaflo), boiler and central heating system. I am not a plumber nor do I know much about plumbing but I know...
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    What heating system would you recommend

    Hi, I would really appreciate your thoughts, especially given the current climate we're living in. I moved in January to a property which only has storage heaters. It's a two bedroom detached bungalow and I'm only putting 2/3 of the storage heaters on at night, together with the immersion so we...
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    Problems with air entering central heating system

    Air entering central heating system and hot water pumping over into make up tank in artic when h/c control is switched on. There is no problem when only c/h is on! this situation as only occurred since replacing my Grundfos UPS2 with a UPS3 I have tried the pump on different speeds . On the box...
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    Cleaning central heating system

    Hello. We live in the UK and have an open vent CH system with a tank in the attic. Recently our hot water didn't work, so we called a gas engineer. He popped in , did tap a few pipes around water storage tank with a magic wound ( magnes ) and water started heating up. He said that some pipes...
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    What is this heating system

    I am trying to buy a house and it has this system installed. In pic . It’s a one bath house why does it have all that. It’s four bedroom house total heaters 12.what is this cylinder and what is that motor.do you think this house might have some water pressure problems.please guide Thanks. Nee
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    I Have a problem with my central heating system

    At the end of December 2021, I moved into a ground floor flat with a "wet" Central Heating system. It is fitted with a Sadia Electric Boiler (Amtec 9Kw), which is fairly new and has been checked very recently. The system works OK when the room stat is set a temps below 15degrees but if it is set...
    • Norman Levenson
    • Thread
    • central central heating heating heating system system
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
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    Help with replumbing leaking heating system

    I have a pdaily loss of pressure in a closed circuit system as noticed on the gauge at the filling point 2 bar to 0. After exhausting all the usual options it appears there’s a leak unground with no visual sign anywhere.I’ll have to re plumb the heating. The boiler feed and return pipes are...
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    Testing central heating system for sludge

    Is there a device where you can bleed the system water in to and look through it like a little tube and if you can see the circle at the bottom its clean. If not it needs flushing.
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    Complete central heating system setup - advice please

    Hi there, please help dont have a clue how to set this up. Ive recently installed a complete new central heating system in my house myself. The system is up and running and works okay but I feel it could work alot better if it were setup properly. Im not a plumber and really understand how parts...
    • phill bri
    • Thread
    • central central heating heating heating system system
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
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    Effect of pipe sizing in heating system

    Current system Danesmoor utility installed in outbuilding. Flow/return connections on the boiler are each 1.5" BSP then straight into 32mm copper for a run underground of approx. 20m to the house. Main pump at boiler is UPS 25-55. Proposal is to replace old boiler with Hounsfield Tuscan 26/30...
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    Is a pool heat exchanger suitable for a communal heating system?

    Hello all and Merry Christmas, We are in the process of planning the replacement of our 50-year old heating boiler serving a residential block of 12 flats with a total of 60 radiators. It is a vented single-pipe heating system, which has not been properly maintained, and we only recently...

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