Recent content by baldeage

Hi, Yes kind of get what you mean, I emptied the system of air and even de-pressurised the pressure vessel before re-pressurising it with slightly over the 0.8 bar suggested, up to now everything is very good, we have hot water again and the heating now comes on in the morning on the timer...

where did you get 90% of fixes are DIY jobs from? I did not say that! I am not an RGI and would not have even attempted a repair with anything gas related,the repair was purely water/pressure. I actually said that 95% of the symptoms of my past problem are attributed to the DHW valve...

I am sorry, it seems I have rattled a cage with my posts, I really did only give the run down on a possible/likely repair because this particular problem seems endemic to this boiler type and from what I have read in all the previous research I did on here and the other forums, other people had...

Hi, I wouldn't really call it luck to be honest, I spent quite some time on this and other forums researching the problems I had,collated the information I gained and decided that because it seems 95% of the historical problems concerned with this make of boiler are caused by the DHW...

Hi and happy new year, I did keep a bowl underneath it for a while after completing but I have ran the boiler up and down at varying temperatures and times quite a bit now and have no leaks at all, but I didnt really expect any other leaks other than from the 3 pipes I undid, I didnt touch...

ALPHA CB 24/28 BOILER. Hi all, I had some trouble with my Alpha cb24/28 boiler over the past few months, firstly the boiler lost pressure when the heating was switched off and we had to refill it using the water fill loop before switching the heating back on,it was then usually ok for the...

forgot to mention that there are other reasons your heating/hot water are not working but with this boiler Alpha cb24/28 then these symptoms and the repair I have outlined are 95% common with this boiler and seem to happen approx every three years-ish, so it is a good place to start and easy...

ALPHA CB 24/28 BOILER. Hi all, I had some trouble with my Alpha cb24/28 boiler over the past few months, firstly the boiler lost pressure when the heating was switched off and we had to refill it using the water fill loop before switching the heating back on,it was then usually ok for the...