Recent content by booyakka

thanks for that prompt response but what does BBU stabd for

Hi All My mum has just had a wall knocked through from the living room to the dining room, there are gas fires in both rooms each with its own chimney and a back boiler in the living room, We are getting the gas fire removed from the dining room and the chimney blocked off. 2 Qustions :- 1...

Hi Chris the valve is about 3 inches above the bottom of the cylinder, i can drain the large header tank in the loft via the shower, i was wondering do you think if i blocked off the vent in the loft and closed all the hot water taps, then remove the gate valve would the water suspend itself...

Hi, I shut the hot water off today with the gate valve that feeds the cylinder, changed the bath taps went to turn the gate valve back on and nothing the red handle just keeps turning i think the spindle may be broken, so i thought just replace the gate valve only when i came to drain the...

i have now turned the CH dial on the boiler to just below auto i still get the noises on intial start up but then it stops but after a while i get slurping and hissing noises coming from the heat exchanger area do you think there is still air trapped, i must have bled the pump about 15 times now

bled pump using big fat screw but only water came out no air did this 4 or 5 times still not cured the fault, this is not a new installation i think the boiler is about three years old was in the house when we moved in

how do i bleed the pump i cant see any bleed nipples also the dust cap on the aav shuold it be closed when normally working

hi paul thanks for yuor quick reply,when you say open the AAV i can see a small screw cap is this what i need to open ? i didnt metion earlier that the DHW is working fine,

Hello, can anyone help in the last week i treated my CH with kilrock cleanser and limescale remover (i could hear the scale in the pipes moving when the boiler fired up) but now my boiler comes on for only a few minutes making loud noises before shutting itself off, i have checked the pump and...