Recent content by dfairclough1

Thanks for the replys. I think perhaps I may be worrying unnecessarily but just about to have new kitchen installed and wouldn't want to start trying to upgrade the gas pipe after the units are fitted. newgasinstaller - Never said I could do a better job. I needed a Veissmann approved...

Gas4you - Yes they are elbows not bends. I hadn't even counted the bends.

CompHeat - Thanks for that - Should have mentioned, not a combi - Heat only boiler on a Y-Plan system.

Yerinho - The only paperwork I have are a Gas Safety Inspection sheet and the comissioning checklist. No pressures are filled in on either - only the gas rate of 1.86m³/hr. Also on the Central Heating Mode - measure and record box he has a Central heating Flow Temp of 20°C and a Return...

I'm looking for some advise from any gas fitters out there. We had a new boiler fittted last month (Veissmann 100 compact 19kW) along with a replacement gas pipe. No problems with the boiler looks and works fine. Bit concerned with the sizing of the gas pipe though. It was installed...

Despite my best efforts to convince my wife to keep our Mexico FF460, she's decided to replace it with a dish washer ! Therefore need a wall mounted boiler to connect to the existing Honeywell Y-Plan. Apart from the boiler rest of system is only about 5 years old - all new rads with TRVs, HW...

Been planning on changing our existing floor mounted Ideal Mexico (FF460) for a wall mounted condensing boiler. Short list is as follows :- Veissmann 100W Compact (18Kw Heat Only) Vaillant Ecotec plus 418 Worcester 18Ri Glow Worm 18 HXi (Which from what I've gleaned from these pages is...

BingoBongo - HW Tank is off upstairs landing approx 3.5m horizontally from the boiler which is in kitchen on the ground floor. Pump , Mid Posn Valve , Bypass Valve and programmer are all located with the HW tank in the airing cupboard. Currently only connections to boiler are Gas, Flow /...

Apologies if this has been done to death elsewhere - Looking for some advice on changing our boiler. Current set up is an Ideal Mexico FF460 Floor Standing boiler which was originally on a HW gravity feed. I installed a pump and converted it to Y-Plan about 4 year ago. HW tank was found to...