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Thanks John - that's good news.

Hello, I've been offered a Neff D9630 cooker hood which has been used in recirculating mode but I would want it to vent outside. The model seems to be usable in either mode but I wondered if vital parts for venting might have been thrown away when first mounted. The current owner doesn't know...

I'll have to get someone in to look at it. I wish it would go wrong reliably so that I don't get into a position of paying engineers to scratch their heads and replace parts on a 'suck it and see' basis. Vaillant say I should get 'my engineer' to call their technical advise line on site. Thanks...

Thanks for your reply mickyg. It was serviced exactly 2 years ago. The burner door was not replaced at that time but there is a sticker saying that it has been changed though the date wasn't filled in. The heat exchanger was replaced by a Vaillant engineer under guarantee back in 2006 a few...

Hello. I have an ECOMax 18E condensing boiler on which the burner periodically starts switching off and on rapidly - about every second. It does this for several minutes and then shuts down followed by an increasing noise of the fan. After a while the burner will relight and often do the same...

Is this the type you're thinking of? Does the circular 'lid' come off?

I was afraid that's what it meant

I understand 'bung it' now - What does 'snatch it' mean?

Does 'bung it' mean freeze the pipe on the motorized valve side?

Any advice please? The COMAP air release valve in the photo has been leaking from the top. It used to hiss from time to time but no more. Can it be serviced or replaced without partially draining the system if I shut that gate valve on the cylinder outflow pipe and set the system so the...