I am not an RGI myself but once you have replaced the cover, how are you going to check for the subsequent leaking of any noxious gasses into your home?!
Hence all the concerned warnings & leading questions as to why you've chosen to remove said cover. You have to now get it checked by an RGI.
Is the fitting of a filter to the return pipe a pipe cutting etc. exercise?
I don't see a filter on there, but then again I would not recognize one if it jumped up and bit me on the ar$e.
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I see on the Fernox DS40 datasheet that 'black sludge' is otherwise called magnetite - which according to wiki is otherwise known as iron oxide, 'a naturally occurring magnetic mineral'.
NOW I know this is why magnetic filters are installed in systems. Learn something new every day!
Cheers...
Absolutely! Apart from the parts I've had off and cleaned (don't ask me HOW I cleaned them :oops: ), judging by the dirt on those parts, it's not too hard to image that level of grime existing on all other parts etc. within the boiler and indeed through the rest of the system.
Is that...
The house that this boiler is used in was purchased only 5 months ago. It was apparent from the second we moved in that there were problems with DHW and central heating.
It was immediately apparent upon looking at the exposed pipe work inside the boiler that there had been an on-going problem...
Hello,
This is the diverter valve removed from my Glow Worm 30cxi Condensing boiler:
It was the cause of many problems which I have now sorted out, but would like to keep it as a spare.
The failure of this valve was caused by a build-up of dirt which had caused the valve actuator...