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Had the same problem as yourself. The Original O-ring is quite thin. I fit a smaller metric 16x2.5 and stretched it just enough to fit and with a little coaxing the plastic piece popped into place. Rotary Temperature dial is now a little stiffer to turn but no more leaks and water pressure...

An inline gauze type filter that I can just isolate and clean out myself from time to time sounds ideal. Tried searching for inline central heating filter but coming up with all sorts . Any chance you can share a link to exactly the type of product you mean as I'm still really unsure of what...

Thanks for pointing out this filter. It actually looks like it works. Found this

I think I'm going to remove each radiator and manually flush each with the garden hose method then use some corrosion inhibitor in the system. I'll be getting the magnaclean removed and the spirotrap mb3 installed. Hopefully this will do a better job of trapping the magnetite flakes that...

Its hard to tell as they were fitted before I moved into the house. They don't appear to be rusty anywhere on the outside so I'm assuming not too old. I have considered having them replaced (I only have 5 , in a two bedroom house) and am getting a quote early next week.

The flakes are definately magnetic as they stuck to a strong Neodymium magnet I have. The annoying thing is I removed the magnaclean core and they stuck to that too although clearly in situe in a running system they did not, not a single flake :( Yes, the magnaclean is installed correctly in...

Had a veismann combi boiler fit 3 years ago along with a magnaclean 2 pro and kept up the servicing. At the weekend the boiler failed due to the smaller heat exchanger being blocked with small shards of magnetic material causing an F2 Burner fault. Despite it not really being a Boiler Issue...

I wish to completely replaster my "Out-house" and intend to Dry wall directly onto the brickwork and wooden ceiling. As it may get a little damp in there will I need to Pva the plasterboard first ? Also, How long does the dry wall adhesive take to set roughly ? Thanks