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Had my CH drained, treated and refilled 2 years ago. Once back on, the system was bled a few times, the auto air valve or whatever it is did work as expected for large pockets of air. After the first year, i bled the radiators, which i only really have to do once or twice a year, but when i...

Rads giving coffee brown water. Had our system flushed 2 years ago, first with a strong cleaner, believe he used x800. Flushed twice. Then had 2 bottles of x100 and 1 bottle of x200 added. Think there are about 21 rads. Not thought to check in a while, as its getting cold, checked for air...

Hi I need some more space in the garage and I'm wondering if I can move the garage door forward. Currently they are fitted on the inside of the garage. Therefore no flush with the brickwork. Can I move them forward to be flush with the brickwork and therefore inside the aperture? Moving...

I've narrowed down the pump noises I'm experiencing to being exclusively related to heating the hot water tank. I used have an overlap of heating hot water and central heating but I've since separated the timings and it seems better this way but I noticed it's the hot water is the cause of...

Still trying to tackle issues of - running water noises through the boiler - trickling noises through the boiler - gurgling sounds usually when turning on - pump making fizzing noises - potentially cavitating in the pump The pump has been tried on 1 and 2 with no difference apart...

Would epoxy putty be suitable for this tiny leak? I only get a few beads of water but I was thinking of cleaning up the pipe and applying some of this putty. Sound ok? It's a mains feed to dhw cyclinder. Thanks

Decided to re-balance after putting in a new pump. This 12 year old house has plenty of inconsistencies, the flow and return are randomly assigned on each radiator. I am wondering why on the radiators where the TRV is on the return, why does the flow valve click? It is not a plasterboard...

Anyone very familiar with this range of boiler? It's an old one, fitted around 12 years ago. I am trying to determine if I have a flow / blockage issue or if it's normal to cycle so soon and often. After it comes in it last around 15mins before stopping. Finger touch the flow seems to have...

I am having a problem with our boiler which is rapidly clicking and cutting out. It is an ideal classic ff380. The pump is a grundfos 16-50 (130) and this system serves 20 radiators, 70% of the radiators have trvs. If I set the pump to 3 it rarely cycles, system gets up to temp but...

All sorts of CH issues in our new house since moving in last year. 3 storey and about 20 rads from ideal classic ff380. TRV's on all rads on 1st and 2nd floor (apart from landings). No TRV's on all rads on ground floor. Issue is, once all TRV's are closing / closed the boiler begins to...

How do I adjust the hot water temperature on my megaflo 210L? The manual suggests it's calibrated to 60c from manufacturer and that the dial 1-5 is possibly the immersion. Is this dial immersion or for the cyclinder. I don't know how to check it's at 60c ideally I'd like it a tad hotter...

Hello I'm looking for some advice on a knocking boiler. The boiler is most likely kettling I think. Within a couple of mins the ideal classic ff380 begins kettling. The system was drained last year and the system water was clear. I've drained a bit off and still clear. I still hear...

This Ideal Classic FF380 is rapidly clicking randomly. This only happens on pump speed 3. The video starts and the boiler has already cut out and is warm/hot. Typical symptoms are the boiler can be happily running and then suddenly start clicking rapidly, sometimes cutting out. Boiler...

Our ideal classic ff380 was installed incorrectly 8 years ago when the house was built. We moved in recently discovered this and since had the pipes swapped over. Perfect now, loads of nice warm heat, quickly. However, even before the pipe swap we had an interesting clicking from the boiler...

I've got fed up reading the meter and I'm trying to set up the system to use as little gas as possible now our boiler is fixed. It's an old ideal classic ff380 non condensing. 20 rads and a 15/60 pump serving a 5 bed 3 storey. Heating is on from 6am to 11pm, wall stat auto adjusts the...

I'm surprised to find the lockshields fully open on most of the radiators I checked, if not all. I have 20 rads and most I checked had the lockshield fully open The system is 8 years old and trvs on the return on some. I know this shouldn't makea difference Why would the lockshields be...

My boiler seems to be short cycling and could possibly be due to air lock. I can hear trickling inside. The house is a 5 bed, 3 storey with an Ideal Classic FF380 on the ground floor with the megaflo and pump on the middle floor. With 20 rads i suppose it was assumed the pump needs to be on...

Moved house and now we have an ideal classic ff380 + megaflo 210L We have noticed some mornings the hot water is only luke warm. The hot water stat is set to 60c and timings are 20mins morning and 40mins evening when we normally take showers. In our old house this was sufficient for...

Is it normal for this boiler to do the following CH thermostat requests heat - then sequence of events Boiler running time: 8mins Rest: 30sec Boiler running time: 5mins Rest: 40sec Boiler running time: 3mins Rest: 40sec - 1min Then Boiler running time: 2min Rest ...

Hi just moved into a new house Ideal classic has been in for a few years, if not 8 years. Some strange behaviour, our old potterton was balanced flue, this is fan but we have noticed it shutting off after about 7-10mins for around 3 mins before lighting up again. Is this so it can regulate...