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    Overheat Lockout? If so, will it reset itself?

    Hi all. Can anyone give me a bit of advice? Glow-worm Flexicom cx range combi boiler, 18 months old, serviced a week ago and apparently clean and tidy. CH stopped after a couple of hours of working nicely. Hot water working fine. I have the idiot's guide, and that gives a total of two...
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    Lead flashing split - is flashing tape too much of a bodge?

    Hi all. First, sorry if this has been covered a million times already. I did search a bit! I have a gulley between a slate roof and a wall which has a large-ish area of lead flashing in it (about 2m by 0.5m?). This has developed a couple of ridges, one of which has a crack in it which is...
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    Kettling - should I switch off?

    Hi all. Could I impose on your expertise? My boiler starts to kettle after an hour or two of operation, and I'm working my way through de-crudding the system (de-sludge under way, de-scale to follow) but it's pretty damn cold at the moment, so I'd like to run it quite a lot. (the system...
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    Gas boiler CO - just a service? Really?

    Hi all. Our elderly gas boiler is behaving disgracefully (burning yellow), so a nice chap from National Grid came round, stuck an 'Immediately Dangerous' notice on it (on account of the CO possibility [p.s. I have a CO detector, no probs detected]) and put a disc in the meter outlet. I...
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    Immersion heater wiring - stop me doing something silly!

    Hi all. Amateur, fair concept of mains electricity, but also some idea of my limitations.... Anyway, I've stuck an immersion heater into my hot water cylinder (thanks to the folks on the plumbing forum) and got a timer in place and ready to go, but have realised I'm an idiot and should...
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    Stuck immersion heater boss - digging out fibre seal

    Evening all. You're such a helpful lot, I was wondering if I could trouble you again. I have a very old hot water cylinder which has never had an immersion heater fitted (I now know why), and I was going to treat it to one - the other half thinks not having hot water in summer is a bit...
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    Indirect hot wtr tank: Rads hot, hot water tap cold! SOLVED

    Apologies if I'm an idiot, but I'm learning not to be. My central heating circulation pump died, most probably because of all the crap in the system (cleaning/flushing the system is my next project!). I replaced the pump and the two valves either side, which meant that I had to drain the...
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