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Morning all. Just wondering how much I should be expecting to pay to have a new boiler fitted. I have everything there in the airing cupboard including hot water cylinder and f/e tanks in attic. This would be remove the old and replace with new. Just a rough price please to install as I...

Hi, Looking at replacing my old boiler. Currently have a myson apollo fanfare with hot water tank in airing cupboard and 2 small tanks in attic. I have a family of 4 living in a 3 bedroom terraced house with 7 rads and 1 bathroom with a Trevi boost shower. Would I be better off with a combi or...

Myson apollo fanfare boiler. Help needed please. Turn on C/H and can hear motorised valve move, pump starts spinning and then very short fire up from boiler. After that initial fire up it won't fire up again. Turn on H/W, pump starts spinning but just won't fire up. Pilot light is on and no...

Hi all, I'm looking for advice on an old myson apollo fanfare boiler. Turn on either the hot water or central heating and it fires up no problem for several minutes and then stops. Fires up again for a few seconds then stops. Won't fire up again until I switch off and wait for the fan to stop...

Hi, Anyone offer any help on this. I've just removed the old tiled floor in the kitchen and it looks like the old tiles had been stuck down with some sort of bitumin type glue. I have solid concrete floors and I'm left with a sticky/tacky black mess. It's not very thick, just a very light...

Hi all, Has anyone used this flooring? What's it like, any good or a waste of money. It's not cheap at over £10/msq. Basically, it's a floating vinyl floor (not glued to floor) that's fixed together with a glued tongue and groove sort of fitting. laminate floor but in vinyl!! I'm looking...

Hi, Should the vent pipe that comes off the top of my hot water cylinder that bends into the tank in the attic be getting hot (to hot to touch)?? If not, what would usually be the cause of this getting hot?? No water seems to spill out from the overflow into the garden. I have condensation...

Hi, Fitted a new 3 port valve at the weekend and thought all was well, but not so. I cant have the CH and HW on together. If I turn off the power supply then the valve lever moves to rest at centre left. Turn power on and then select HW, lever will stay where it is and we get hot water...

Hi, I will be attempting to fit a new tower 3 port valve tommorow as a replacement for the old worn out one. This is a like for like exchange. Is there anything I must do, obviously I'll have to drain the system and shut the power but how far do I drain down? I can turn off the main feed and...

Hi all, I have independant HW and CH controlls/timer. This can be set to HW only or HW and CH together. The problem is that when the HW only is selected, whether this is on timed or constant, the upstairs rads get red hot but the downstairs rads remain cold. If HW and CH are selected...

Hi all,, just a quickie. The lever on the valve has resistence in one position and then just flops about from side to side in another position. I geuss this is knackered, am I right or should this do this? Thanks, Dave

Hi chaps, Myson Apollo Fanfare boiler trouble. Radiaters heat up in all rooms and work fine but no hot water to taps. All pipes are very hot either side of pump and going down to 3 way valve, pipes are still very hot either side of this valve and up to the storage tank. Pipe on top of tank...

Just like to say thankyou to all the people (namsag, nickso, grahamderek) to name a few who advised and diagnosed my boiler fan problem. Thanks for all your time and knowledge, you people certainly know your stuff. The problem was the fan timer board as most of you all said!! I have now...

re myson apollo 30/50s boiler fan problem. I have tested the fan wires(the two purple wires connected to fan) again with a multi meter. If I disconnect wires from fan and connect to meter individualy ie +prong on fan wire and negative prong to earth I have 240volts on one wire and near...

Hi all, Myson Apollo boiler not working. Any help/advise greatly appreciated. The pilot is alight. I can hear/feel the pump running but the fan doesn't seem to making any noise or spinning whatsoever. Any idea what I should replace to make this work again. I can't afford an engineers price...

Hi all, I have a myson appollo fanfare boiler. The problem with it is that it wont fire up. If it's switched to timed or constant you can hear the fan start, to me this tells me the timer is working and doing what it should. The fan runs freely and smooth. The pilot is alight. There is...

Hi all, new to the board. I,m looking for help with my boiler (myson apollo). All worked fine until we had a power cut. The problem I'm now having is that it wont fire up. The pilot light stays alight. If I start from scratch and turn off all electrical switches (mains, timer, boiler off)...