Domestic Hot Water flow restrictor position - help required

[fmgent]

Hello,

I'm having trouble with my hot water flow to the taps in my house, I'm relatively certain it's the flow restrictor. When I watched the guy pipe it in I remember him dropping it in but I can't for the life of me remember where it went. I've had several unsuccessful attempts at locating & removing it. I've been told that it was on the hot water out bend (2nd from the right) but I had that out and it wasn't there. Also had the cold feed bend out and there's a non-return in there but as far as I can tell no flow restrictor...

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction, I've taken a picture of the boiler for reference.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I've tried to upload a picture of the feed pipes if that helps, thanks

Boiler feed pipes

• fmgent
• 12 Jan 2011
• 1

Where's the flow restrictor at?

Boiler feed pipes

• fmgent
• 12 Jan 2011
• 1

Where's the flow restrictor at?

Boiler feed pipes

• fmgent
• 12 Jan 2011
• 1

Where's the flow restrictor at?

 

[Stamina]

go to vokera website

 

[fmgent]

And then what? arrange for them to come and install a full new boiler? It's a sales website not a technical help website. Someone will have experience in such issues and perhaps they can give me a helping hand.

Your comment isn't productive at all, infact, why did you even respond? It's like saying "I don't know" if everyone on the site commented with such replies there would be pages and pages of useless comments...

Can anyone please point me in the right direction? If not I don't need to know that you can't, if you can I would like to read a post from you.

Thanks in advance

 

[Stamina]

why do you want to find the flow restrictor?

 

[nickso]

it's in the connection above the left hand manifold. follow the pipe from the flow switch until it hits brass, undo that connection and it's there.

 

[fmgent]

Left hand manifold? You are referring to the pipe second to the right, correct? I've had the elbow out completely so from the copper pipe feeding at the back to connection at the base of the boiler just as it goes through the casing into the unit itself.

Do you mean the restrictor is inside the case of the boiler or are you saying it's accessable from the underneath?

Sorry to sound stupid but as I say I have had the elbows out already.

Also what flow control valve are we talking about? The filling loop valve?

Cheers

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Iv'e looked at all 3 photos' and cant "spot the difference" how many are there, is there a prize for who finds them ?

 

[45yearsagasman]

I don't recognise the exact model (?Linea maybe) but if you go to Vokera's main site you can download the manual for your model for free.It includes some very good exploded diagrams of components,and you may find what you want.

 

[fmgent]

The model is a Syntesi, think they are now discontinued. I've looked at the installation manual and from what I can see the flow restrictor is on the inlet to the seconday heat exchanger.

I've flipped open the boiler panel and I can indeed see the nut I'd need to undo to get to where it says it is, however it's very tight in there and I doubt if I loosened the nut I'd be able to retighten it let alone get a flow restrictor out. It's all packed in there so tight I couldn't even get my hand in...

Would I have to dismantle parts of the boiler to get to it? This is getting ridiculous

 

[fmgent]

Also I'm not happy my username has been changed from fistmegently... what's all that about?

 

[WabbitPoo]

Disregarding your last question......back to your original question: was the flow always rubbish or has it changed recently? If the former, why did u not get the plumber to sort it? If the latter, what has been done to the system? Poor flow (if your cold feed pressure is OK) seems weird, unless the boiler i garbage to start with...I am not a plumber but jut trying to use some common sense.

 

[45yearsagasman]

Also I'm not happy my username has been changed from fistmegently... what's all that about?

Are you serious about that? This is a public forum and what you get up to in the privacy of your own home is not what this site is about.
Well done to Mods,and if you don't like it ....go forth.

 

[nickso]

The model is a Syntesi, think they are now discontinued. I've looked at the installation manual and from what I can see the flow restrictor is on the inlet to the seconday heat exchanger.

I've flipped open the boiler panel and I can indeed see the nut I'd need to undo to get to where it says it is, however it's very tight in there and I doubt if I loosened the nut I'd be able to retighten it let alone get a flow restrictor out. It's all packed in there so tight I couldn't even get my hand in...

Would I have to dismantle parts of the boiler to get to it? This is getting ridiculous

best phone someone in then as this isn't a difficult part to remove.

 

[gasbanni]

http://www.vokera.co.uk/trade-professionals/manuals-literature/#discontinued

Download your boiler model, its all on there if you want to do it yourself !

6:19 rings a bell !

 

[fmgent]

You taking the ****? It "isn't a difficult part to remove"?

If that's the case why would I need to call someone in?

The flow was good to start with and gradually got worse, I have descaled the boiler but if anything it made the flow slightly worse. I'd guess because the partially restricted flow restrictor has probably gotten more clogged up with the freed off scale.

Family forum? Is this where young kids hang out these days is it, on a DIY forum? And there was me thinking they were more into facebook and myspace. Fist me gently isn't rude unless you think rude thoughts. Other things that aren't offensive unless you want them to be are: teabag me, spocking is fun, Cleveland steamer or dirty Sanchez. All as crude as you imagine them to be. Get a grip.