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I have a Worcester Bosch 24i boiler. It is fitted with the standard facia mounted 24 hour clockwork programmer and also a simple hard wired analogue room thermostat. I would like to be able to programme the heating over a 7 day cycle as I am often not at home for several days a week. Is...

Dave, I'm no professional but speaking as a layman cannot see anything wrong with your idea about put in enough antifreeze and do away with the froststat. Perhaps someone who is a professional can point out the flaw. I reckon that last years (mild winter) heating cost for our well...

My own boiler is a Grant outdoor module type. I think if you're fitting one of these it probably has a froststat already built in - mine certainly has. Seemed to work fine last winter though I did burn quite a lot more oil than with our previous conventional indoor boiler. I'm currently...

I have one of these boilers myself and contaced Fernox t ask why their antifreeze is so expensive. It was explained to me that automotive antifreeze is in no way suitable - if you have a leak in the immersion heater coil the water from the primary circuit can get into the domestic hot water...

Chris, I don't think this can be correct. The froststat in the boiler housing senses ambient temperature - not water temperature. Once the froststat calls for heat it overrides the programmer and roomstat and the boiler and pump run continuously with control being undertaken by the...

If it's any help - I had a similiar problem when I replaced a kitchen mixer. The new tap I fitted had 8mm flexible tails. Cold was OK but hot was hopeless. The cold supply is at mains pressure & worked OK. I am told that these types of taps are generally designed & are more suited for...

Last year I had our oil fired central heating boiler replaced with a Grant outdoor type. As it lives outdoors this boiler has a built in froststat to protect it in cold conditions. I suppose Grant err on the safe side & I found that the boiler ran whenever it was about 5deg C or colder - last...