Recent content by andyscott

Assuming everything else is working ok you need to reduce the cold water flow into (and through) the boiler. There should be a valve on the cold water inlet or the hot water outlet to allow this. You should set the hot water on the boiler to maximum temperature and open a bath tap, and a bit...

From some calculations a replacement conventional boiler could just about be 18kw output. Would I be better to go for the next one up, a 24kw? This would give a quicker warm up and would be adequate even if the temperature was to go very low (eg below -10, I live in Scotland and it does get...

Thanks for the help guys, I thought I had the right type of cylinder but was puzzled by the single feed - I wasn't aware of the primatic type.

I plan to replace my boiler soon and am reading up on suitable boilers. My hot water tank is indirect with a coil inside it for the primary heated water to go through (excuse me if my terminology is not quite right), there is only one connection top and bottom for this coil. Looking at...