Recent content by arni

Hi Big-all, thanks for that link and the research you have done, much appreciated. The item I remember though was very much narrower and unobtrusive, one decorating shop I went in today remember it but have not seen it for many years Arni

Hi About 25 years ago I visited a house where the owner had just decorated throughout and noticed that on each convex corner he had a narrow transparent edging strip running from from ceiling to floor, to protect the wallpaper. Does anyone know if this is still available, what it is...

My Halstead Hero has never "locked out", should it? Arno

Hi Agile Mine is actually a Hero75, made a loud banging noises just before it cut out at the end of the first long heating run, would then be perfectly OK on the subsequent shorter runs until the room thermostat switched it off. The installer had never heard anything like it and referred it...

Heat exchanger in my Halstead needed replacement under warranty after only eighteen months, design fault! Arni

Many thanks for the advice, point taken re topic also Arni

Hi, when my boiler-Halstead Hero 75 was installed the chap said that as it was a low capacity boiler I should keep the pump switch to high, never any lower, I now have a Grunfos 15/60 and the boiler/system is much quieter since I turned the pump down to 2. The rads all heat up quickly and...

Thanks Chris The pump is two or three years old but runs very quietly and is on max. Chap is coming Monday for another look. May well suggest the cleaner you mention if no other positive ideas come forth. It was suggested it might be a circulation problem caused by the microbore, but we had...

Hi Chris Thanks for that, lots to think about. The pump is a 15-50, is that ok or should it be the 15-60. I forgot to mention in the earlier post that I have 9 rads and a towel rail. The valve thingy is a Drayton Mid Position Actuator MA1, does this sound ok Thanks for the help, Arni

Hi folks, hope someone can help me out I have a Halstead Hero75 boiler, almost out of guarantee. Since buying I had to have a new heat exchanger about 9 months ago, apparently there was a design fault in the original that was leading to loud banging noises which I was continually...

There is a very simple way of avoiding high charges, penalties etc from a bank. Stick to the agreement you made when you opened the account, signed up for the services. Pay on time, don't exceed limits, don't make withdrawals when there is no money and you won't get charged! Happy days!

Seems to be a lot of attempts at self justification going on here, not altogether successfully.

I had a leak somewhere in the system earlier in the year, pipes in a concrete floor and constantly having to bleed the radiators, sounds of air in the pipes. There were no signs anywhere, so plumber replaced hot water tank saying it could be perforated, still had to keep bleeding. Despite...

I had this problem a year ago, it was eventually traced to the programmer (Wickes) having gone wrong, about 5 years old.When replaced, all worked well again.

I have a Halstead Hero 75 boiler, installed about a year ago. It has recently developed an annoying problem, it has been recently serviced. When it fires up from cold it runs for quite a time and as the radiators get hot, it cuts out as I presume it is meant to. The problem is that about 4 or 5...