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Thanks again. Forgot to mention its a Valiant EcoMax boiler, not sure if that helps at all?

Thanks for the replies so far - although I'm not sure if I'm being understood. What I'm wondering is whether I have a case to challenge whether the replacing of the foam that he is saying needs replacing has anything to do with the gas safety certificate. He said it did and that he couldn't...

Hi, Just a question regarding what is included in the landlord's gas safety certificate. I've just had one done, and am being charged £150 extra over the certificate fee to replace the foam insulation on the inside of the front cover. I'm being told that it needs replacing to provide air...

I think I may have a problem with my heating operation - my heating system (4 rooms, 4 radiators) seems to be taking longer than usual to heat up. So starting with the controller thermostat reading 13C in the morning it takes 2 hours to reach the thermostat set temp of 19.5C. On observing the...

Hi, Well eventually replaced both NTC sensors and seems to have fixed the problem with the boiler cutting out. The only problem that now remains is the fact that the hot water seems to take a lot longer to get hot than it used to, typically up to 2 mins for the shower or hot tap to get hot...

Its a silavent basic model. No model number on it that i can see, but looking at their website it looks like a 120 model...

Hi, I have a bathrom extractor fan that has stopped working as it got water in it (roof leak). I checked the 240V suppy to the fan, and that's ok. Also tried drying out the fan on a radiator for an hour, but still not working. Is there anything I can try to fix it. Or do i have to replace the...

Hi, well attempted to measure temp of flows, by simply touching a thermometer to the external pipe walls (bit crude i know). The temps seem about the same. I then put it all back together replacing the cable connector and the pcb cover... and it seems to be working pretty ok now. So I can only...

Hi, I checked the resistances of NTC1 and 2. When warm they both read 1.9k ohms and they both slowly increased to 17k ohms as the heating system cooled over several hours. Does this sounds normal? Should i just replace them both, or is there any other checks i should make beforehand...

Hi, Thanks for your help, and for coming back so soon. It's definately E13 and F23 codes. In terms of how old the boiler is I know it's older than 3 years (which is how long i've been in the flat). I will try to measure the NTC1 and NTC2 resistance, any idea what they should be cold? Thanks...

I have a problem with my boiler, and am not sure what the problem is. I get the error E13 most times I turn on the CH. After this error it turns itself off for 10 mins (this is normal i think) and the radiators start to cool. After it resets it works fine. Not sure if this is a problem is...

Thanks. Are there any diagnostic tests I can do to narrow down the problem. Or is it a case of biting the bullet with calling out an engineer?

Apologies for lack of reply - I was waiting for an email notification when there had been a reply to my posting. But I never got a notification. Oh well. Anyhow to answer the question the boiler is reading just over 2bar once the CH has been on for half an hour or so. Its definately E13...

I have a problem with my boiler, and am not sure what the problem is. Over the period of 4 - 7 days the system pressure drops to 1 bar and I have to top up the pressure. Also I get the error E13 most times I turn it on the CH. Not sure if this is a problem with the thermistor. Is this a...