Recent content by charlie_parker

Hi, I've got to replace some angled lockshield valves that are leaking. The valves are straight but the heads come off at an angle a bit like a Y, if you know what I mean. Any idea what these are called. cheers

Trianco TRO 15/19 Charlie

I've just cleaned the soot out of my boiler (baffles etc) and the manual suggest I wash baffles and internal casing with rust proofing. Any idea what I can use? All the things I would normally use to rustproof are oil based and would be burned off during the first firing as well as stink the...

Hi, I've noticed on new floor boards stocked in B & Q, Wickes etc have two cuts the whole length of the board (like tramlines) on what would be the back of the board. Any idea what the idea of this is? I was going to use boards to make a door but can't due to these lines. :( cheers...

When I was a boy you could buy sheets of softboard. It was a fibre type board that was handy for notice boards and the like as it was easy to get a drawing pin in. Seems the nearest I can get now is mdf, not quite the same. Anyone know where I can get some? Thanks in advance Charlie

yes welling up cold feed pipe not pumping over. Turned pump up to 2 and 3 and apart from bigger gulp from tank when pump switched on, not much difference. Tank gets a little warm, but I guess its bound to if the 1/23 of the system volume is expanding into the tank. Where else could it go...

cold feed on the left (15mm) and vent on the right (22mm) and pump definately correct Charlie

see picture at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/charlieparker45/CharlieParkerSBoilerLayout/photo#5162451480259440914 pump not upsidedown and the stat was installed by previous occupant Charlie[/url]

I noticed the conflict between J.Mac and other diagrams but chose to go the J.Mac way! Well I've just changed it and after 10minutes I peered into the tank and can still see hot water swirling in from the feed pipe. Doesn't appear much and have reduced the level to see if the water is rising...

Hi Guys, Oil boiler (18 yrs old) ground floor I've just shifted my cylinder out of the loft into the bathroom cupboard (first floor). While I was at it I fitted a mid pos valve etc and now have a Y-plan system. Had difficulty positioning pump as room restricted so run feed from bolier...

150w - and you're right the instructions doesn't mention this. A customer wants to be able to have a normal pir controlled light but be able to switch it when he goes away so it comes on after dark. Not sure if the photocell overrides the pir. charlie

When i double switch a pir light it stays on until a) its switched again b) dawn if i double switched, say before I went on holiday, would the light come on at dusk every evening until I returned? Or would it reset itself after the first night? thanks a lot

The flue pipe on my oil boiler is sealed with asbestos string. What is used instead of this these days? Thanks Charlie

51-65,000 btu

Just moved into an old farmhouse and need some advice. The oil boiler is a little antiquated, as is the system, which is tubed in plastic pipe due to the acidity of the private water supply. Appears that it is a gravity system with pumped c/h with primary flow and return coming off...