Recent content by DaftGeordie

Hi, Hope you can help, getting to my wits end with this one... We have a positive, vented system (cold water tank in the loft) with a Salamander shower pump (1.5 or 2 bar I think) powering two showers. The pressure used to be superb but recently its less than it was. The pump is still...

Thanks again for the info - all makes sense when you hear from someone who knows what they're talking about. Needless to say, I've cancelled the cheque...

Thanks for the prompt reply guys - as predicted, there's water very slowly dripping from the "circular brass lump" onto the "chocolate box" connectors and wires below. Electricity and water? Hmmm... Is there a fix for this or do I need a new brass lump? (Sorry if I'm getting technical)...

Hi, I've got a problem with my Potterton Combi 100 in that it is tripping the RCD on the electrics breaker box. The background is that in the last couple of weeks the RCD has been tripping on an irregular basis, sometimes once a day, sometimes 5 times in 10 minutes. To isolate the...

Sorry to bother you again Fitz, can I balance with the CH on? My simple mind says this: - turn on CH, set all TRVs to the same setting e.g 4 - starting with the furthest from the boiler check temp if too high close lock valve a bit, otherwise open it - repeat for each rad and then iterate...

Love your work Fitz - it's now Bahamas in the Basement! I've prolly got a job to balance all the rads to get even heat through the house, but I'm much better off than I was before. Thanks again.

Thanks for the quick reply Fitz. Do you mean just turn the TRVs off on the other rads?

I had this problem a couple of months ago with our combi (not a glow worm). My problem was that the fan/pump was not spinning at a fast enough speed to allow the ignition to light the gas (there's a computer in there managing all this stuff). A bit of WD40 worked for a couple of months...

Hi, Sorry to post *another* sob story about freezing in one part of the house, but any suggestions gratefully accepted. Here's the deal: - Rad in basement, possibly furthest from boiler - Combi boiler, so I'm assuming a closed system - rad has a lock value on one end and a thermo value...