Recent content by danhar707

So just wondering what kind of setup this type of open fire back boiler was designed and sold for. Maybe only for direct heating of DHW? (which i recall my parents house had years ago.)

I recently posted about some weird observations relating to my open-fire's back boiler. E.g. pipes in side of chimney brest getting warm when C/H on but no fire going! //www.diynot.com/forums/plumbing/back-boiler-pipes-getting-warm-without-fire-on.356478/ Anyway... mystery solved. The...

Should have mentioned.... its an oil-fired boiler. Myson Velaire Vitesse with B9 burner to be precise. The backboiler is on the open coal fire in the lounge. There's a little lever in the chimney throat which you swing to the left to make flames go up the back to heat the water in there.

Hi all, Got a C-plan setup (gravity-fed DHW, tank-stat + 2-port valve and pumped CH.) There's a working back boiler on the lounge's open fire and I've got something a bit wierd going on. (Or maybe its normal.) Now, by 'working', I mean if you set a roaring fire, after an hour or so you can...

Just to close this out.... boilerman2 had it right! Note: The joker who originally took a look and quoted £500 to supply and fit a new fan/motor was sent by my father in law who runs a general contractor firm. (The guy was accidentally overpaid a few £k on a job, so it was agreed he'd take a...

Hi, Our 20yr old Myson Velaire Vitesse boiler started tripping out (orange button lit up on control box.) Pressing the button gets it going again for ~5mins or so, then cuts out again. Have had a heating engineer in and he tells me it needs a new fan. He mentioned something about a pressure...