Recent content by Dave2001

My boiler has been short cycling (about 2mins on then 2 mins off repeatedly), after much pain and anguish I have found there is a filter immediately before the boiler on my system (looks a bit like a upside down Y shape) The element was very clogged up so I cleaned it and put it back in...

Just been playing with the bypass valve, I can eliminate the noise by opening it a little but then the furthest radiators don't work :-( Seems to be something to do with the flow. Would noise reducer do any good or is that just for the actual boiler itself? Only other thing I can think of is...

The motorised valve seems ok, I've checked it out and it seems to divert as expected. The hall radiator doesn't have a TRV, it has a room thermostat instead. There is a manual bypass. But I haven't touched that, it is just a tap, I could try turning that on a bit more I guess but then I...

:lol: My wife is more of a "nagging" noise to be honest when I won't put the heating on. Of course it's even worse now there's another noise :( Thanks for the suggestion but what do you mean by check any zone valve is operating correctly? Do you mean the motorised valve? Or the bypass...

Hi, I have a "brrrrr"ing noise coming from my heating. However, this has only occurred since I drained down the system and installed new TRVs and Lockshields on all the radiators. It is a sealed pressurised system and I cannot work out why it has suddenly started doing it since being...

Thanks for the reply. Its the Greenstar 24Ri which I don't think has an internal pump (I just looked at the Worcester website and couldn't find one in the installation). Nice idea though.

Hi, I'm having major problems with my heating and came across this forum and you guys seem to really know your stuff. I recently had some plumbers in to fit a new Worcester Greenstar boiler to my open vented system. The old boiler was in the kitchen and the new one is in the garage, about an...