Recent content by duggie121

Derek, not sure what type of valve youve fitted to the top of the cylinder? if its a surrey flange lm sure the shower should be fed from the lower outlet? its possible for air to be drawn down the vent pipe, the shower for safety reasons (scalding) will cut out if there is insufficient...

Cheers Tony, anyone recommend a good descaling product? Has anyone removed the boiler water jacket and carried out a concentrated clean just on the jacket? Duggie

checked water in the tank (loft) seems to be brownish colour with what can only be descibed as a scum on top, this weekend l'll drain it down and descale and add a cleaning agent, i only cleaned it out last yr when i changed the radiator in the bathroom. The boiler is about 12yr old so maybe the...

Yep, checked pump, the noise is definitely coming from the boiler, noise is like a hissing sound, if i increase the pump speed the noise is quieter but still present.

Hi, suffering from noisy boiler (baxi solo 2 40pf), the noise is similar to a toilet cistern, noise travels through the radiators, ive bleed the system so pretty sure it isnt air, now tempted to half drain the system and add some discaler, any views or ideas...