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Hi everyone, Thank you all for taking the time to reply. I've now been round all the cold taps in the house and I just cannot get it to happen again. Sort of. After I'd tested all the taps a couple of times, I did notice this - I had the cold tap on in the utility room and as I turned...

Wow - thank you for the quick reply! I think it is an EcoTec model - I will post the model number when I get home. I'm pretty sure that the pre-heat option is turned off but I will double-check this also. The Flame symbol doesn't appear on the boiler's LCD display when it happens. I'm...

Hi, We had a complete new central heating installed about 2.5 years ago now with a Vaillant combi boiler. Everything seems to be working fine but I have noticed something odd this morning. I have been monitoring our gas/elec usage for the last few weeks which is what prompted me to notice...

Hey - cool smiley! And an apt one at that too! New solenoid came yesterday and it now fitted and working a right treat :-) So what exactly is a solenoid and what does it do? In this case it just slips over a plastic bit so can't work out how it actually works. Thanks again so much for...

My Vaillant boiler also does this at a seemingly-random time each night -like 2.30am. It sou ds exactly like it about to fire up for 5-10 seconds but it's just the pump running it's anti-sieze thing.

Hi Seco Services, Thank you very much for the reply. Popped the cover of the shower when I got home and tested the solenoid, which read about 3.77/3.78. Ran the shower until it cut out and tested the solenoid again - I didn't even get a reading - not even 0.00! I let the shower rest for...

Hi We have a Triton Ivory II 9.5kw electric shower which has been working a treat for the last 5 years or so but it has now developed a strange, repeatable - almost like clockwork - problem. The shower works fine for about 8-9 mins then cuts out and the water stops flowing. The red light is...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, it would mean replacing most of them as they are all pretty much split and crack - peices are even missing of the edges so that in some places there are gaps of 5mm or so between boards. I think I'd just be happier with a new proper floor. I'd...

Hi, Firstly, wasn't sure wether to put this here or in the floors section - hope I made the right choice :) I want to pull up all the old floorboards in our upstairs rooms. They are all old floorbards, and have split, cracked, been cut when heating was fitted etc. As such they now all...

Gas 4 You: I'm 100% with you on the Ali Tandoori! :) I have left a message for you on your mobile phone asnwering machine. Perhaps you could get back to me at your earliest convenience. Many thanks.

Hi there, We are looking to have a complete central heating system put into our 3 bed / 1 bathroom semi. We would like to have a condensing combi boiler servicing 9 radiators and our hot water requirements. We have had some site surveys done and the one question that I can't seem to get...