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Nah. The original magna clean pro1 only had a plastic sheathing, no filter and the pro 2 has a filter but it captures nothing particularly well. Drained out a system with underfloor over a white bucket and sand deposited at the bottom.

If you can’t change the pipes around then yes. But you can also add another filter onto the boiler return as a third option.

Just saw that magna clean have a new 2 in 1 product that includes a wire strainer for debris. It just seems so obvious why particle filters weren’t included in these types of products to begin with.

Happy weekend gents. My exterior facing doors are over 25 years and need some maintenance. My plan is to 1. replace the threshold part where the rubber has cracked (first two images) 2. replace the door shoes (image 3) 3. update the seals all around the frame (final image) But I’m a bit lost...

I’d like to adjust the short flush to use less water. I don’t have the instructions for this flush valve. Though it would easily slide up or down but seems I’m missing something. Any help would be appreciated.

I haven’t seen this mentioned on the forum but seems practical maintenance advice instead of using till faulty and then replace.

@fixitflav Cheers. I probably was over thinking the effects of stagnating water in the rads and pipes for the period and I should just run it once a while anyways. On the Wiser, setting away mode effectively shuts down CH and I hope the 12C set point doesn’t get breached. That would be a...

@Rodders53 Thank you for the thoughtful post. I agree on your point about Legionnaires. Also like you I ran the bathroom rads to heat/dry towels in previous years, but our baths are get adequate ventilation so will not run them this summer. Actually in previous years, I’d swap the manual TRVs...

Dude. Not looking to start something here but you’ve gone down a path mansplaining about flow temp and cylinder thermostat differential and boiler cycling when I didn’t post anything about havin a boiler problem. My post is to primarily get tips on maintenance and putting the heating circuit of...

Duh .

Don’t understand your point. As I mentioned, it’s a heat only boiler.

Weathers warmed up and I’ve done some maintenance on the heating system to prepare it to be off till autumn. It’s a heat only, indirectly unvented, mostly with Wiser TRVs. I’ve put this checklist together but please advise if there’s anything else added. Also, I like most people wanting to save...

@Pete the Feet Not sure what resistance they’re talking about. Seems you’re just putting in a secondary recirculating system with a very short run.

Have you reconciled the hot water estimated at 900-1000kwh monthly against your billing actuals for the periods when heatings off?

If your utility room is within the houses envelope, then another thing to consider with vented dryers is that it takes your warm, conditioned air from inside the house and blows it out as well. Cold air from outside is drafted back into the house. That’s another cost to heating.