Recent content by Frimly Greendish

Oh for heavens sake! I knew I should have changed my name!! No, I swear it is not a wind-up at all. Last year you guys really did solve my boiler problem (diverter valve diaphragm I think from memory) but I admit I did engage in some infantile antics along with a mate of mine. It all started...

Thanks very much Bunny - very helpful. Co-incidentally (or possibly not) the boiler has just developed a small water leak, which appears to be coming from a connection to a very complicated piece of machinery on the lower rhs (as you look at it) of the boiler. Could this be connected? As for the...

Please help I & I

Sorry to bore you but yet more info which may narrow down the problem. Ive just gone throught the same procedure, turning it off and then switching back on again a few minutes later. The following happens: - 1. The boiler fires and burns for about 5-7 seconds and goes out. 2. As soon as I...

I dont know if I have this valve in the boiler. It is a very old boiler and apparently it is horrendously complex. Anyway, more information which might help. I have just turned the boiler off completely and left it for a few minutes. Then I turned it back on (with the CH in the on position)...

A bit more info. I have heard the boiler briefly attempt to fire twice in about 30 mins. There is a click immediately followed by a whoosh of igniting gas and then nothing - only the pilot light is burning. Any ideas please lads??? Al

Dear All The wonderful people on this site identified an obsure problem with my boiler nearly a year ago and saved me loads of money! Now I need your help again, please:) Just advanced the central heating to turn on and nothing. The boiler is working perfectly for DHW, but it does not fire...

Frimly it is a pretty major job Im afraid. The Rayburn will cost you £3600 plus, or you can get a reconditioned one for around £2500, but its the pipework and central heating boiler configuration that will cause the grief. Im a CORGI registered installer, and Ive only done a handful of these...

I want to install a gas powered Rayburn into my kitchen which will heat my water. I live in a small 2 bed cottage, and the current hot water/heating arrangement is a Vailant combi. How big a job is it to shift the hot water to the rayburn? Can I keep my Vailant for central heating only...

I swear to God it is NOT Gas4u! Honest!! Im fiddling about with the stupid thing now and cannot remove it. But I just saw an old post that tells me it IS an allen key. Must be a very small one. So looks like I'll have to travel into Bath to buy a new set of Allen keys, unless any of you chaps...

Please help me lads!!!! I'm cold!!! Grimly :cry:

My Danfoss thermostat seems to be sticking, and I cant get it off because it seems to be attached with a really stupid fixing device - a hollow ended screw in the top. Ive tried with a screwdriver to no avail. It almost looks as though it needs an allen key, but Im sure its a round not hexagonal...

Is it fatal? Do I need a new one? How much do they cost? :D Grimly

I have recently moved into this lovely Cotswolds cottage which boasts an ancient but serviceable (thanks to all the assistance received on this forum a few months ago!) Vaillant VCW 242 combi. However, as the days and nights get parky I have for the first time investigated the option of setting...

Many people (me included) believe this to be the finest combi boiler ever constructed. The problem is, it is feendishly complicated and operates through a unique combination of hydraulics and electrics. The skills needed to service these boilers properly have largely been lost, as production...