Recent content by GaryN2112

Just to close out this thread - I drained the CH down yesterday and replaced the valve and the actuator (added in some Fernox inhibitor as well). Hot water now functioning as normal again - thanks for all the help, it's much appreciated.

Does G3 apply in Northern Ireland - not sure. Anyways it's my own house not a customer, and everything will be electrically isolated with the boiler fully powered off and drained down - but appreciate the need for the accreditation.

Yeah there's a crack in the metal of the valve body plate as well so I'm just going to replace the body and actuator.

Thanks very much - everyday is a school day :)

Thanks very much for the details that's helpful but it raises another question from me...If the coil is a sealed circuit and it heats only the CH water, why when the valve was not operating was the fault that there was no hot water from the taps but the central heating was working just fine? Is...

Apologies if I'm being a bit dim here - just a DIY'er and have never had to work on a hot water cylinder before. When I was diagnosing the existing valve the fault in the system was that there was no hot water in the taps but the central heating worked just fine. Once I took the cover off the...

Silly question perhaps then so if I drain the CH down will that also empty the cylinder? There is a separate zone valve for the CH and one for the UFH.

The valve is sticking mechanically as I've taken the mechanism off and the valve is stiff to turn even with pliers. Here's a picture of the valve and one of the cold inlet if that is helpful. So is it that as long as the stopcock is off and the boiler and heating controls are off that draining...

Hi - first post here, hoping someone can help. I've got a Megaflo CL210 indirect hot water cylinder that has a 2 port Honeywell valve on the primary flow that is going to need replaced soon as the valve is sticking. I've got the replacement valve, but I was looking a bit of advice on the...