Recent content by Jamie McDonald

Set it up as 'other boiler' and see how you get on

I meant the nest thermostat; is it linked to the wiring box and configured for the boiler type?

Is the hardware set up to the thermostat?

This is my wiring; follow the colour coding of the pairs

Have you disabled the on-board timer with the little switch just above the wiring connections on the front of the boiler?

Yes...Ish. check the connections between the boiler and the heat link, make sure the stripped wires are all the way into the terminals on the heat link - I'd not got one quite right so it didn't heat the water at first.

Of the top of my head I don't remember, but that sounds right...

The switch has to be to the left (as you look at it) to hand control off to the nest, and the on-board timer set to off. Couple of pictures included below In terms of telling whether it's working... If your shower gets cold in a couple of days, it's not! I found (when mine wasn't working as one...

I'm away just now but will check what I've done for you when I get home

Sorry for the delay in coming back, looks like stem got you sorted. The lights for CH and HW don't light up when the nest calls for them; it just works in the background.

Thank you very much! Glad I wasn't way off base!

Evening all, I took the plunge over the weekend and bought a Nest 3rd Gen Thermostat. Currently I've got a Honeywell CM707 thermostat connected to my Potterton Powermax HE boiler, using 2 cables to connect to Tr and Tl on the boiler. The Honeywell is programmable so I have the boiler...

Thanks for the responses guys! I decided to play it safe and leave the bracing in place and cut the chipboard round them. ... Had nothing to do with leaving myself no space to get a full 600x2400 board up there... Honest!...

Good afternoon all, I am laying 18mm tongue and groove chipboard flooring in the area above my garage for storage of light/bulky things. At the centre of the joists where the braces come down from the roof there are a number of rough sawn 1x4 planks nailed to the joist. I am wondering if they...