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    Houndsfield boiler leaking flue gasses

    I've got a 5 year old Houndsfield oil boiler, conventional floor standing unit. It's leaking flue gases now and I can't quite pinpoint the source. I re-roped the inspection door with some fibreglass rope and that now seals very well. The stainless inspection door on the condenser was also OK and...
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    Immersion thermostat change

    What I can tell you is this, having tested the thermostat with my multimeter: The regular contacts that cycle the power to maintain temperature break the connection between live supply and heater input. The overtemp trip contact breaks the supply from heater return to neutral. So in a way it is...
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    Immersion thermostat change

    Yes, that's the correct idea, it just pushes on to the heater contacts, a neat idea. But I do not know if I have a ''Megaflo'' 'stat as it's 70 miles away at the moment! This particular type of thermostat seems standard for side entry heaters, I'm still not sure if they are dimensionaly standard...
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    Immersion thermostat change

    The OT is on the 'stat. Why would the tank manufacturer be of significance? Isn't the thread form for side entry immersion heaters the same for them all?
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    Immersion thermostat change

    That is a good point, but they're about 10 years old and I have an idea that an electrician already did that some years ago so I would like a spare. It's for a tenanted property. The safety trip had tripped on it, I reset it easily enough but I'm no convinced if it won't trip again. Although...
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    Immersion thermostat change

    Just a quick question. I've got a side entry immersion on an unvented tank There's actually two elements but just one in use as there's no E7. The immersion thermostat is of a type with spade terminals that push onto the heater element. I'm aware that a replacement must have an over temp trip...
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    Vent fans for kitchen

    Nah, I'm just feeding Trolls. I stuck it in a while ago much to the wife's displeasure. Once the inspector has ticked it off his list it's coming out. Tomorrow I have to start on a soakaway for rainwater, where none existed for the last 500 years......It's going to be rather shallow as we are...
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    Vent fans for kitchen

    It's a funny old world. Me and the misses open the bedroom window to the first notch every night. The kitchen has been built with exposed green oak trusses holding the roof up, solid wood window frames and oak doors, an Aga cooker, cast iron radiators, stained glass window, and stand alone...
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    Wood burning stove

    Thanks, that's pretty much confirmed what the inspector said. The council would get their HETAS man out and charge me. I know it's all good as I've spend a grand on the twin wall stainless flue and brackets and conformed with the regs. So, any HETAS guys around the Kendal area of Cumbria who...
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    Wood burning stove

    The wording on my ''conditions'' letter from building control state this: ''Heat producing appliances to be installed by HETAS competent person OR alternatively the work carried out by a person technically competent to undertake the installation and complete the Building Control Approved...
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    Vent fans for kitchen

    They could open a window perhaps? Julian
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    Vent fans for kitchen

    No cooker hood. He's happy with a ''bathroom style'' extractor. I have one, and a drainpipe size core drill. I just don't want to fit something that I know we'll never use. We've already cooked several roast beef dinners and the cooking smell is so minimal. Julian
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    Vent fans for kitchen

    Do we have any experts reference the regs here? Just finishing off our barn conversion and the inspector has snagged a few things, nothing serious, just nonsense like restraints on the upstairs windows. Anyway, he wants me to install an electric extractor fan in the kitchen. It is a huge...
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    Oil boiler recommendations

    Thanks, I've looked at the Houndsfield website and if the boilers are not at a silly price then I'll be buying one.
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    Oil boiler recommendations

    I'm soon looking to purchase an oil fired (not a combi) conventional boiler, floor mounted inside a utility room to heat our barn conversion. Probably something fairly small as the house will have other heat sources. I'd be very grateful for any recommendations regarding manufacturer, good, bad...
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