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Hi Sorry in the delay replying to you The problem has been the motorised valve, a plumber has now fitted a new motor and the heating is now working fine. Unfortunatley I had to take up the tiled bathroom floor to acces the valve! will have to think about moving the valve to a more readily...

Hi The hot water and heating times are controlled by a Grasslin Towerchron QE2 electric unit in a cupboard next to the boiler the water temp is set using the dial at the front of the boiler. All the rads have TRVs on them the rad in the morning room is newer(7years) and is working fine the rad...

Hi The boiler is a Glowworm Hideaway 60B there are 2 large diameter pipes conected to the boiler and gas pipe. Do you know why the ground floor radiators are letting very little heat through but the connecting pipes and valves are hot? The plumber has tried balancing the rad valves without...

The hot water is coming through ok and the upstairs radiators are heating up but there is very little heat downstairs. I called out a plumber who replaced the pump but still have the same problem he initially said that a powerflush might help or to replace the gate/motorised valve but i don;t...

Where is this valve likely to be situated? central heating was installed 25 years ago