Recent content by madmart

After consulting with the neighbours it appears that this form of central heating was apparently installed by the local council in the 80's or early 90's and all of the properties in the street had something similar? So for every one who tried to help thank you and for the obvious troll's that...

Thanks for answering the question, do you have personal experience of dealing with one

No just one tank , but the overflow piped to the loft

Well it isn't, the photograph at the start is what I have inherited in the house ? all of the stuff you get with a natural gas Combi boiler but no boiler

I fit LPG systems to cars , and removed the LPG boiler from my caravan temporarily so I can have some hot water in the house , I used the flue from the caravan which is fitted to the outside of the house !! It's a temporary measure that's all , I am guessing that thousands of people on this...

Why is that concerning for you ? I am just interested in finding out if I should throw away the old water cylinder and just start again with a wood burner fitted with a back boiler

The hot water for the radiators isn't connected to a boiler !! The water cylinder heats the water for the radiators

Harry thanks for replying, yes unfortunately I spent a half a day looking for a boiler or any trace of a boiler !! For the moment I have disconnected the water to the water tank and immersion heater and put an LPG water heater in the system, and yes they truly have been using the water tank...

Yes the water was coming out of the overflow very quickly indeed , it was like a hosepipe on full power. As I said I haven't tried the hot water or central heating at all , I would if possible like to link it to a wood burning stove with a back boiler. Radiators are in place but really need to...

I haven't tested it , it's a 3kw heater so I am not going to pay out £30 or £40 just to see if it works !! I am going to pull out the central heating part of the system for the moment, and install an LPG water heater temporarily,it's such a monumental bodge I am having difficulty getting my head...

I found it hard to believe as well !! But it's definitely all running off of the immersion heater

No the previous owner has set up the immersion heater to also heat the radiators !!

Hi I am new here, I have recently purchased a house that needs a fair bit of work doing to it . Part of the work needs doing is the central heating, when I first looked round the house I could see all of the provision for central heating but no boiler and it appears that the house was running...