Recent content by matty25

Hi thanks for the reply, i think the immersion works okay to be honest it's just that the British Gas engineer (couple of years ago) turned the programmer off at the switched fused spur and said that the boiler would heat the water in the cylinder much more cheaply and efficiently. I can turn...

Thanks guys for your time and replies. Not got a replacement room stat yet but intend to get one, it seems to work intermittently. I plan to have an heating engineer look at our central heating system early next year, Jan/Feb time and have it re-balanced, any air removed, and powerflushed...

Thanks guys, not sure if my boiler is a condensing boiler though? Regards Matt

Thanks for your reply, what is a HX ? Regards Matt

Thanks for your reply. We turned the pump down to 2 a few months ago (these problems were already ongoing then) due to it making a bit of a racket with the pipes, possibly a bit of air in the system? dont think pump likes that as water lubricates impellor. I think there is a 3 port valve...

Thanks for the replies guys, will give it a go. Anyone else any other suggestions? Thanks, Matt

P.S. The house is approx 15 years old and i believe there could be sediment in the bottom of some of the rads and also in the hot water cylinder, when we used the immersion heater last week there was spluttering steam/hot water coming out of the bath hot tap along with bits of sediment etc...

Hello Everyone, Okay firstly sorry for such a long post. I think we may have a problem with our central heating system. We have recently had problems with our boiler where the pilot light would only light but rarely actually fire up, on the occasions it did fire up there would be a...

Additional info: When the toilet is flushed the cold tap no longer makes the noise, i assume cos half the flow is going to the toilet, both are fed from the cold mains.

cant understand why when we moved into the house there were normal twist type taps and as soon as we changed them to a lever twist handle type tap the water started to whistle/make noise as it comes through, it only happens on the cold tap (fed from mains) the hot tap is fine and doesnt make...

Okay gents, ive tried this so far, no luck yet. Cold water storage tank in loft, lifted lid and no smell. Happy that lid is sealed correctly. CHECK Taken shower head and hose off and replaced them. CHECK Taken out and checked central cartridge from concealed shower valve, no smells yet...

thanks john d, do you really think something could be dead in the tank like rat or a bird?? honestly ?

thanks john d, the hot tap is fine, its just the cold tap thats makes noise as the water passes through. thinking of getting some taps that are 0.5 bar - but not sure what this actually means?

...out of a central heating / boiler / hot water system, everytime the boiler takes in water it bubbles and gurgles quite badly, i definately think air is getting into the system somewhere but not sure where. Is there any way i can get rid of this? I know that the radiators have some sludge...

for the past few weeks i have noticed a really bad smell (almost makes me sick) coming through the shower head with the water (to start with then goes after a while), we have changed the shower head but still the same stale, horrible smell comes through and i dont know why. the shower is fed...