Recent content by mjnelson

Cheers for that - sometimes you need to hear it from somebody else in order to listen! I'll also check Paynes out - even if it's just for servicing, etc. Thanks for the replies, Matt

I realise I am opening myself up here to look like a complete wally but..... .....how do I go about finding a decent, reputable local company to do this? I've phoned local plumbers before and they have stated that they don't provide this kind of cover (in fact, most of them said they didn't...

Yeah.....I think you've hit the nail on the head there. For me, it's a minefield: go with a different cover and potentially they won't have the parts, but will possibly arrive sooner; cancel all cover and use local independents, but then there's the whole "will they be available, will they...

Tony, To be fair, we do (apparently) pay a premium for GlowWorm engineers to attend. So I do, therefore, though posiibly naively, expect "experts" since that is how they justified their more expensive cover. Mea culpa. As for the arrival time, my point was aimed at his preemptive...

Hello, I woke up last Thursday morning and the boiler (see above) hadn't fired up - house was freezing, boiler was flashing F1. Everything "appeared" ok, pressure was fine, etc. I switched the boiler off, and then back on again. It fired up. Whilst I'm doing this, my wife phoned Home Serve...

Thought: could a microleak on the pressure relief valve cause air to be drawn in? I'm pretty sure that during the boiler service last year the engineer "cleaned and refitted" it - no real noticeable water is leaking from it, but...

Nice one, thanks for that. I thought the old Aladdin autovents were a bit ugly, but these ones look fine - even for the top of a towel rail. My only reservation with fitting one of these is....well, I will lose any idea of how much air is (potentially) building up. At least at the moment I...

Cheers for the reply - I've stumbled across that fernox site before.....in fact, that's what made me thoroughly check for leaks (when hot and cold) even though nothing (apparently) had changed with the rest of my system. D'oh! It's so frustrating!

Well.....it's now a good couple of months later, and I'm still getting air in the top rung of my towel rail. I'm bleeding it every couple of weeks. I have gone over the whole system and not found any leaks whatsoever. The top rung will remain red hot for several days, and then quite...

Thanks very much for the replies, much appreciated. I can get back to worrying about the baby now!

It was fitted as part of a whole new system - new rads, boiler etc. So, does it need replacing sooner rather than later, or is it just cosmetic? Sorry for the questions, just my wife is 37wks pregnant and i don't want any heating problems creeping up on me. Thanks.

Hello, i've noticed that the bottom few rails on my chrome towel rail, on their undersides, have signs of corrosion. The tops of the rails look fine, as do the higher rails. It's 3 years old - is this normal? Is it ok to leave, or is this bound to get worst? Why's this happened - could it be due...

Thanks for the replies. MickyG - I used HPS's General Heating Inhibitor - 500ml bottle and i added the lot. Perhaps Fernox would have been a better purchase?

Hello again, Right, I have a GlowWorm 18sxi condensing boiler, pressurised system, 7 radiators and a towel rail (the top of which is the highest point of the system). About a month ago, we had our boiler serviced by GlowWorm and they drained the system and reressurised the expansion vessel...

Thanks glasgowgas, your reply is much appreciated. That's one less thing to worry about now then ;-) Cheers, Matt