Recent content by MTCH

We've found someone even more sanctimonious than Matt Alwright that truly is shocking!

Like most trades its going to be around the £200-300 mark for anyone thats good, experienced and hardworking... maybe more depending on their location or the size and complexity of jobs undertaken ie the ones that nobody else wants or can do.

Regarding the missing grommets, have these been replaced or has the boiler been capped off?

And if they find half a new valve attached to half of the old when investigating major damage from a leak, it's unlikely that they'd pay out anyway.

I would make sure that the house insurance covers diy plumbing before you attempt this job.

Did you run the Heating before trying the Hot water again?

What was done to clean the heat exchanger?

Look at what number the cylinder stat clicks off at when the water is up to temperature, this should give you a good idea of whether the stat is faulty or not.

Yes that's it.

Are you or anyone else at the property complaining of the water being excessively hot, if no then unlikely to be a faulty cylinder stat. Is the domestic water tank constantly trying to refill when no demand?

If you set to gravity then your water will always come on with the heating. If you have two separate valves then your system is most likely fully pumped.

^^^That's until there's a fault that they can attribute to low working pressure, such as intermittent ignition lockout.

Sounds like the service guy has learnt how to set these boilers to maximum rate since their last visit.

The Isar must have been one of the most expensive "free" boilers going.

No requirement for a Smart control with optimisation function, the new part L regs/ boiler plus, only apply for the installation of combi boilers.