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That’s the plan. hand tighten / small nip with spanner / keep an eye on them.

It did. I was only asking in case it leaked after I fitted possibly due to over tightening

Thanks for reply. I will give it a go at the weekend. Are the fibre washers anything special or just the same I can buy in a hardware shop?

Morning all. Fitting new DHW heat exchanger at the weekend to my valiant 242e. Before I start how much should I tighten fitting when using the fibre washers?

Thanks for replies. Would water still not be able to pushed into return from full loop then go down flow that’s open after passing through manifold?

Hello all. I have a combi boiler and heating pipes have manifold upstairs. I want to flush heating system and radiators but do not want to touch valves on boiler in case they start to leak. To save taking off all radiators could I take off one side valve from 1 radiator. Turn flow / return off...

Hello. Do I need to isolate house mains water stop cock. Run tap to empty boiler then remove? Can you recommend what to buy and how to clean. Water currently gets quite warm but not hot enough for bath.

Hello, thanks for reply. Had boiler since living in house so 16 years. Water always been hotter than now so not sure it’s just due to time of year. I have just fitted a new temperature valve and set fully anti clockwise. Is the plate heat exchanger the one on the left when looking at boiler from...

Hello all, I have an old valiant 242e where hot water flow used to be slow but water did get hot. Recently hot water flow has increased but temp decreased. Temperature adjuster valve had snapped last year so have just replaced so I can slow flow in winter like boiler advises. Now hot water is...