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My towel radiator (bathroom) is 5 years old and is now corroding around the valves... Would a chrome one be more robust or are they all prone due to their location? Thanks in advance...

thanks. I see the current PCB is right up against the bottom of the boiler (with burner right above it) so i did wonder. you would hope Potterton would have fixed it after all the media attention with the first ones, but i would never be surprised....

These new Suprimas (the condensing version) don't suffer from the same problem as before, do they, i.e. PCB failure etc...? thanks

some websites say it is primarily to collect liquid from the second heat exchanger, so just wanted to make sure sorry for the novice questions....

one more quick question: is the boiler designed so that condensate can potentially come back down the flue?

thanks. Got a conventional boiler where water is doing that at the moment ... and causing it to go rusty on the heat exchanger & fan. Just want to make sure the condensing one is going to be ok with that ... but guess it is as it is made to do it! Will the inner flue be plastic generally?

In a condensing boiler, how exactly does the water that comes back down the flue get drained away and not get into the boiler? I know there is some sort of pipe + it might be different for different boilers, but how does it get drained away?

Could you put a plug on a storage heater and plug it into a normal mains outlet? I know this will be v.expensive & it wouldn't be timed to go on and off apart from manually. But from a safety point of view ... is it ok?

Thanks for the reply. I don't think this option is available on my boiler. I will ask the plumber. Just at a bit of a loss really as I know it shouldn't be doing it & it is damaging the boiler, but the cause of the problem is somewhat elusive.

Hello all, I am at my wits end with this problem and hope there is someone out there with knowledge can help. I moved into my brand new house 2 years ago. Shortly after, my boiler died. Upon inspection (boiler had been installed for 4 years at this point), the inside was totally rusty. It...

One more thing: I have a grundfos pump: UPS 15-50 130? That'll make sense to someone. I have 7 radiators (6 on one floor + 1 downstairs in the hall) - I'm in a first floor house. I also have a white Myson power extra - looks like some sort of valve. The pump speed is set on 1 (was on 3...

083100 are the first 6 numbers.

Well the house was built in 2004-5-ish but was the sales office, so the NHBC cover started in 2007 when the house was converted. The boiler died because of a flue restrictor being added on a long flue, hence the gases codensing and flooding the boiler. It died when it fell apart of rust...

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The boiler is under a year old and still under warranty. Don't know why it isn't an HE version? Should it be? My house had a boiler installed wrongly - it died and needed a replacement. The developer had to fit a new boiler because the house was within the first 2 years - so this was what I...