Recent content by Phlebas

Does anyone think Intergas combi boilers are reliable? I was looking at the Combi Compact HRE range. http://www.intergasheating.co.uk/end-user/category/combi-compact-hre/ I forgot to say in my first post, that the house is a 3 bed semi with a single bathroom and is an ex-council house...

Hello all My grandmother’s house has an Ideal Isar HE30 combi which was fitted under the Warm Front scheme about six years ago. This morning it had dripped water all over the kitchen floor. It seems a valve that controls the hot water had failed and has now been replaced by an RGI. I don’t...

Thanks for the tips folks. I probably won't do this as it sounds too risky. I'll wait until next summer to hire a powerflush machine.

Hello all I'd like to flush a few radiators without taking them off the wall and outside due to the weather. I thought that maybe I could connect a garden hose supplying mains pressure water to one of the top couplings of the rad and flush through to the drain cock. I guess you could...

Thanks for the advice. :D 8)

So I can install the Honeywell RF relay box where the old thermostat is utilising the existing wiring? Also set the Drayton Tempus Three heating to permanently on and let it control the HW as normal? I intend to fit TRVs in the bedrooms and there is already one in the bathroom. Thanks.

Hi, thanks for replying. I felt that I could keep the wireless stat on the coffee table in the middle of the living room to set an accurate temperature in the living space. I hoped it may also reduce gas use if it can control the heating more efficiently. The current position of the stat...

Hello folks I have been thinking about replacing my wall thermostat with a Honeywell CM927 wireless thermostat and would like some advice please. My current system is an open vented and consist of an Ideal Classic boiler, Honeywell 3-way valve, Drayton Tempus Three programmer and Drayton...

Central heating and hot water programmer

Will do. Just wondering if anyone on here has ever successfully sourced a replacement independently.

Hello folks I have a Stuart Turner Showermate 1.8 bar standard twin shower-pump feeding a mixer shower in my bathroom. It is three years old. It has been running rough and stuttering on start-up. I phoned Stuart Turner’s helpline and told them the symptoms and they suggested that the...