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Thanks Ollski, that's reassuring. The only reason it would be my problem is if the plumber was untrustworthy. As it is the first time I have used this particular plumber, and as I have been unfortunate in the past (e.g. a previous service had evidently "fixed" the problem of a faulty low...

Ultrasonics can work, but only if the rodents are actually nesting in the house/garage. This is because they annoy the rodents rather than scare them off, so eventually they will move nest if they can't get a good night's sleep! They are also difficult to place properly because ultrasonic sound...

Yes, but two corgi registered plumbers said that it wouldn't be a problem. So I was just trying to get third and fourth opinions. We are planning to "get it sorted", but what I've been trying to determine recently is the urgency of replacing the piping. The pipes are laid through the concrete...

If anyone's interested, I spoke to CORGI and Worcester-Bosch about this. The CORGI support line said that it could cause an explosive ignition which could then eventually cause damage to the system. The Worcester-Bosch support line said that if it was undergassed it would simply not work...

Thanks. As the solar heating is much more of a longterm plan than the new heater, I think I'll stick with the condenser combi for now. Knowing me (and my finances) I probably wouldn't be able to get round to installing the solar heating for a few years and by that point I'll probably have moved...

True, but as the majority of the pipework is encased in the floor, it's not possible to determine the thickness of pipe all the way back to the meter, or to count the number of elbows and joints (without getting hold of the building specifications which I am going to try and get hold of)...

It's an end-terraced property, and luckily the meter is on the detached side. So it's good to know there are alternatives to digging up a concrete floor. Which returns me to one of my original questions. Will an undergassed boiler simply underperform, or will it put it under more strain and...

It was the installer who pointed it out. But both he and another installer (both CORGI registered, both recommended by the manufacturer's website) said that for the 24i, the pipesize would not be an issue (I assumed that you could just use an adapter and that for a small enough boiler the gas...

Ok, Now I've had a bit more time to read the manual and have found the following ... uh-oh. Or is it just making the obvious point that the pipes should fit at the point of connection (and not just plug the gaps with selotape!) ;)

I did RTFM, and it specified that the intake was 22mm, but didn't clearly state what it needed the actual piping in the system to be (rather than just what it was at the point of connection). The Bosch Worcester site did give calculations for the gas flow for different pipe combinations, but it...

From a discussion over a new combi boiler : Not quite sure which of the boilers being discussed croydoncorgi was referring to here, but we are having a Worcestor Greenstar 25Si installed on a 15mm gas inlet pipe that seems to go as far back as the cooker (3 metres of pipe), and probably all...

Oh blast, I'd just settled on a 25Si. As ours is a smallish house (only two occupants, one main bedroom, and a kitchen that naturally generates it's own heat whenever someone is using it!) we thought this was enough. Also, (something I mentioned in another thread which I either failed to...

It don't work, that's what's wrong with it. ;P Seriously though, the fan is broken (got the official line from a plumber today), the pump is failing, something is leaking inside, the low pressure indicator was either never connected or was disconnected by a previous plumber to hide a fault...

Ok, following the previous posts about my failing Potterton Puma 80, we have decided to speed up the replacement. We have been advised to go for a Vaillant ECOMax 824 or a Bosch-Worcester Greenstar 24i. We live in a small two story house with one bathroom and 7 radiators, however, we are...

Good point, but I was really only planning on flushing it clean to see if it would give it a bit more life. From what ChrisR is saying I'm guessing it may be the fan (the other suspect device in there considering the noises it was making before it died), but I'm at work now so can't go through...