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Is there any other way to check if its barrier pipe?

That would be a huge job as its all under floor, how do we know its the plastic pipe that's the problem?

Just had a BG engineer out, he had quick look said the one in conservatory is worst he has ever seen but couldn't give any real explanation why said just water quality. Thy said they would replace both radiators and see what water like inside but might need a powerflush then!?! After he had...

This is only print I could see on pipe if it makes sense : http://tinyurl.com/ctouh6y (that radiator is different to rest, different size looks older condition)

How much we roughly talking to get a local plumber to do that with 7 new radiators?

Yep turned the valves off to radiator and touched one and dribble of red/brown water came out

Sentinel X100 1 litre, still got the invoice here. Maybe the radiators weren't new when he fitted them then? Plastic pipes around house ten copper up to boiler.

It's a combi boiler sealed system. Was all fitted about 7 years ago by the previous owner who was a builder/plumber, I know the boiler isn't decent make (Ferroli Modena). I noticed last couple of months pressure has been dropping slightly not a lot but suspected a small leak somewhere, had to...

We moved into our house 5 years ago, according to paper work it had whole new central heating installed 2 years previous so 7 years old now. Last year the radiator in bathroom rusted at bottom and started leaking so I replaced it with a towel rail and while fitting it put a bottle of sentinel...

Filling loop is closed. Pressure has been dropping gradually over last few months had to top it up about once a month to just over 1 (when hot goes to about 2). Today noticed that radiator was leaking slighly, closed both lock shield valves off and now when hot pressure gets up to 2.5-3. Restof...

Our radiator in hallway is leaking, it has a bulge in the radiator and small bit of water leaking from it. I have closed both valves on the radiator but problem is the room thermostat is in the hallway, do I need to set this lower now as hallway isn't going to warm up? Also I noticed since I...

It's 3 bed house, bathroom upstairs. Sealed combi system None of the radiators have drain valves. So if don't have to drain system should only little water leak when take off valves at bathroom?

Our radiator in bathroom been leaking, we had it isolated for a while, want to replace it with towel rail, I purchased one with same pipe centres so should be straight forward and new straight valves. Do I have to drain whole system? If so I can't find a drain cock anywhere, is there an...

I have Ferroli Modena 102 boiler with an old wickes thermostat connected to it. Have purchased a Honeywell CM907 to replace it, my current thermostat has two wires (blue & brown) with 20v going through it, connected to terminals 1 & 2 and then straight into boiler. Do these two wires...