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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    Sorry, I had to walk away from it yesterday as it was getting on my nerves. So I left it on last night for around an hour, and it did eventually turn off, and I was able to turn it on again from the thermostat, but once I tried to turn it off it was having none of it. I've got it back on now...
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    Sorry I'm a bit lost there. Where's the link between LR and LS?
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    Sorry I meant the terminal strips in the above images. Theres no other thermostat. There was a gravity system in initially but that's long gone.
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    Oh and https://ibb.co/0thzyB0
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    https://ibb.co/JkjG4B6 https://ibb.co/G9F0Ysr https://ibb.co/RbbFHB9 So the black at the boiler is the yellow at the receiver (joins up in the JB)
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    Right OK, that's what I've done and the central heating is on perm. Thanks for your help so far, but any other ideas?
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    I've just traced the blue wire back and it does indeed go to Neutral The Yellow wire that I have in 3 in the receiver goes to LR in the boiler. Boiler locations are L N Ls (empty) Ns (empty) LR
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    I put the unused blue wire to N. I've tried disconnected that, and once I done that the whole system was dead.
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    Replacing old thermostat with Hive.

    Sorry, I really have spent about an hour looking online for the answer and just can't find anything. Boiler = Worcester Greenstar 28i (dial/timer in the middle) Old thermostat = Siemens Landis & Staefa RA02 New Thermostat = Hive single chanel active heating. The old thermostat is in another...
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    Opening up back of the house... fully.

    Thanks for taking the time to look. I've got a pretty average house, but I'm looking at some advice before I get quotes later this week. Some background. North West (Warrington) The house was built in 1950's. I'll be fitting the kitchen etc myself (kitchen fitter/plumber) I'd like the rear of...
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    getting in to the plumbing industry

    Ignore all these moaning old b*****ds They don't like new people. Good on you for trying to start a new career. You need to bite the bullet and grab the yellow pages, cold call plumbers, let them know you're looking to work for free. Good luck!
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    Hot Water running slowly or not at all

    Get up into your loft. have a look at your cystern... see if there are any slight blockages in the feed
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    Any alternative to copper for gas?

    When did tracpipe get so cheap???
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    Any alternative to copper for gas?

    40 metres of tracpipe would be about £300-400
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    one pipe radiator vs two pipe radiator?

    Yes there is a difference. Two pipe is better.
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