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    40 years ago - probably oil paint on woodwork - acrylic now?

    I have a bedroom that is being fully repainted - it is in a refurbished old cottage, and was painted about 40 years ago so I am assuming the paint would have been oil based. I have acrylic paint that near enough matches the existing woodwork paint. I see that I should 'rub down' the...
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    Honeywell 4043B ('Mains Off' open MV) - replacement head where?

    Thanks IanMCD - just along the road from you. I should have probably said that it was NOT the 4043H !! I suspect that many didn't know the difference. Unfortunately it is looking ominously like the head is not available for replacement, and I will have to buy the whole valve and then take the...
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    Honeywell 4043B ('Mains Off' open MV) - replacement head where?

    I have the MV in my system that controls the heating to the HW tank. A Dunsley Neutraliser blends the heat from the oil boiler and the wood stove back boiler and the MV stops the flow to the tank when it's hot enough. The valve has failed open and the HW is far too hot. The MV is a Honeywell...
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    Replacement cistern outlet valve query

    Many thanks Doogle - appreciated; that's 999 'Thanks' you have now!!!:LOL: Well done.
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    Replacement cistern outlet valve query

    Quite a lot of years back I replaced the syphon type mechanism with the US style flapper valve from Screwfix. I believe these are now banned in the UK due to their proneness to leaking - and yes, mine has got to that stage. I'm seeing that I can get a Fluidmaster "cable dual flush valve" from...
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    CH Boiler has airlock

    Thanks Terry Because I run a wood burning stove with back boiler, I have a Neutraliser to blend the two sources, so there is a pump to the oil boiler and another for the CH. The feed from the wood burner is gravity with nothing potentially blocking the flow. When you say all manufacturers fit...
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    CH Boiler has airlock

    Automatic air bleed valve - can I put one in a boiler housing? I should have foreseen this!! I'm 90+% through the replacement fitting of a new CH boiler - oil fired, external wall hung, 3 ft thick stone wall. So the water pipes put in 25 years ago aren't going to get changed! The problem...
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    Tiger loop position question

    Thanks for getting back Terry Oops - I should have said that it is an external wall hung. I'm now told by the guy who will commission it for me that this is an OFTEC/BSI requirement, so I have no option, but the nett result cannot ever be as tidy and out of visual impact as the neat box I...
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    Tiger loop position question

    I've had a look through the previous Tiger loop queries but can't find anything that addresses this. By coincidence one of the search finds was a guy doing the same as me - that is replacing an external Camray oil boiler with Grants equivalent, but his question was different. My problem is...
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    New oil boiler - condensate query

    Thanks Madrab - that's enough for me to work on, together with the fact that you're likely to get the same frost levels as I.
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    New oil boiler - condensate query

    Many thanks for the replies guys. Trace heating I had thought about - can that go underground? Oilboffin from Lewis - doesn't the presence of the sea and atlantic currents protect you from the occasional -20C ? snb - as i live alone and don't have a reasonable family input to the septic tank...
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    New oil boiler - condensate query

    I live in the sticks in Scotland and am at the point where the 25 year old Camray oil boiler has had 3 major rebuilds to its firebox and had better be replaced before we get any further into this winter. This a regular/non-system boiler which is hung externally on a north wall. My problem is...
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    Boulter Camray 15/19 external wall hung boiler

    Hi John - Many thanks for the seasons greetings; it is a significant attribute of internet comms between people sharing an interest that they also share, despite being miles apart and are pretty unlikely to ever meet, such friendship. Greetings to you, your friend and all your families - and...
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    Boulter Camray 15/19 external wall hung boiler

    Hi John Certainly Brownbadger's post higher up is pretty confidant that it is the same part, and I would be prepared to go with that. Having said that the price on the web varies widely (£125 to £220!), assuming that it is still available and not just databases that have not been updated...
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    Boulter Camray 15/19 external wall hung boiler

    The advantage of resurrecting an old thread is that there is always bound to be someone else who is interested in it, and discovers it through Mr Google. I can't unfortunately directly answer your question - I have a Camray 2 15/21 which shows this part number as 'Combustion Chamber Baffle...
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