Recent content by silinda

Thanks for the quick reply, i will just see how things go with the stat set to 70deg, thanks again

Hi, looking for bit of advice from a plumber type of chap. Im running a woodburning stove that heats hot water and rads, great in winter but i dont want the central heating pump to start at its preset 60 deg so can i set the pipe stat a bit higher in summer so that the tank water gets a bit...

Hi hope i can get a bit of advice, im running a woodburning stove which runs rads and heats hot water, i dont really want the rads to kick in in this hot weather, so can i set the pipe stat a bit higher say 70 deg usually kicks in at 60 deg and starts the central heating pump but dont need that...

Hi, KEV ye iv got what you mean now fitting the gate valve so that i can adjust the flow rate of the hot water out of the tank, great idea might just sort that out, thanks

Hi Kev not quite sure what your meaning but sounds good im pretty handy but im thinkin that the hot water is just coming out the fortic tanks hot section quiker than the cold water is being replaced at the bottom via the top cold section but i cant get my head round why it air locks as the top...

Ye the combi fortic tank is in the loft/attic its just what was fitted years ago and was just replaced with same when this job was done as the last one was shot we could nt get the old 22mm connections off the old tank so just replaced it with same, i would probably have been better fitting a...

Yes thanks for the ideas, its a Fortic tank and i can see the top ok seems to fill fairy quick as i run hot water, the hot water outlet to the taps is a 22mm pipe but the cold feed to the top cold water tank on the fortic is a 15mm pipe although i seem to have a fair amount of mains pressure...

Thanks for the reply, the indirect cylinder is a comby one with the cold tank on top all in one unit, the ball valve in the cold top tank is working as it should filling as i use the hot tap.

Hi, all bit new to this forum but here goes see if anyone can help, i have had fitted a new high output multifuel boiler stove burns mostly wood, connects to indirect cylinder in the attic and separate radiator circuit. System ran fine for week or two then after running a bath the other night...