Recent content by sjgill

OK, Engineer came out and the thermostat on the boiler has gone. Will replace next week when part in stock. Thanks for the help Stuart

OK, Latest is I've bled all the valves and still nothing. I did however find the lever to adjust the Mid-position valve to be broken off by the previous owners of the house. There was also a grinding noise from it so I've given in and called an expert. Thanks for all your help. Stuart

Not so much sucess. The heat came on this morning but it went off again after about 40 minutes instead of 15. It appears there is a valve under the boiler in that hole that I touched that could be at fault. I noticed potterton do not have the manual for the model boiler I have. It's only when i...

Sucess! I got home and checked the pump and made sure everything was ok with the radiators and then switched the heat on. Sure enough it heated up and then cooled down very quickly. I looked at the boiler and it's a potterton f40. There was a small circular hole on the bottom of the boiler which...

We have controls on the radiators (they are on full at the moment) and an overall thermostat in the hallway which is currently set to 22. The radiators heat up to the expected level when the heating first comes on but after it reaches the temp then they never get very warm again. They tend to...

Clout, kick, hammer.... no need as the pump appears to be working. I've tested the pump on different speeds as well and you can notice the difference so it appears fine.

Hi there. I'm getting real problems with my CH since the pipes were drained for replacing bathroom taps last weekend. The system is not very old (House is only 8 years old). The CH gets warm when the timer switches it on but when it reaches that temp then the radiators start to cool but never...