Recent content by stevenabell

Thanks heatingman, I understand. I guess what confuses me is that the burner is not lit on the boiler. I'd expect it to be lit until the temperature on the thermostat in the individual room has been reached. I'll make an attempt to unscrew the screw from the middle of the pump and see if there's...

The pump is making a noise. Or, at least it WAS. I managed to unscrew one of the actuator heads (the one for the kitchen) until it popped off, exposing the pin beneath. The pin does press down if I apply enough pressure, and pops back up to its natural position. Now, it was just around this time...

I _assume_ that the pump is working, given that the pipes either side of it are hot to touch? If it were not fully functional, I would expect the pipe between the pump and the actual manifold to be cold. Of course it's possible that I'm missing something because I know very little about these...

Many thanks for the super quick reply; sincerely appreciated. I've taken a closer look at that valve, a picture of which is here (minus its sheath) : http://www.eurochangecharity.org/mix-valve.jpg The apparent dial inside looks like it may want to turn, but attempting to do so (it's...

Hello all, Hopefully this is child's play for some bright spark. This is the situation: Baxi Potterton boiler, central heating enabled on boiler, underfloor heating, thermostats in individual rooms cranked right up, heating does not work in any room. The problem: Hot water appears to...

Nice idea - this hasn't been tried and so I will attempt to source a strong magnet and do so. The pipe is copper (I'd say in the region of 15-20mm in diameter), and we're suspecting a build-up of sediment since we're in a hard water area. We'll give it a spin though. Meanwhile if anyone could...

Yep, NHBC aren't interested. No surprises there. From what I'm hearing the sure-fire way to get this is as Fluffster says - to cut it out. Q: Since the affected pipe is above the UFH manifold but below the boiler tank, do I need to drain anything?

The flat is at most 4 years old (a new build); and yes the NHBC 10 year guarantee is still in effect. However, (a) I'm not sure if this would cover a physical pipe blockage, and (b) to be quite honest we don't think their guarantee is worth the paper on which it's printed (prior experience)...

Thanks for the continued comments guys. My impression from the gas engineer who attended is that the problem is a physical blockage - I'm estimating possibly a build-up of sediment in the elbow (we're in the south-east). The thing is, the flat is so warm that we only ever have the heating on...

Cheers, Dave. So any info on how I might actually go about doing it? TIA, Steve

Hello All, I'll try to keep this brief. I have a Baxi (Potterton HE) combi boiler, HW is fine, CH is not. The hot water for CH doesn't even make it past the elbow in the outgoing CH pipe - which at this stage is still even inside the boiler panel. Consequently the hot water running through...

Hi Ian, Sure appreciate your response. You are correct in your assumption that it is a mains voltage fan. Regarding the crimps - are you saying that those which I linked to on Maplin are not up to the job, or even worse, unsafe? If so then please let me know how you would suggest a safe...

Thanks for getting back to me, oharaf. The fan is an extractor fan, pictured: http://www.howdoyouplaythat.com/fan.jpg Its purpose is to extract paint fumes (it is a brushless fan so no danger of sparks) from a home-made spray booth, not too dissimilar to what this chap has done...

Hello All, I'm wondering which is the most suitable flex to use in order to provide power to my 230V~AC, 1phase 0.18/012A fan. The only 2-core flex I can see on Maplin is the following: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=23087&doy=4m2 ...which is a "Round 2-Core 3A Mains...

Ahhhhh. I see. (Doh :lol: ) Thanks for the link, ColJack. So okay, hopefully the last couple of stupid questions: - Using the .11" red crimps and no housing for the main unit, presumably those 2 pins (or rather the spades) will give a lethal shock if touched, right? - Is it necessary...