Recent content by storm7

Got it - wasn't expecting it to be so obvious... Did what you said and after a bit of upstairs/downstairs, banging and over flow of piping hot water from the header tank the hw cylinder is now getting warm and we have hot water coming from the taps. Many thanks for the advice - the kids...

Any ideas on where I could find the thermostat phial on the boiler? Cheers

Is curing the blockage from the primary return off the cyclinder a job for a plumber? or are there any diy tips for this? Thanks

It is a flamingo 50s Cheers

Thanks for the swift response Dave The primary flow from the bolier is indeed getting hot however no feed into the hot cylinder is getting in the slightest 'warm'

Help please... I have a gravity fed hot water/central heating system and decided to do some diy and swap out a rad in one of the bedrooms. I emptied the system/s and connected the rad and bled them then did the obligatory bleeding and the central heating works fine. However, now I...

Success - well sort of - I now have hot (ish) water I drained both the CH and HW systems and filled both very slowly letting the air out of the rads and the HW using the bleed valve on the cylinder (thanks for the pointer on that) as I went and now the rads are warm and the water, as I said...

I hope I can. When I say the boler fires I mean that if I set the timer switch to 'hot water' only the bolier ignites as if it is heating something up (doesn't light for very long though), however, there is no hot water as the taps run cold all the time. Obviously I left it for a while to...

Sorry about the delay in replying - waiting for one of my daughters to get up!!! There is an air bleed valve coming of the highest pipe entering the cylinder. I tried to bleed and it there was very little air before the water appeared. Any other ideas? Thanks

Hi there - this is my first post so be gentle - I really hope somebody has the answer else I am going to be in the bad books forever!!! I have a Potterton Flamingo 50s and after a bit of DIY (remove a radiator -thus I drained they system) I am no longer getting hot water. The rads heat up...