Recent content by TG

Before we got chance this morning to pluck up the courage to check the boiler's air vent or bleed valve we got a phonecall out of the blue from 'Coldbusters' (government scheme) who we'd been told last week couldn't help us for months due to lack of funds. He wanted to come round this afternoon...

Okay - now we're really scared of our boiler! We wrestled with the PRV until it 'clicked' and loads of air then water (through the pipe) came gushing out until the pressure on the boiler dropped to zero. When it was quiet we then managed to eventually access the air valve on the BOTTOM of the...

Don't think I'll make PM but I'm getting pretty handy!! My husband was great at DIY but has a brain injury so I have to do most of the thinking at the moment, but still feel braver when we tackle scary things together. Will let you know how it goes...

Sorry Tony I guess I am scared of re-pressurising the expansion vessel on my own - I keep going to and then think I'd better not! (on this forum some people say 'empty the boiler' and some say you have to empty the whole system, some say it is an easy job and others that you have to be really...

Thankyou - all taken on board, I'm a bit concerned it says elsewhere that you have to empty the water out of the boiler and bring the system to atmospheric pressure before you can pump up the expansion vessel. I'm wondering now if my pressure problem could be with the filling loop - how do...

Thanks guys, it's tricky but considering it cost us £200 4 years ago for a Worcester-Bosch engineer to replace a valve (and that was 2 visits!) I think we might somehow pay for a new boiler for the future than pay call-out charges to see how to fix the overheating, pressure and hot water...

Thankyou so much Mark, that explains alot - I think then that the damage has already been done from when the boiler overheated the other day as it managed to kill off the hot water. I'm keeping a careful eye on the pressure gauge and keeping the heating on low (I double-checked the filling...

Hi Would really appreciate any advice! We have a Worcester 280 RSF combi, about 11 years old, and the pressure reading has been becoming more unstable lately. I bled some air out of a radiator upstairs last week. The next day the pressure was almost zero so I topped up the system to about...