Recent content by thegimp

Hi guys, Thanks again for the input. I tried the suggestion you suggest Chris R on the filling loop. There was still no compression however. I called a Plumber out and he arrived yesterday. He had a look and said he thought the diaphram had gone. But he checked and all ok. He pumped up...

I use some solder on the PCB earlier. Let more water out. Left it at 1.5bar. Fired her up and all seemed well until about 50 minutes when the misses was in the shower. Heard the boiler banging (not loud but loud enough) so looked at the gauge. It was almost 4bar. I switch off the...

Thanks eaton. I've had to let some more water out this morning. I've switched it off again as it went up to 3.3/4bar. I also turned the screw on the Filling loop anti clock wise. And even though there is lots of pressure there was no hissing what so ever? I'm stumped on this as I would...

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question folks. I have no idea what a filling loop is? Where abouts is this item? Is it easy enough for a novice to look at? DDK, I had a problem last year with the PCB which I had to repair and I am 99.9% sure it was the top left hand side of...

Hi guys, My first post is in regards the Potterton 80 Combi Boiler. I've lived in my property for almost three years now and within the last year I've had some problems with the boiler. Last weekend the boiler stopped working (on the possible coldest day of the year). I looked at the...