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    Weird constant running water sound

    is your heating on when you hear it that looks like a central heating filter
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    Lagging for an external condensate pipe

    yes there is as they can and do freeze
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    Lagging for an external condensate pipe

    not strictly true failure of the gas valve / thermostats and other components can keep a boiler on in fault condition causing the pressure to rise as expansion vessel cannot accommodate the amount of expansion from the heat being generated
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    Radiator Sludge

    which can be dealt with with chemical clean and hot and cold flushes in the vast majority of cases . But then again that doesnt generate £££ for unnecessary work
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    Radiator Sludge

    Taking rads off and flushing them outside with a hose is going to clean them far better than a powerflush
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    Has the boiler fitter bypassed our water softener???

    yep the biggest boiler manufacturer in UK needs to take advice from JOHND and older plumbers need to stop adhering to manufacturers instructions on how to fit their boilers despite this voiding warranties. . oh look here is ideal also saying the same . . . 5 water treatment Central Heating The...
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    Has the boiler fitter bypassed our water softener???

    see rodders post . As i said some manufacturers do not recommend it
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    Has the boiler fitter bypassed our water softener???

    Some manufacturers do not recommend softened water for their combi `s
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    Leaking filling loop on baxi

    your existing one was a bad design from day one and was only used for a short while by baxi the one in your second pic is the replacement and is far better and easier to use
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    New boiler or not?

    Leaking rads after a few years can also indicate an electrical fault causing pinholing in rads
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    Gravity based back boiler CH system - Advice needed.

    yep pretty basic and standard back in the day gravity system worked the HW and the pump worked the heating
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    Gate valves

    Very common fault spindle has snapped in the closed position as you now have at least 25 plus gallons in the tank above it you either need to empty it or use a bung kit in the cold feed outlet to keep the water up there whilst you change it as has been said better to use a full bore lever valve...
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    Gate valves

    Stick to A level woodwork you clearly havent got a clue about a basic valve with a snapped spindle
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    Three random radiators on three different floors are cold including pipes, townhouse, heat only boiler with water tank.

    when you turn the bypass valve back on from off just do 1 to 1 and a half turns that will be plenty
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    Three random radiators on three different floors are cold including pipes, townhouse, heat only boiler with water tank.

    PHOTO 4 Turn the bypass valve off not the one coming out of cylinder but the other one in the picture and try one at a time again
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    Three random radiators on three different floors are cold including pipes, townhouse, heat only boiler with water tank.

    turn all the rads off apart from just one of the not working ones it shoul heat up then off with that and repeat with other two
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    Upstairs rads getting hot, downstairs not at all.

    what make and model of combi . Also if your topping up taps are under the boiler check that you havent accidentally partially turned off the boiler isolating valves
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    Downstairs heating only working when upstairs is on

    take your new head off the valve body and try it see if it fires
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    Concealed Cistern Annoyance

    Its called sobered up ;)
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    Concealed Cistern Annoyance

    first world problems young counter assistant doesnt know all of the 70 thousand products and names of them after 2 weeks in the job . Hanging is too good for him . give your head a wobble
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