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Seems like we have a solution. It seems that during the long down-time of the system, corrosion produced hydrogen causing "air" pockets such that the water level was too low to be pumped around all 3 floors (basement & main living floor, Zone 1 - and the top floor, Zone 2). Hence the bottom...

Yep, it is a reddish-brown colour. Pics to follow later today. Update: Pictures These show the sills (or should it be cills?) after my daughter has ovepainted the wood with two coats of undercoat. Would either of these be any use to overpaint the existing undercaoted sills or is it...

Thanks for the replies. To clarify, the window sill is in a conservatory, not a kitchen or other room. Not sure whether it is softwood - the answer is possibly *shrugs* Can't see much evidence of knots however ... XRD

Strange title, I know. Here's the thing, my daughter has just painted a stained wooden window sill. She's given it two coats of undercoat but something is bleeding through and I'm wondering what we can do to stop it - she wants to gloss paint the windowsills. I know for knots there is a...

Hi Chris, Yes, Zone 1 (basement and main floor) works as normal (rads get toasty hot) even when the boiler says LoPr 0.6 for example None of the old system was kept. The Ideal Minimiser installed by British Gas in 1997 had a header tank in the loft but when that was replaced around 2010/2011...

Sunday morning, 07:30. Turned on floor 2 heating (thermostst set to 23C and programmer/timer on). Checked boiler - LoPr 0.6. No evidence of water ANYWHERE. Pressure topped up to 1.2 bar. Bathroom started off at 17.7C and rose, albeit reluctantly, to 18.4C in half an hour. Radiator under...

Hi Chris, There is a motorised valve for the heating right next to the hot water tank which. In the past it clicks and the whirrs shut (?) but I don’t know if it is a 2-way valve or 3-way. As far as I can remember, BG back in ‘97 only fitted one motorised valve. There aren’t any on floor 1 for...

Some additional pix and info .. ^ ^ The floor underneath the boiler (the darker red area is damp but not wet) ^ ^ Easier to see in 'real life'. ^ ^ The 2965 Error ^ ^ ^ ^ Pipework under the boiler after insulation rmoved ^ ^ Note the drop of water at the bottom of the white...

An update. I just wondered what would happen if I turned off the call for heat for floor 2 (reduced thermostat from 26C to 14C) and increased the thermostat for floors 0 and 1 - depite the boiler saying '2965'. Boiler started up and after the reported temperature dropped steadily until about...

Okay - an update. Been out of the house all afternoon from mid-day and just got in at 7pm. Went down to see what the boiler is saying - LoPr 0.5 bar There a few drops of water on a pipe underneath the boiler, but looking upwards at the 'innards' there's no sign of any water. Anyhow - to the...

Trying to post some pictures - but the have to be on a picture-hosting site - such as Flickr or imgur? You can’t upload direct from your pc? If so, I’ll have to upload them first. XRD

Many thanks for the swift reply Chris. A quick check outside there is only a large diameter drain (for the condensate?) and a small pipe that is capped off with some sort of domed valve (??). No water under this copper pipe. :( The boiler was reporting LoPr 0.6 bar again, so again topped off...

Hi folks, Apologies in advance if I use the incorrect terminology in describing the problem. First, some History. The current system is a WB Greenstar 8300iW 30 S (or maybe 35 S) condensing boiler. No cold-water header tank in loft, not a combi-boiler (we have a hot water tank in the airing...

Brilliant, many thanks! XRD

Hi folks, I hope this is the correct forum to ask this particular question. Kettle stopped working yesterday and I have pinned the problem down to the powerbase. It isn't the fuse, nor a loose wire in the plug, so it is either a break in the cable or a loose connection inside the...

Thanks for the reply Leccy Heat exchanger is free from dust (wasn't all that dusty tbh) and there is nothing changed regarding air circulation from last week (when the fridge was working properly). Fridge will struggle to get to between 0 and 5°C - the stat is usually set to "1" (if set at...

Hi folks - I'd welcome a bit of advice on my 23-year old fridge. Up to the middle of last week (say 27th Oct), the fridge seemed to be working perfectly. Yesterday, we noticed some water puddling under the fridge and that the fridge thermometer was at 12°C. Also, the back plate of the...

Hi folks Just a quick few questions. The Fernox Boiler Buddy and the Magnaclean do the same job - they remove iron particles due to corrosion from the hot water central heating as it passes back to the boiler via RETURN pipe (?). 1) Is one filter easier to install than the other? 2)...

Thanks for that. I looked in the manual and it detailed the procedure. It does indeed involve releasing the two clips either side of the headlight assembly and then sliding the unit forwards. The plug can then be removed from the rear and the whole headlight assembly then removed from...

Yes, same here. So far I have had 4 quotes. 1 from Br.Gas ~ £2800 (excl power flush but inc MagnaClean) 1 from EgaHeat ~ £2800 (incl power flush & MagnaClean) 1 from a local firm (on a recommend) at ~£2400 and the comedy quote of £4500 I am to get a couple of others but the...