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Good suggestion, which I should have thought of :cool:. I will do some archaeology on previous threads.

:D This might not be the best time to tell you my last job title was Microsoft Systems Developer :LOL:

Good one! But no flow chart or logic diagram I have ever seen is as incomprehensible as plumbing systems. When I look in the airing cupboard it's like copper spaghetti, pipes going this way and that way and who knows where. How do I know there is not some curious circumstance by which a blockage...

On the basis of what you have said I will not go back to this firm until I have got another plumber to come and adjudicate. If this second plumber confirms the pump has been put in back to front then I will cast the current plumbing firm into the outer darkness. A shame as they have done all my...

I have an update on the story :cool:. For those new to the saga, a plumber fitted a new pump to my system in August and (probably) since then, hot water has been circulating through the feed and expansion tank at a fast rate (one pint a minute). Magnet tests show iron deposits in some of the...

I don't think they could possibly charge me for this. I don't think they could possibly charge me. Which might be problematical as they will hardly be in a hurry to do a job that will earn them nothing. I'll find out tomorrow :cool:

Thanks very much for this Tony! It was quite a young person who did the job. I'm glad I delayed phoning now. I'll call the plumber tomorrow...I won't mention the deposits in the pipes until they've corrected their installation of the pump.

It's definitely the other round! With the boiler audibly going, I can keep my hand comfortably on the right hand pipe but the left hand pipe is scorching hot. What does this mean? I like the light switch too, though it probably should have been replaced at the last rewire.

Hi Tony, the boiler is an Ideal Classic FF250, top and bottom pictured below. Is it possible to tell me from these pics which pipe should be hotter than which other pipe?

I'd be interested to hear your diagnosis...doesn't the magnet testing suggest the pipes need flushing (or replacing)?

That's a surprise, I've never lived in London but I was under the impression professional tradesmen were very hard to get hold of...maybe I am out of date on that. I googled 'designated flow pipe' but nothing came up. Which pipe is this, and what is the pipe it should be hotter than? And what...

I have, and hopefully learned a few plumbing secrets :cool:. My busyness stops here though; tomorrow this gets passed to the plumber. In my estimation water is the most terrifying substance known to man and I intend to go to my grave never having gone near a monkey wrench :cool:

Before I contact the plumber there is one loose end I would like to tie up. In an earlier post I mentioned the diyplumber website suggested back pumping could be caused by the pump being installed the wrong way round, sending the water in the wrong direction. This pump was installed recently...

When my son was a toddler he found a metal rod and discovered he could push it through the insulation and make nice holes :cool: ..and to answer your other question, I will phone tomorrow. Hopefully the winter rush hasn't started. This firm usually comes within a week or so.

One more diagnostic photo:

I've followed the advice of JohnD and others and done some investigations with a magnet. It seems to bear out the suspicion that there is a blockage in the system caused by iron deposits, which will require the services of a plumber. I'll describe what I did. I would be grateful if someone could...

JohnD this is looking positive! I turned the pump setting to medium and although there is still hot water draining into the expansion the rate is far less....not much more than a trickle...I'll keep an eye on it and find the magnet tomorrow...think I know where it is. Answer to your question is...

Is this safety vent some sort of tap or valve that's meant to be closed?

Thanks Steelmasons....and I've just found something else on the internet; one of the manifestations of the pump being set too fast is air build up in the radiators. Last week I noticed one of the downstairs radiators was tepid and when I bled it it was hissing air for about five minutes, so...

One more thought....googling took me to a site called diyplumbing.co.uk. According to this the most likely causes of Pumping Over are pump speed too high (already mentioned) and 'The pump has been installed the wrong way, and is directing water the wrong way around the system'.Can I diagnose the...