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One thing I'd say is I'm OCD and would want it looking tidier! Where is it located in the house, in the basement? Do you find it gets warm in there?

Is the boiler locked out? Press reset button on it. How stiff is the valve spindle, do you need pliers to turn it? If so then it might be coated in rust (see one of my profile pics). If this is the case the actuator may be prone to burning out aftert some time.

What TRV do you have? I have same scenario with a Myson TRV. Myson TRVs have two metal tabs around the underside of the head that can be moved and slotted in to set the head between to tolerances. I set the min tab to the max so the head can't be moved at all.

I fitted an MB3 two years ago after a system clean out. Since then I've taken out one litre on each anniversary of the system clean: first sample had particles 1cm deep (in a 2 litre bottle) and following year less than half centimetre. Maintain the correct level of inhibitor the amount of...

Panasonic TV controller (N2QAYB000504) is suddenly behaving in an odd way. Power button works, channel 3 button works, volume and channel up/down button are all wrong, they scroll through current channel information. I've changed the batteries and tested the remote with smart phone to see the...

"..., was serviced a couple of years ago." Is it a legal requirement that a landlord should service a tenant's boiler once a year?

Keep it. I have the same boiler and its been going strong for over 18 years and the only problem is the well known lock-out issue, resolved by getting your gas safe engineer to fit the improved PCB. This fix alone is worth it compared to a new boiler.

Finally some water pump pliers got the thing off, new washer fitted and all working normally now.

I'm trying to get the white end piece off this Roca toilet flush assembly. Is it supposed to click off or twist off? Either way it won't budge! Btw I removed the leaking rubber wasjer already by cutting it, I thought it might help in getting a grip...

I ran the cold tap at full blast for 10 seconds and amount of crud that came out was alarming. Forgot the hose had a filter. I took it off and it was 90% blocked, things looking ok now.

A faulty water meter was replaced yesterday and today I noticed the washing machine is filling very slowly, I saw some specs in the washing machine conditioning drawer and the kitchen tap is dripping when fully closed. I've put two and two together and believe some crap has gone in to the...

Waterproof ply (6mm) tiled over with mosaic tiles may work.

True but getting your gas man to replace with upgrade PCB (part number 5111603) will resolve this and add many more years to the boiler's life. OP's original description sounds like normal behaviour.

When refilling you can always try back-filling from the drain-cock (water filled hose connected to the drain-cock and forcing air out as it fills). You need someone in the loft to check the level in the F&E tank as you do this though!

Yes, it releases air from the HWC side. I have a combined F&E pipe too (22mm), never had any issues apart from once having trouble removing air from the HWC side. Over a week the air eventually goes but can be helped by rocking the flow by changing the pump speed up and down every few seconds.

Sorry, just realised mine was a PRT2 stat :oops:

Yes it was. I have a photo on my work Blackberry, will post it up here tomorrow.

I changed my Pottwrton stat with the Heatmiser.

Sounds like a big house, try adding more insulation perhaps?