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The pump I have can be seen here - Its a DAB pump green - I thought the USP3 was a direct replacement no?

Thank you ! I am looking to replace boiler and central heating pump - The grundfos pump is an old one and i thought a sup3 might be a good idea at the time What I am struggling with is what Kw to choose - Is 24KW enough or should I use a 30Kw - Price difference is tiny

I had a £600 stuart turner monsson 3 bar pump installed - The cold water is fed from the loft tank and the hot water from a side flange on the cylinder (Like it should be I imagine) What is weird is that the pressure from the hot is not the same as the pressure from the cold - How can that be...

At what point does this boiler become unecomonical to replace? A new boiler is 1K to buy - Do you really spend a few hundred to repair a 40 year old boiler? Im asking as I am looking for a replacement !

I have an Ideal Mexio 2 BED 125 boiler - Its old and works and is in an outhouse in the garden but my wife wants it changes to something more reliable and new. Its a one pipe system with 3 inch steel pipework ! I have my heart set on a HRE intergas but I dont know the KW to buy - The current...

How hard is it to cut into steel and introduce a Tee with a threading machine? Most plumbers dont even know what a one pipe system is so I am not optimistic !

Is galvanised steel used in central heating systems still supported in this country - I have a one pipe system and I am noticing that getting fittings is very heard. Heaven help when a pipe springs a leak !

I also follow the urban plumber - He is always encouraging intergas boilers and I personally am choosing one My system has 4 bed 2 bath and is running an ideal mexico 2 on a one pipe system with a two port valve for hot water. Why are you going with a valiant?

Did you decide which method you wanted to go with and what were the reults? Very keen to do something similar frankly

I think I do have a C Plan - Thank you so much It an old system and I replaced the boiler programmer when I first moved in If I call for heating the boiler fires up straight away and heats the flow pipe which is used by the hot water gravity tank, but annoyingly also heats up the radiators...

What happens when the 2 port valve closes and hot water has been met? The boiler should really shut off in that scenario - But the way its been wired means that does not happen and its only central heating that causes boiler to fire Is a wireless hot water cylinder themrmostat going to fix...

I think I have a similar system - Ideal Mexico 2 boiler in garden which works without any servicing at all and a 2 port valve on the hot water cylinder flor which is tee'd off a pumped flow from boiler I always have had to use the programmer to switch on the boiler in morning and evening to...

I have an old Ideal Mexico 2 floor standing boiler - It is also a one pipe system. Gas engineers want to rip it all out and repipe the whole house which I cannot afford I want to understand what system I have I have a flow out of the boiler which then has a two port valve for hot water...

Hi I am in the office so cant take pictures till later tonight It is the monsoon universal pump - Was 575 from Screwfix I have cold water from storage tank in 22mm pipeowrk I have hot water from side flange of cylinder to pump Pipes in and out of pump are on 22mm copper pipes There is 22mm...

Great so spend the money for the new owner to enjoy - Honestly how long do you expect a boiler to last ?! When will you reccomend changing a 30 year boiler ?-

I have invested a ton of money of a new Stuart Turner monsoon pump which has been plumbed to feed all the water outlets in the house (expect for cold water mains). I have a 22mm pipe which feeds the thermostatic shower and there is a tee for how and cold water to tap basin - I have Hansgrohe...

Thanks all - Quite apart from the ability to sell the house at some point - Everyone is going to be put off with a boiler that age

I have a similar setup and woud be keen to know what boiler to choose - I have mexico 2 and also have a one pipe system using 2 inch pipework in my house Wanted to convert the system to sealed system but worried about streeing the pipework so did look at using a central heating dealer but...

So far no one has actually explained what the reason for no combi boiler is - It seems to me gospel that a large house needs a system boiler just in case two people use the bath at the same time and the kitchen sink is switched on - Even under those circumstances a bit of low pressure is not...