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Many thanks. Interesting reading. The house was built in 1965 to give you an idea of pipe ages. The CH header sits on a plank directly on top of the large DCW header tank. That strikes me as strange and not a good idea. The expansion pipes are set up correctly. The water in the DCW header is...

In this case the water is pushing its way into the cold water tank, except the water in there is a bit warm now. When that tank was full, it did overflow.

Great advice and info. Thank you. Am planning on replacing boiler system and associated parts soon anyway.

Discovered the cause of the brown water. The CH header tank was full of rusty water from expansion pipe due to old boiler, plus sediment. When I had the CH drain valve seal fixed (due to leak) the heating engineer bunged the CH header tank. Some water was lost when fixing the drain valve seal...

Any rough idea how much a conventional boiler replacing back boiler, fitting all new parts, tanks, cylinder, extra piping, the lot would cost? Just preparing myself for the shock of Monday's quote.

Thanks. All extra weight in favour of conventional. Thought conventional would be more expensive due to extra tanks. I'd be asking for cylinder, CH tank and cold water tank all to be replaced as they're all pretty old.

Thanks. Makes sense. Most likely go for a boiler insurance plan though, so they'll by someone to fix it if it is more complex. Thank you. Makes sense. Think I'm heading down the route of conventional boiler now. Might be more expensive but don't want the future hassle. Plus the added bonus of...

Thanks. That's a good point to consider. Do combis go wrong more? On average, do they have a shorter life span?

Thanks. Water pressure from mains is good to check. Will ask british gas bloke to check on Monday visit

As detailed in other posts, I'm replacing my back boiler with either a combi or Conventional Boiler. Am in the proceedings of getting quotes and trying to work out which to go for. We have a medium sized 3 bedroom mid terrace house with single bathroom with shower over bath and total of 7...

Aside from British Gas and and small local companies. Any big companies like British gas I could try for boiler replacement? Have British gas coming Monday but feel I need more quotes. Are Boxt any good for example?

Thank you. My understanding is that the pipes that feed the central heating are coiled inside the cylinder. Since we had the thermostat changed there is clearly a noticeable difference in radiator temp as expected. The cold water is clear, so I'm guessing that the header tank in the loft must...

For those that saw my recent post enquiring about replacing my back boiler to something modern. Looks like this has now been brought forward. Have started getting brown water coming from my hot water taps. All cold water in bathrooms and downstairs is fine. I believe that the piping inside the...

Nearest town is Fleet, Hampshire.

It's a 3 bed mid terrace house with single bath with Aqua Lisa Quartz digital shower over the bath (I know this will require a cylinder). Our problem is where to put the replacement boiler. My gas service engineer said that the loft would be the only real option. There is a larder cupboard...

Am biting the bullet and having my very old Baxi Bermuda back boiler replaced with something new. Hopefully this summer. I know it's going to be a big job and a lot of upheaval but just wanted some opinions on where to get quotes from. The local bloke that does the yearly service recommended...

What is the problem with them?

Are fire angel bad?

I am due to replace the two smoke alarms in my house as they are quite old now and was considering replacing them with a model that has 10 year sealed lithium battery but have seen reviews stating the the batteries have only lasted a fraction of the time or have a habit of going off...

Couldn't agree more. Thanks