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  1. ollski

    What is the worth of a good torch for soldering pipe

    Yes superfire 2 works upside down and thats often a position i find myself in if im ever forced into hot works
  2. ollski

    Hive active heating to replace potterton ep2001

    Lose the link to 5 and wire the rest up the same ie lne and hw on,off and ch on. Link your room stat out at either wiring centre end (preferable) or make n safe on its own and link l and ls wires to room stat
  3. ollski

    Questions about Worcester Bosch Greenstar 37CDi combi boiler

    Im not knocking your service, just saying its above and beyond what it needs. Obviously its 2 mi utes to whip out and clean the trap so you would...but you can see if they need doing. I personally would do a full check on the vessel if rads need bleeding but i generally ask that first and if...
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    Questions about Worcester Bosch Greenstar 37CDi combi boiler

    Service procedure is in the manual. The above would certainly be an extremely thorough service and a lot of that work would be optional rather than required. All the cdis you can visually see if the condensate needs cleaning, the expansion vessel pressure will show if its required on the max...
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    Expansion vessels on hot water cylinder. Are they designed to fail?

    Potable water expansion vessels do not let the membrane come into contact with the mild steel body at any point, they are like a hot air balloon shape rubber membrane and thinner than the membrane stretched across the red ones as they shouldn’t have any sort of aggressive chemicals to deal with...
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    Expansion vessels on hot water cylinder. Are they designed to fail?

    A 3 bar vessel is for unvented hot water not central heating and will be unsuitable to replace a 0.7 - 1 bar ch vessel, you know that right?. Just checking.
  7. ollski

    What are the general rules when tradesman asks for a deposit?

    The 25% restocking fee and wasted time?
  8. ollski

    Kuterlite valve

    These are mine, lovely.7238FB8D-511A-4410-8194-D1ED3AAC97AB by ollski posted 22 Jun 2019 at 5:02 PM
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  10. ollski

    Worcester Greenstar 18Ri

    It may just be the condensate blocked but equally it could be gas pressure so I’d give someone a ring
  11. ollski

    Kuterlite valve

    22mm pipe takes some serious overtightening to distort!.is it seized open or shut?, if open just fit another one where it is accessible.
  12. ollski

    External expansion vessel to vaillant ecotec boiler

    There’s very few prvs you can’t just swap the heads on
  13. ollski

    External expansion vessel to vaillant ecotec boiler

    I’ve had a pint of condensation water from the schraeder before with a perfectly intact membrane. I’m still astounded by the number of heating engineers who can’t repressurize a vessel correctly....and don’t even start me on external unvented vessels, if he doesn’t come down the stairs looking...
  14. ollski

    1st boiler service manufacturer or local engineer

    Get a decent local in, it will need virtually nothing doing.
  15. ollski

    Testo fga and printer help

    I did try them and they were a little cheaper and had some good px deals but it just suited me better to send to Testo through wolseley on account so I got another month or 2 to pay for it!
  16. ollski

    Glow-Worm 24cxi no hot water and leak help

    It’s the flow sensor usually, if it’s got the rubbish grey one then I’d say virtually definitely
  17. ollski

    Testo fga and printer help

    It’s gone back to normal now mate thanks but they did update the firmware. Unfortunately both sensors needed replacing and long life jobs...super pricey
  18. ollski

    Testo fga and printer help

    my 330 has just come back from service calibration (for a bargain 650 quid!) and now the printouts are shot. I left it running and it used half a roll of paper putting one line of text every 6 inches. Anyone ever had this?. It was fine before so guessing it’s just something in settings somewhere
  19. ollski

    Glow-Worm 24cxi no hot water and leak help

    Then it’s not fired up, heat has to go one way or another
  20. ollski

    Glow-Worm 24cxi no hot water and leak help

    If the boiler fires for hw do the radiators get warm while the taps running?
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