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  1. Kev F

    unknown part

    Guarantee it won't be English size, this is the problem of people buying cheap crap from abroad, it's fine until it goes wrong. You'll be lucky to fix it I'm afraid. Wouldn't pay too much to bes as you'll end up having a load of spare bits.
  2. Kev F

    Which oil boiler?

    Grant are the best of an average bunch when it comes to oil, avoid worcestor like the plague
  3. Kev F

    Heating options for a house extension

    Underfloor is fine for most floors, it's no good for laminate, but most real woods and engineered woods are fine, the wood you buy should actually state if ok for underfloor. Done a few massive houses with engineered and real wood all with uf
  4. Kev F

    Tepid water from tun dish - air gap recharged though

    It's not even one for a plumber, you need someone with a g3 compliance certificate,
  5. Kev F

    Heating options for a house extension

    These kits are great http://www.underfloorheating1.co.uk/single-room-thermostatic-valve-kit.html
  6. Kev F

    condensation on felt in loft

    Yep lack of ventilation, loft insulation company's should now fit extra vent if required free of charge
  7. Kev F

    Calor gas boiler -- "forget that if i were you"

    I generally fit hitachi but there is a Samsung unit out in may that looks very impressive
  8. Kev F

    Veismann vitodens boiler problem

    You can actually still wire it so the over heat stat kills the power to boiler, then you cover all g3 without zone valves
  9. Kev F

    Veismann vitodens boiler problem

    There's a little debate at the minute where they say it doesn't make any differance which cylinder, let's be fair all unventeds are the same
  10. Kev F

    Veismann vitodens boiler problem

    Viessmann allow it as the boiler on max won't run above 90c
  11. Kev F

    Ball park cost for installing Solar HW

    Ah biggest issue though make sure your boiler can take per heated water, a lot dont
  12. Kev F

    Ball park cost for installing Solar HW

    I gather it's cos it's a Combi, you'll need a mixing valve. Caleffi do one not cheap though few hundred quid. Solar and combos work very very well
  13. Kev F

    Magnabooster2,Sentinel or Magnaclean

    Manga booster by far on all accounts
  14. Kev F

    Veismann vitodens boiler problem

    If you have a 2 port anywhere that's where your going wrong on the 4 pipe, no controls apart from prog stat and cylinder sensor needed
  15. Kev F

    Ball park cost for installing Solar HW

    Thermal with the fit payment from oct will outperform pv
  16. Kev F

    Calor gas boiler -- "forget that if i were you"

    Wrong, I've fitted two heat pumps recently that when costing up new oil boiler, tank and filling it, plus the grant of £850 they received from government it came out cheaper, plus running cost is working out just under half the cost of oil over oct-December
  17. Kev F

    Veismann vitodens boiler problem

    It works on hot water priority, so when hw is called for it concentrates solely on that, if it's a sealed system you shouldn't have an air issue, try turning the stat up to max for hw or take out the probe if used instead and let it run, also he needs to make sure the air vent on the pump is...
  18. Kev F

    Ball park cost for installing Solar HW

    I'd supply and fit inc vat for between 3-4k
  19. Kev F

    Direct Cylinder Immersion Issue

    Never bother changing just the stat, always new immersion
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