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Cheers for the reply. Yeah, I'll let the service engineer bleed the rads, I don't know how to do it.

Hi guys. Had 'F.22 safety switch off' - water shortage' message flashing on my Vaillant this evening, and alternating with '0.4 bar'. Had plenty of water coming out the taps, but not heating up, and no central heating. I know nothing about boilers but fortunately was an easy fix after googling...

Well I'm all set.

I want to have a go at doing the silicon sealant myself, but I've never ever done silicone joints before, I know it can be quite tricky and messy in inexperienced hands like mine. I have a stanley knife to cut away the old, a silicone gun, and I have a new unused pot of 'No Nonsense' sealant...

[/url] Thanks foxhole. :) Will it be ok to cut away the mouldy bits only and join new silicone to old? I think the fan usually starts pretty much anytime I go in there. I think the mould around the silicon is due to two things, and do correct me if I'm wrong. One, the builder only siliconed...

I had a new bathroom built end of last year. Around the clear silicone at the bottom of the shower screen there's a small formation of mould. Also, there's some behind the plastic wedges that support triangular glass corner shelves. There's 2 shelves above each other, and each shelf has 3...

Ah right, thanks for the explanation. Well, I do have most of the rads turned off so that when I manually use the Salus to heat a room up, it doesn't waste gas in the rooms I'm not using. Assuming the other rooms haven't gone below 10c (and I'll monitor this with the Salus room temp display...

Thanks terry. Interesting point you make about minimum temp of 10c (and I've just now increased my off period to 10c for all 7 days). Would that be to stop things like dampness building up in my flat? It's a ground floor flat btw. And so, no need to bother with frost protection then?

Hi guys. Just a quick question. I've had the Salus for a year now, and all is well. I've never really looked into the frost protection setting. I don't really bother much with programmed settings, other than one morning a week during this colder time of year where I set the radiators in my...

I always prepare for the worst when it comes to servicing or repairing anything to do with house or car, and if it turns out cheaper, then it's a nice surprise. :D You're in Hertfordshire, not far from me as I'm in Barnet. I'm sure the engineer I've got coming will be fine (do you happen to...

Thanks Tibbot, I'm a bit clearer on your points now. The commission date on the checklist I linked presumably can be verified by Vaillant, ie, commissioned in January and so there's only a year's history involved. But yeah, fair enough, I take your point that if you didn't install it yourself...

Tibbot said "A service would mean a new seal worth £20.." and that he recommends a full service initially. I took this on face value and assumed it means a new seal every full service.

Yep, I totally I understand what you're saying about a full service not being included in the inspection fee. And if the inspection shows it's needed, then fine, I'll have it done, but you haven't as yet given me an idea of what a full service should cost, or approximately what you would charge...

So you're saying Vaillant probably wouldn't fully service it but would presumably still honour the warranty if the seal breaks, yet wouldn't honour it if someone else didn't do a full service? I think I better call Vaillant just to double check on the exact warranty requirements and ask them...

Ah, ok fair enough. So let me make sure I understand this, as I want the warranty to be absolutely valid so I don't have expensive repairs, even if he fills the book in. Are you saying that he should definitely install a new seal regardless of the condition of the current one, drain the...

By completing paperwork, do you mean where he fills in the service record so that my warranty remains intact? Because that's mostly what I'm doing this for.

Well let's see if Tony confirms or denies that. He didn't mention what you just said and he would have serviced it for about £65. The engineer I've arranged with didn't warn me of any pre-service inspection, I asked him to service the boiler and that's what he said it would cost. He also said he...

And thanks for your input too btw, ianmcd. I didn't realise the key words are 'commissioning date' until I saw your post then looked at my checklist :)

Hi Tony, I misread. Here's a photo of the benchmark commission checklist. http://i.imgur.com/DaLCOyj.jpg Hope the image doesn't show upside down, it was for me but I think it's sorted now. Thanks to you mentioning £65 and local engineers, I just arranged a service with a gas safe...

I've just located the commissioning checklist and service record pages at the back of my Vaillant installation and maintenance manual. Seems I'm a bit premature as the commission date is 11th Jan 2013. The system was installed weeks before that but he took ages to come back and fill in the...