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turn off the heating and hot water for a while so the pump stops running and check for leaks on the negative side

yeah, it's white and has a 90 elbow on the end of it, there's also a huge metal white square plate that goes over it, i hated the Baxi flue system, it seemed to be made of unobtainium as it was so tough to cut through!

that fence panel to the left of the flue, is that the boundry between you and your neighbour? if so the flue should be 300mm away from it, by the looks of that picture i think you don't have that. from an internal corner on the Baxis you need 25mm, which you seem to have, to fit a plume kit on...

who turns up to fit the meter nowadays? is it someone from transco, or just some bod who only has ever fitted meters and done the purge and re light fresh out of college? the reason i ask is that if it's the transco dude, you could bung him a few quid and he might be able to raise the height of...

could be that the filling loop is letting by, is it the type with the braided hose? if so remove the hose and see if any water is seeping through the valve on the cold main. could also be the pressure vessel is bust or needs re-charging. have a Google for recharging pressure vessel, and there'll...

those radiators used to come with a little offset bleeding key, i did find one once, but it's since bust. they're dead handy, as bleeding those rads when they're tight to the wall is a nightmare. my quest goes on to find another one.....

could've been worse, you could've been on holiday!

have a chat with your neighbours and see what they have, could be the area you live in has low water pressure, is it an old house, do you have a lead water main? if so replacing it will help

you could also extend the flue internally too, for example a 90 bend on top of the boiler pointing left or right, then a short extension, then another 90 pointing out through the wall, doesn't look pretty but it might help

if that window doesn't open then you only need to be 150mm away from it, if it does then you need to be 300mm away, as mentioned above you take the measurement from where the opening actually is not the end of the brick work, so you might be able to squeeze in an extra 50mm or so. you can fit a...

when i used to work in London the immersion heaters we used to fit had a sacrificial anode, but i wasn't part of the cylinder it was part of the immersion. it could just be poor manufacturing, might have been the last one built on a friday before a bank holiday weekend, if you know what i mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=9UprxM_aBWk&gl=GB this one is my favourite, (can't embed it) ever worked much in Cumbernauld? it's full of asbestos!

yeah, im in there, although i hate to disappoint but im actually from London, i moved up here in 2004, my wife is Scottish, she's from some weird concrete hell called Cumbernauld :eek:

just got one left, the one that i put on the floor (too weak nowaydays to bend 22mm without having one leg down) the other is wrapped in electrical tape! no, new guides, they've either been lost or dropped too many times, that familiar 'ping' when they hit the deck :D

yeah, find out from the boiler manufacturer what is allowed, some might allow it others not, have any of your neighbours had a new boiler recently? you can tell by looking at the flue if it's different to yours, maybe knock on their door and see what they got (or post a picture on here as most...

ive had mine for about 12 years or so and still going strong!

ph neutralizers? probably find them getting built in to boilers soon i reckon.

as long as the system is clean, inhibited, and balanced correctly ive found microbore systems are fine, the main problem i find is that when they were installed the pipes were kinked and eventually get blocked, that and conservatory fitters tee off the 8mm for a giant rad they've installed which...

the rain water that comes in from the gutter above will dilute what little condensate water there is anyway, so don't worry

Surestops are good, but a back is always handy, if you've got room on the pipe fit both!