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Suggest that you look around to see if you can get parts for it. Look on the web pages for parts suppliers. If you can, then you should be able to get it repaired by a local established heating engineer. But otherwise I would replace it in the summer when its always dry and hot in this...

I'd really try to avoid buying a boiler cos it looks nice ! I think you have to look at the problems on here and decide whether lots of problems demonstrates a rubbish boiler, or just that lots of people have them and therefore more problems will be reported (even if the percentage of failures...

The CH circuit pressure is not related to the mains cold water (and HW flow) pressure problem. But an earlier poster pointed out that 0.5bar is low for the CH pressure and ought to be increased a little, and as waran says its fairly simple to do. I'd be fairly sure its the DHW flow switch, as...

As far as this goes, where does the water co's responsiblity end, and where does the property owners' responsiblity start ?

Normally the boiler will just have simple open/close taps for the central heating and the cold(in),hot(out) pipes, and one for the gas. These aren't normally adjustable. However, the incoming cold water stopcock might not be fully open. This may be a brass tap under your kitchen sink -...

You can put fernox leak sealer in and it might do it. But don't put other Fernox products in with this problem in your boiler as they might have the opposite effect ! What kind of boiler is it ? Reason I ask is if you have a central heating header tank you can put additives in there quite...

I'd recommend phoning Chaffoteaux & Maury and asking for someone who is familiar with the boiler to give it a good going-over. Yes it will be a bit pricey, but then if you haven't spent anything on it for the last few years, you can work it out as an annual amount and it should put things in...

What happened with your boiler, out of interest?

Hmmmm I'm glad its not making a noise, but it should work ok at 0.7 bar. Have you had it fully serviced (i.e. not just a spill test....) in the last four years ?

What 'Fernox' did you use ? They make a range of products. For example if you bought restorer rather than inhibitor that would have consequences. I guess if air is entering the system then you could have a different corrosion reaction compared to the expected anaerobic conditions which...

You can add some inhibitor to the system, which inhibits the corrosion process. Fernox or Sentinel are popular brands. Search the forum for more information using 'inhibitor'. Bear in mind though that if its been bad and going on for a while, the radiators may have corroded signficantly...

You need to find out if its air or hydrogen. Next time he bleeds it he should hold a cup over/above the vent and then try to light the gas in the cup. If it burns with a squeak or pop then there is some hydrogen and its likely to be corrosion. If it doesn't do anything then the chances are...

On the topic of those funky designs.... Are they any good ? Do people have problems compared to good old boring white panels ? Or do they just look nice and fail to heat or give problems ?

I think that was "Chaffoteaux & Maury". But the other question is which model ? You need to identify the model, but more usefully the part numbers. May be in the commissioning/servicing guide if you still have it. Theres a few places on line hrpc.co.uk (in plumb centre shops) or here...

What about Lion dung ? I've heard that is good, but its a bit pricey via mail order. Not sure I want to pay 10 quid for a pile of ****!

TFT monitors work by applying an electric field accross a thin film of chemicals which line up in the field. When they all line up the same way, they reflect light which has the overall effect of making it look a different colour. This requires much lower voltage and current than a CRT...

Hmmm I thought it was the "volts that jolts and the mills that kills". But the voltages on CRTs are pretty high, and i wouldn't go poking around one with a kitchen knife. Even if its been turned off for a bit, the capacitors store charge for quite some time. You can also have this problem...

Yeah I'm not sure either. I thought most washing powders contained softeners. Would expect DS3 to be OK if you dilute it correctly. The indicator in it might stain the plastic tray if you put it in the powder dispenser, so you should try diluting it down, setting the machine on a normal...

That's a good point. I wonder how often those tv researchers are bitterly disappointed with some one turning up on time, doing the job and charging a fair price which covers their costs and allows them to feed their family. I haven't seen a TV show called "Plumbers recommended by a friend...

The airbricks of my 1900's semi have just become blocked up, stopping the wooden floor getting ventilated properly. How long before it starts rotting and resulting in permanent or serious damage ?