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What you need to do is find out the manufacturers flue space requirement for whatever appliance you wish to buy. Its often too late after you have bought the fire and find the space is not adequate. I have condemned a couple of installations where the owners decided to install it anyway. One lot...

If its whistling its because its forgotten the words (boom boom) Alfredo

Anybody know where I can get a 300mm Diameter indirect H.W. Cylinder, (or 350mm at a pinch). I have one to replace in a very narrow airing cupboard. Alfredo

I was only trying to keep it simple for the poor guy. Why fit a combi and a cylinder. You may as well fit a C&F Britony for the H.W. if thats the route you are taking.Whats the point when a high recovery cylinder can recover a full cylinder up to temp in well under 15min (some quote as low as 8...

They're all OK, but I'd choose the Vokera for the simple reason that my Vokera Linea 28 is now six years old and has never missed a beat...yet! They will all have things that go wrong with them eventually, and all of these are good makes, so I wouldn't get too hung up about your choice. I...

You have seven Hot Water outlet points. This is too much for a combi. I live in a three bed detached with 9 rads and four Hot Water outlets (inc shower), and the combi is just about perfect for this. Combis are excellent for showers, but will only serve one outlet at a time. I have a Vokera...

" I would suspect that soldered joints would melt before what you were told ever became an issue" Yes, this had occurred to me as well, but its a lot easier to smile and say "yes boss"..and keep earning the money. I had also considered exactly what kind of heat you might need to get to the...

On our job we are forbidden to use PTFE tape on a gas connection, and we have to use paste. The reason given to us is that heat/fire can damage PTFE and could cause a gas leak at just the time when you least need one. There is some logic to this i suppose. Alfredo

Yup..sounds like you got no pressure in the expansion vessel so it blows it out the overflow instead. Alfredo

Apologies newcomers, i failed to note you were a 'pro'. :oops: Alfredo

An 8OE doesn't have a pilot light, its electronic ignition, thats what the E stands for. So its lighting, then going out and fluctuating. This means its going into 'instant overheat' because it can't get rid of the heat it is making. I'd check the pump first. Is it working OK? Alfredo

I hate them..they all do this. 1)Blocked pilot jet..dismantle and clean. I use hot water and washing up liquid followed by dust air. 2) overheat interrupter at gas valve end of thermocouple is also prone to failure and causing pilot to go out. replace thermistor on right hand side of boiler...

Three things on Compact 80E Most Likely 1) Diaphragm on DHW split and/or pin stuck (its the right hand bronze looking thing held on with star screws, and with a black micro switch clipped on. 2nd most likely2) Plate to plate heat exchanger blocked/crudded up. 3rd most likely 3) Adjustable...

I've just returned from a Puma 80e doing exactly the same as this. Pump running, fan running, DHW fine. Boiler will sometimes light for CH, but goes out v.quickly Flow doessn't get hot. I had not read this thread before so i can't add anything to it except its deffo a Puma thing!! No, I...

Well I'm on call and i've just got back from a 60 miles round trip to change a pump on a wet system electric combi boiler for an 83 year old lady way up on the Lincs coast (no gas there). The install is only 9months old and it looks as though it was done by morons. Failed pushfits have caused...

Its a legal loophole they all slid quite happily through. You can't break laws that are not in force. They got approval early, planning cannot force you to obey laws that don't exist. They are therefore perfectly legal installations, not within the spirit of subsequent/proposed legislation, but...

Paul Tend to agree. We have a few addicts in properties, but they don't always last long. Some die of overdoses, some commit suicide, and the landlord gets possession orders on others. Its no way to live, and yes, one lot tried to sell us back a boiler we'd installed nine months...

"It's a completely rubbish idea, the only good thing is that the home condition report has been dropped from the scheme which really would have been a complete waste of money " Which is why it works perfectly well in numerous other European countries I suppose :roll: . The Scottish idea cures...

I think you will find that there is no requirement to have records before a certain date(I'm not sure what the date is). That will not stop solicitors for the purchaser from asking for them, however. The seller merely has to point out to the buyer that the installation predates this legal...

I bought an ideal standard dual flush with a two piece central button on top and a gerberit siphon. Its rubbish..the seal in the gerberit siphon fails regularly and instead of saving water it wastes gallons, Its done it again and I have to turn it off at the isolator. Three seals in three years...