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Any body got any idea about the flow and retuns thing in particular? Thanks

Thanks for the replys. I replaced the F&E Tank myself why the boiler was down, the old metal tank had a lot of scale in it so I thought I would replace it. It is the correct tank, I have other larger tanks for the hot water. The old one was about 20 gallons, I was not sure if I could get away...

Thanks for the answer, I hate to say it but I think I may have a leak somewhere under the floor. I have seen no signs of a leak, damp floor etc. Do you think I may be able to get something like this done on house insurance? I have full accident cover.

Does water in the F&E Tank on the C/Heating evaporate? The reason I ask is I have isolated the water going into the tank because plumbing work was being done. I have kept an eye on the tank level because I thought maybe it was losing water. Anyway in 4 days the water level has gone down about...

Problem has only started since new boiler fitted and work on rads done. I have it zoned now, one upsatairs, one downstairs. Only just had the Boiler done so I'm still playing with it. When I put Downstairs on one radiator is cold,(flow and return pipes cold) it used to work fine, I played...

Hi, I need to balance my C/Heating system after changing many rad valves and taking the rads off and flushing them. I have found a couple of web pages that explain how. It's just one says flow and return should be about same temperature, the other says there should be an 11 degree difference...

There is no leak by the tank or anything visable. Is there any thing I can use to seal the leak without digging the floor up?

Hi, I have noticed by chance that water has been going down in the C/Heating tank in the Loft. I shut off the water going to it to replace a radiator, did the work, filled the tank again, bleed the rads but never started the heating back up. Went back to the tank because I had shut of supply to...

Hi, I need to buy a new Oil boiler, i'm replacing a worchester danesmore 26/32. A plumber said a Grant vortex utility 26/36 or another Worchester 26/32. Does anybody have any idea where the cheapest place to score these boilers would be, or is there any other equal boilers that are a better...

The boiler is not economical to repair. Anyone familiar with the question I had about zoning etc? No I have not considered your ankle idea, thanks

Hi, I have to buy a new oil Boiler, the old one is not repairable. At the moment I have a non condensing oil boiler that is running a gravity feed hot water and heating system. Do some new condensing boilers run on Gravity feed systems, or should I be getting the pipe work updated to a...

Hi, The old boiler was Bosch worchester danesmore Oil and changing it for probabaly Graunt Vortex 26/32 condensing oil Yes there has been corrosion before my time, I did run sludge remover in the system for 4 weeks about a 6 weeks before I had problem with Boiler, not much sludge came out.

I need to have a new boiler installed. Can I get away with not going to the expence of having a power flush before it is installed? The rads are about 25 years old and the old boiler was about 10 years old, the water jacket split. It is 8mm microbore pipe and the downstairs pipes go under a...

Hi, I have a worchester Borch Danesmore 26/32 Oil system Boiler that is 10 years old. I have only lived in the house for 3 months. The other night the heating was working fine, then I noticed it getting cold, went out to the utility room where the boiler is and the floor was flooded and a...

Thank you everybody for your help. From your tips I managed to get the job done, no leaks yet. A couple of the joints are a bit messy but they don't leak which is the main thing. I have to do more of the same work next weekend and I'm hoping more practise will help me get quicker and better...

Thanks for the tips. I will try again and let you know how I get on.

Hi, I'm trying to move some of the pipework on my central heating. I decided to use endfeed fittings because the existing pipe is 8mm microbore and it will be on show. I have made the pipe runs and connected it all up OK. I have never done any endfeed soldering before but I thought it cant be...

Hi, I currently have three double radiators in my front room. I need to do some pipe work and was thinking of changing the radiators at the same time for new ones. The current three sizes are 1280 x 430 double each, they are rads probabaly from the late 1970's. Do you think I could replace...

5mm Acrilic bath

Hi, I thought I was saving myself some money by buying a cheap bath from the internet. When it arrived I have found that it has no wooden frame around the top of the bath lip. Is this usual, or just cheap? I now need to build a frame so I can sucure it. What is the best way of doing this? I...