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I've got two quotes for a new boiler, one providing a Worcester si30, the other a Valliant protec 28. Any thoughts which is best? I know both makes are regularly fitted these days.

We have an Ideal Response 100 combi boiler. For a while now, after the central heating has been on five minutes (and the pressure gauge has gone up approx 0.2), the boiler whistles for about five minutes and then stops. It then whistles for a few seconds immediately after the ignition has fired...

We have an Ideal Response 100 combi boiler. For a while now, after the central heating has been on five minutes (and the pressure gauge has gone up approx 0.2), the boiler whistles for about five minutes and then stops. It then whistles for a few seconds immediately after the ignition has fired...

Does anyone have any ideas on my posting above?

We have an Ideal Response 100 combi boiler. For a while now, after the central heating has been on five minutes (and the pressure gauge has gone up approx 0.2), the boiler whistles for about five minutes and then stops. It then whistles immediately after the ignition is in use for a short while...

I have a leak from my shower and cannot get hold of my plumber. There is an isolating valve above the shower. I know I need to turn this about quarter of the way around to isolate the water, but which way - clockwise or anti-clockwise? Sorry I'm a female and don't want to increase the flow!!

We have an Ideal Response combi boiler. After about 2 minutes, it whistles like a kettle for about 5 minutes. I mentioned it to our engineer who said it was the fan. On the positive side, this has been going on about eighteen months and the fan is still working.

We had an electrician look at our electrics when we purchased our house 10 years ago, who told us our electrics were about 10-12 years old, making them 20-22 years old now. At the time there was a fuse board and this was replaced by trip switches. We recently had some work carried out by a...

Engineer called again today and it turns out a switch on the side of pump to adjust pump speed had been knocked off I guess during service. Obviously no charge on this occasion!

We have an Ideal Response 100 combi boiler which is heating water, but after the tap is switched off you no longer here the whoosh of water in the radiators/pipes afterwards. On heating mode it whistles, after about a minute it starts to gurgle, overheats and the pressure gauge quickly...

Tony, the boiler is still the same as above - we have hot water and central heating is causing problems. Our engineer will call out later - reckons expansion vessel needs pumping up. The vessel is only two years old so reluctant to replace it again if there is a hole.

Does anyone know if Broag Avanta combis are fairly reliable and will most engineers touch them?

We normally keep our pressure at 1.2bar when cold and it's still on this after airing radiators and going cold again.

We have an Ideal Response 100 combi (not jokes please!). This morning put heating on and after about a minute a gurgling sound could be heard in pipes from boiler and the pressure gauge shot up. There was no heat in radiators, but boiler was warm. Have also noticed that when hot water tap is...

We have a combi boiler and after turning the hot water off, we normally hear water swish into radiators and the open radiator normally feels slightly warm. Over the last couple of days, we no longer hear the swish of water and the open radiator is stone cold. Could anything be wrong? We're not...

Yes, of course, it's an Ideal. Unfortunately, the last four breakdowns have been inexpensive parts, so can't warrant a new one.

Our boiler has broken down nine times in nine years. Can anyone beat this?

It's a horizontal line. My car has packed up so it will be a few days before can post a photo.

My washing machine hose connects to an extended hose, which is turn is connected to the waste under the sink. From what I can gather, retail shops will only connect directly into a waste pipe, so won't connect a new machine. Being a lone female, will be be fairly easy to undo the travel bolts...

Over the last month my Mum has been getting TV interference, mainly during the first 10 minutes she has the TV on. It is a slightly fuzzy line about 10cm wide - you can still see what's going on reasonably clearly. The TV is less than a year old. We have tried re-tuning it and have checked...