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best pics i could get... What has been used... I'm guessing another flush & another treatment of the above would not be a bad idea? Cheers.

Just bumping this up to see if i can get any more advice, i've been working away from home for the last month or so & just home for the weekend. I've been in the loft & there is water coming out of that vent, and when i sit next to the fire every now & then there is a hiss, like a drop of...

Hi, thanks for the reply, i would like to try the second option, the only issue i have is that as seen in the pic below, half of the soil pipe is still surrounded by cement, and i'm worried about chipping it away & damaging the clay pipe. My main worry if i dont do this is that i do a repair...

Hi all. We moved into our 1960's semi in august, and noticed a nasty smell in the bathroom, which we thought was down to the air bath that was fitted, it all looked dated, so we decided to bin the lot & get a new suite etc. Smell remained. Fitted a new aav, smell remained, though a...

Problem with the pump, its been fitted in a way that you cant see the front of it, i will try and get some pics of what i mean, its built inbetween all the pipework in the side of the chimney breast, slightly annoying so i dont know what its set on! Will look into magnaclean, is it an...

Hi, sorry its been a while, yes i did that & it was wet. Another part of the puzzle, we have had the dining room plastered & they removed the rad so they could do the full wall. On removing it & tipping it up outside to drain it, there was a thick black sludge that came out of it, which...

Hi all, just got back from working away. Went into the loft, took out the water, further i went down the browner it got. Lots of residue in the bottom so i removed the lot & cleaned it out. Drained some water out of one of tge rads with the ballcock jammed. Added the x200 and stirred as...

Off the top of my head its a baxi barricuda, but i cant remember the rest, will get the wife to dig out the paperwork and will report back. So it may not be since ive changed the stat, more likely to be the cleaning of the system thats caused it? Can't win! Leave it, it'll break, clean it...

I have to go away to leeds today, but when i get back on friday i will do all of this & report back. What will be the problem if the vent pipe is flowing water into the tank? Thanks again for all your help!

Thanks for the reply, yes its a honeywell dt90e non programmable room stat, i've fitted the honeywell st9400c which is set to miniprogrammer mode. From what was talked about earlier, i thought if there was a way of delaying the pump shut off for a few seconds, the residual heat would still...

Making more banging noises again. Is there a way of delaying the pump shutting off a few seconds after the boiler stops? I cant understand how the old 1970's stat allowed this, but the new digi one does not? Thanks.

Thanks for that, ive been up in the loft, both bottles were left up there. First is TSSM-4 sludge remover, for established ch systems. And Sentinel X100 inhibitor. They any good?

Hi, i've turned the boiler stat down to 2.5, the room still gets to temp ok and the banging has stopped. The bubbling noise is still there, but alot less violent. Is there anything else i should look at? Thanks again. Mark.

Ok thanks, i will turn it down, is there a rule for what it should be on? Ive not changed it since we moved in. Think its on 4. I am right in thinking this is the numbered dial on the fire? One to start the fire & set the level, this one (numbers 1-5 on it) and there is also a small grey knob...

It was cleaned out about 4 weeks ago, it was the week before christmas i think. System is cold, start downstairs, bleed rads, no air at all apart from the bathroom and 2nd bedroom rads which are on a hot water loop so when hw is on, they heat up, dont know why but they always need bleeding...

So the new stat is shutting the pump off quicker than the old one? I did notice there were three terminals on both old & new stats, they are both honeywell, the old one was wired up to a & c, where the new one is wired up to a & b. I checked both manuals and i cant figure out why the old...

Its a gas backboiler that was fitted in 1995, i've had a plumber out who i know who drained the system, put sludge remover in, came back 4 days later, drained & added inhibitor. Since thats been done its been ok apart from now and then there is a short quick rushing sound in one rad...

Im assuming this is air in the system, ive tried bleeding the rads but theres no air there. Whats going on? Will this cause further damage to the pump / boiler?

Hi all, we have an older back boiler in our house, it did have a non digi stat but i have changed it for a digi one, checked the wiring and its ok. Odd thing, now every time the heating gets to temp & clicks off, the boiler bangs and bubbles can be heard from the boiler and going into the...