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    Ideal Response 120 boiler/heat exchanger fault

    did ideal take a water sample from your old boiler (sorry sounds like a carry on film) if not and they claim it is the reason why it failed ask them back.
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    Water Tank Removal From Loft!

    this is a diy forum,not able to give prices here but diy is worth doing if you have the tools. no tools leave it to the experts as buying tools for a one off job is not cost effective. to remove the old steel tank and dispose of will probaly cost more than the original job. so get a plumber...
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    WHY ARE SOME ENGINEERS SO FAR UP THEIR OWN A**E

    ok,there are some excellent advisers here like agile,dan hailsham and seco services. they are really interested in their profession and do not get paid for their help here. some professional engineers like to rant and rave,in my humble opinion not very professional but boys will be boys. i...
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    Smoke from condensing boiler

    1.do we know the make of that new boiler. 2.makers instructions on an old isar boiler for example says,pluming will occur at the terminal so terminal positions where this could cause a nuisance should be avoided. if that is your boiler flue visable in photo,i would be conserned that water...
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    Towel rad adding electric element

    sluggy,i have reccomended the use of these units in another post,not this post. someone has suggest their use here,they are not acceptable for use for this installation. but very usefull for other installations. well back to the pub again,new pole dancer in town.
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    Towel rad adding electric element

    heck PLEASE do not use the aladdin for expansion due to an electrical element. aladdin is just to clear out air from ladder type piles of trouble. if this is an addition/extra to what you have been asked/quoted to install,tell them you are not familar with these and get someone else after you...
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    air getting into heating system?

    ok my second pennys worth. i have rented properties to live in whilst working in uk and europe. the ladder type towel rails can be slow to clear all air. in europe they attach flow to bottom and return to top opposite end,this cleares out air and any gases that gather in it. in uk (sorry i...
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    WORCESTER 28CDI NO HOT WATER!!

    if they want to charge you for a powerflush,show them the door pronto.
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    air getting into heating system?

    if your towel rail has half inch air vent and blanking off plug at top replace one with an auto air vent. www.toolstation.com search for 67448 or 34942
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    New Boiler - 1 weeks old and problems already need some help

    that reminds me of a job i had done many years ago by,no i am not going to mention them but their core business was to sell natural g?s. had a vulcan boiler,cylinder and pumped hot & cold to 2 showers. sales man sold me a worcester wall mounted combi with 2 pumps.1 for heating and 1 for...
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    Glow-Worm Ultracom 24 CXI just fitted queries???

    has your boiler been registered.if so ask installer back,if not tough.sorry.
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    Best position for radiators

    personally i would get underfloor heating its excellent. but if you want radiators i would go for longer than higher radiators to try to distribute heat in an even way. ok i have had properties with rads under windows where the windows got hot but room not,so i made a shelf lined the underside...
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    Circuit boards

    well in this free world anyone can do anything as long as what they do is safe, hopefuly. now a can of worms opens up. the repair needs to meet standards so the repair needs to be checked by the original pcb maker. in my opinion i would not reccomend a pcb repair,a secondhand pcb or a recon...
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    Excessive gas consumption

    how many kw.s are used for heating hot water,how many hot water outlets,how many people using hot water,have you those big deep baths or those walk in shower rooms. if i remember these are 2 pump boilers,built in the days of reasonably priced gas suppyl. i have an apartment let out in london...
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    quinn vs myson rads

    rad heat outputs,these are normally measured from top to opposite bottom end connection. so if you feed your flow (input) to a top connection and your return connection to bottom opposite connection it works out slightly hotter. bottom flow and bottom return = less temp. seen all over...
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    pressure/leakage water testing.

    thanks for all replys on previous posts. ok,sealed systems loseing pressure on a regular basis,things done,new expansion vessel,auto air valve and pressure safety valve changed,exp vessel connector not blocked,pressure only drops not going up. powermax 155x boiler. 99% of pipes to rads in...
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    do bg operatives tell porky pies.

    had a chat with business partner today and asked him how his heating was working and his comments on their service. ok heating system is working as same as when new only poor comment was on this occasion an inexperienced engineer was sent but remember at one time we were all inexperienced...
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    do bg operatives tell porky pies.

    yes i have seen that report,that is why my power(the beast)max is soon exchanged. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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    do bg operatives tell porky pies.

    ok thanks for all replys. Post Closed.
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    Central Heating problem.... but hot water is OK....

    have you got a multimeter to measure voltage ?
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