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Thanks for the replies, the conservatory will have two brick walls (one is the back of my house, the other is nextdoors house which is offset). The conservatory will therefore only have 2 glass sides. Mounting the boiler in the conservatory is a definete possibility and it would only mean...

I'm considering having a new conservatory installed at the back of my house measuring 5m wide and 3m deep. A Guardian insulated & tiled roof system will be used and the roof will be approx 2.2m high at the sides and 3.5m high in the centre. Currently the area which would be the new living...

Thank all, will leave as is for now with the tap cracked open slightly.

My partner has a Heatline Viso plus 24 combi boiler together with a fully sealed heating system. There are TRV's on most of the 9 rads except the rad next to the room thermostat in the hall. Looking at the plumbing on the boiler I can see that there is a connection between the 22mm heating...

The programmer on my CH/HW system has recently stopped working so IM looking for a cheap and easy replacement. My system uses a conventional heat only boiler with a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard together with radiators fed by a tank in the loft. I have a thermostat on the hot water...

Had a quote from a local heating engineer who suggested an Ideal Logic + 30 would be a good replacement and comes complete with a 7 year guarantee. Fully fitted price compete with power flush & scale inhibitor is £1300. I was initially skeptical about the Ideal Logic + due to poor...

THanks for the suggestions guys, the Baxi sounds reasonable, I was wondering if a Viessman Vitodens 100-w 26 would also be suitable, comes with a 10 year guarantee apparantly.

I have a rental property in Kent which has an Alpha 240p combi boiler approx 15 years old. Earlier this year the service engineer suggested that as the boiler is old, I should be considering a replacement. So my question is what is a good reliable brand of combi boiler which could be easily...

Do you really think I care what you think? I was simply asking for some advise as to what may be wrong. That was a completely different boiler in my partners house not the boiler IM talking about now. How do you know this, you haven't seen my boiler. It could well be a PCB, sensor or...

I have a Potterton Prima F40 boiler which is approx 16 years old. The boiler supplies heat for conventional hot water via a tank and central heating via radiators. Recently I have noticed an issue whereby the boiler attempts to start but fails to light the main burner. Eventually after several...

Last weekend I removed the 3 port valve and checked its operation. Turns out it was leaking internally and letting hot water past the valve to the rads when it was supposed to go to the HW cylinder. I have now swapped out the 3 way valve for a new one I picked up in Wickes for only £40 as the...

Thanks for all the replies, the reason for wanting a filter is that my 3 way valve has failed internally whereby the valve doesnt fully seal when the HW is on and CH off. This leads to the upstairs radiators being on when the HW is on. I have recently removed the 3 port valve and replaced it...

I want to fit a central heating filter to my system and due to limited space was wondering how to do it and which model would be best. From what I have been reading, the Fernox TF1 compact is probably best for me but I have several issues locating it as follows:- - the boiler is located...

Thanks for the reply, I checked for a heating return pipe but cant see one, much of the pluming is hidden. This may be an issue with the valve letting by. This morning with all the pipes cold, I turned the HW on. I felt the boiler feed pipe become hot and the pipe from the 3 way valve to the...

I have a problem with upstairs radiators being on when only the hot water is on. My system is configured as follows:- - Boiler Potterton Prima F - Potterton EP202 controller allows independent control of CH & HW - Room thermostat downstairs British gas RS1, 3 wired red, blue & yellow -...

Thanks for the replies chaps, IM happy to fit a bypass valve but was uncertain as to its function and whether the existing setup was OK. Looks like a new bypass valve will be added to the shopping list! Does anyone have a recommendaton for decent TRV's? I have seen some for sale in...

Thanks Tony, do you have any suggestions for how the current bypass tap should be set? Can I turn it off completley or should it be slightly open?

I need some advise on fitting TRV's and a boiler bypass valve to my central heating system. My heating setup is as follows:- - Heatline Viso 24 Plus combi boiler - 4 rads upstairs no TRV's fitted - 5 rads downstairs no TRV's fitted - a room thermostat in the room next to the boiler - no...

I have recently removed the cold water tank in the loft so that the bathroom taps can be supplied directly using the mains cold water. In doing so, I changed a 2 ft section of 15mm copper pipe and used a straight section of white plastic pipe together with John Guest push fit connectors...

Thanks for the replies, problem with setting the timer on permanently is that the timer switch is loose and tends to switch itself off. I guess I could permanently connect the wires connected to the timer terminals 3 & 4 as these are the 240 volt boiler on/off connections. This would mean...