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hi tony, sorry - didn't see your question about ventilation. there is a vent in an external door next to the boiler - it's not blocked. do you know if it would be possible to replace the flue on an old ideal mexico - it seems a bit extreme to replace a boiler because of a flue problem...

Hi, Following my post last month, I got the boiler serviced today. The guy has disconnected the boiler and told me it is unsafe due to flue problems. Basically he said that the flue is not working properly and the boiler is fuming into the cellar intermittantly. The flue runs from...

hi twgas, i think the ch is pumped and hw is gravity. there is one pump at the back of the boiler which i assume is for ch. do you have a pic of what the valve would look like if there was one on my system? - only recently moved into the house so don't know if this has been a permanent...

hi, it's a gravity system. boiler is in cellar, hw cylinder in bedroom with cold water tank directly above and f/e tank in loft it think. if a valve needs replacing - where is it likely to be located? Cheers Rob

Hi, I have an ideal mexico floor standing boiler (23 year old) that is working fine but I have just noticed a bit of a strange problem. When i set the timer to HW only, some of the rads get hot - is there any way i can stop this from happening. it's not much of a problem at the moment, but...

Hi, Just an update, Got a boiler engineer out and showed him the problem - he went back outside to get some tools and when he came back in, switched the boiler back on and it started working and venting OK again :? He said it may have been something blocking the flue that's freed...

It was last serviced in 2008 by British Gas i think. I turned the boiler off when i noticed the problem this morning. I'm guessing the flue must be blocked inside the boiler somewhere as the pipe is cold as it comes out from the top of the boiler? Rob

Hi, We have a 1987 floor standing ideal mexico boiler that has started playing up. It is in the cellar of our house and i went down this morning to find the cellar very humid and a smell of fumes coming from the boiler. The big vent pipe coming out of the top was cold and i'm sure it's...

I had an ESP infinite prime in my last house and it was great. Everything is wireless including the external bell (with certain kits). It calls you if the alarm is set off and you can even listen to whats going on inside the house. It was used for a couple of years in our last house without a...

Hi Whitespirit, The danfoss stat looks like just what I need. Does this just wire in to the terminal box on the wall near the boiler and if so, how do i find which terminals to wire it in to? Thanks again, Rob

Thanks for the replies. I can't just have the heating on constant on the old programmer - the hot water has to be switched on before the heating is allowed to be switched on. If i just keep the existing programmer as it is, can I add just a wireless room stat so i can control the temp of the...

Hi, I've got an old ideal conventional boiler that is controlled by a glow worm mastermind programmer. At the moment there is no room stat in the house so I want to replace the programmer with a wireless room stat. Is it fairly straight forward to change the programmer? Currently the...

Hi, I've got a 20 odd year old open vented heating system running from an ideal mexico cf 40/60. i've been thinking of replacing the boiler under the scrappage scheme but following advice on here i'm going to keep the old boiler but update my controls. i want to replace the programmer...

Thanks for all the replies so far. I think I'm going to keep the old IDEAL boiler (it's a mexico super cf40/60 by the way) Should i expect many problems with it as long as i keep getting it serviced? Final question - it doesn't have a room stat at the moment but does have a...

OK, just had another plumber out to quote and he came back with a price of £1450. This is for a Broag 15v boiler - from what i've read, broag seem like good boilers if you want a combi but can't find much about their heat only boilers. Are they OK? His price includes boiler, flue, danfoss...

my main concern is availability of parts for the mexico - it was installed in 1987. I think it has been serviced every year. How long should i expect a boiler so old to realistically last? I'm edging towards keeping it as i've heard that modern boilers don't last much longer than 10 years -...

Anyone any thoughts on my above questions please? I've just had my first quote back for replacing the boiler. They guy has recommended a Worcester bosch 15 ri boiler - are these any good? Price has come in at just short of £2300 for removing old boiler, fitting new one, fitting 5 TRV's...

Hi, We've just moved into a house that's got a vented CH and DHW system running off an Ideal Mexico 2 floor standing boiler installed in 1987. Everything works OK but i'm concerned how much this boiler is costing to run (won't find out till i get my first gas bill). I can't decide whether...

Hi, Not really sure where to post this so will start here. Over the past month or so we have been getting a lot of small flies in our house. I have tried fly spray which gets rid of them for a few days but they always come back. They seemed to start upstairs, so i'm pretty sure there's no...

thanks for all the advice. going to have enough work to do in the house, so if i can get away with leaving the ceilings, i will :D cheers rob