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:) well he aint getting my brass and he's lucky I didn't do him with a push down the loft hatch!...fancy rejecting my well constructed fire resistant timber frame! :x ...was getting pretty hot under the collar...luckily this collar wasn't on the boiler flue or the loft could have gone up! :roll:

It's a single storey so distance from boiler to gauge and fill loop will only be about 1.5 metres at most. Aim is to tap off mains and tap of heating return and bring down wall in 15mm as all existing pipework below loft is in 10mm micro... is that all that needs doing connect one to the...

Need to have a filling loop and gauge to monitor and control pressure down below as boiler will be in loft...is it possible to have one by the boiler (so repair/serviceman can use when needed) and one down below?...the boiler will have its own gauge just need a filling loop there. In order to...

What gives with you installers? Just had an installer come to look at job and he flatly said you can't have a boiler in a loft unless fixed to a wall...can't have it fixed to a timber frame. I told him I've had several come down and tell me it's OK (including BG man)...I told him I've had the...

I want to drain my open vented conventional CH system to remove rads and flush out the sludge...have found 3 drain points on the system....intend to turn off cold feed to expansion tank and then drain system - anything else that needs to be done before commencement?

Can someone direct (link) me to a good quality gauge...I'm assuming the gauge will be fixed permanently in its position but the fill loop will be detachable.

Many thanks guys for all your advice. Only the one installer mentioned the positioning as an issue...he must sleep with the regs manual (or whatever it is) under his pillow..was reeling of regs all the time, even criticised the the height of gas fire flues he saw on the property saying they...

I've been told that when replacing a boiler it is is a good idea to power flush the system to remove rust and sludge...problem is it seems to be quite an expensive procedure with installers quoting £300-500 on the price of installation, with some saying it is a specialist procedure and don't do...

Help me please, I'm having trouble making sense of the mentioned installation requirements. 3 installers tell me that the loft is the right place to install the boiler for my situation and all that is required is a secure surface to install it on, boarded loft floor, a fixed (non cord...

Simond just how complex is the V-200...in other words, would my 'better half' (her who must be obeyed and feels the cold more) be able to understand it - if not, good!! :wink: :lol: Regarding the control, obviously as the boiler would be located in the loft, I need to be able to control it...

I'm going for the Viesmann combi boiler as a replacement for my conventional Stelrad (Ideal I think)Concorde current one. I need to know of any known weaknesses or anything I need to be aware of with their boilers (other than the price :shock:). The Vitodens 100 is their newest one I think...

Cheers Simond...I'm going for the Vaillant EcoMax, Viesmann Vitodens 100 or the W-Bosch Greenstar CDi...any other I should consider of similar quality?

Many people have said the german boilers are the best...as with cars :) Some have suggested the Worcester-Bosch CDi range - any reason I shouldn't consider it?...partly german isn't it ;) Thanks for all your replies guys...just one other thing, need to know what paperwork I need of the...

Not too sure but I believe Ideal and Glowworm do have the pumps as optional fittings - are those makes considered top quality? It is Atmos that do the the "squirt" design, but only on the horizontal thru-wall concentric flue...typically I would need it to be a vertical flue on mine! :(...

what do I look for...best boiler, best boiler with condensate pump, or best boiler for lofts! Will some kind person with the actual knowledge I seek, please reply. If somebody can just tell which top makes of boiler have an integral condensate pump that would be most helpful.

Can anyone recommend any high quality combi boilers with long warranties; particularly, but not exclusively, those that can incorperate integral condensate pumps. This boiler would be for a detached single storey 11 radiator property. If condensate pump can't be fitted the boiler would have to...

I am considering having my present boiler (28 year old open-vented) replaced with a modern combi condensing one. Wanting a decent reliable quality boiler for obvious reasons I need to know which make is considered good. At the moment I am being drawn to the Atmos make of boiler and was just...

Would it be advisable (or of any value) to PVA Unibond the newly skimmed walls in a kitchen before painting?...if so, what sort of dilution is best?

Yes, as far as protection goes. But if I'm in the garden and cut through the mower cable it would be easier to just reset the external socket rcd than go inside and reset the CU rcd which would have turned off many other appliances when tripped. The question is would both RCDs be caused to...

If an external rcd protected socket is wired off an internal rcd protected circuit (ring-final) - in a fault situation, would both devices be tripped? Don't want to buy an external protected socket and find i still have to go in and reset the the CU rcd.