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    Ideal Mini HE C28 boiler banging and not working properly

    Looking at that picture someones either lost the retaining pin from pump proving switch or broke the bottom of the micro switch housing to try and bring the mircoswitch closer to the proving pin. You really need to get someone to come and check the boiler, banging is more often than not due to...
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    Baxi WM 381

    Daft Q. but in all these months of it just sat around doing nowt have u had anyone service it? :? Would u leave your car on the drive an expect it to fire first time after all that time... Oldies need loving too :D
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    Biasi M90E 24S combi - Loosing pressure

    The central heat thermistor also controls frost protection, thermistor drops out of banding the board then thinks its freezing and fires the boiler up to protect it. Have you checked the expansion vessel charge? Or poked ya finger in the end of the prv pipework to check if it's been drippin etc?
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    Vaillant Ecotec 837 Plus Flow problems

    What l/m do you get from the first cold water draw off in your house. ( usually kitchen sink) You need to know whats coming in before you start looking for problems elsewhere. Could be you've got crap incoming flow an plumber never checked before fitting :?
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    noisy c/h

    A shock arrestor is for single appliance use when you've got water hammer,(i.e cold main to tanks, toilet etc) they are designed to absorb pressure fluctation when outlets open and close. But they ain't suitable to be connected to a boiler Are you on a water meter by any chance? If so has...
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    Can someone please help identify this?

    That be a pressure reducing valve buddy, not a scalemaster :wink:
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    Baxi Solo PF Conventional boiler

    It could be a gas valve, or as a friend of mine found out to his own cost the other day, your regulator or incoming gas supply may be faulty. The boiler lit but a candle would have heated the water up faster due to insufficent gas supply coming in. Customer is presently running heating of a...
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    Powermax 155

    Like an Istor, but kills more people :D
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    Baxi Solo PF Conventional boiler

    first thing, you need to make sure a demand is going to boiler. you make have turned programmer on, but that don't mean boiler has been given power, have u got power on the switched live to boiler? If it has you need a RGI my friend, could be a gas valve, could be an overheat stat/interupter...
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    Draining HW cylinders in flats

    buy several 30 metre hoses and join em together with a bit of copper :)
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    Baxi Solo PF Conventional boiler

    your burners lit or your pilots lit, which one? do you get a a flame across the burner or just at pilot?
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    sealant on sealant

    Cut it all out and start a fresh!!!!!!!! New sealant will Never will bond to old manky stuff :? Quick tip, before you re-seal after getting rid of the old crap, half fill your bath with water, and leave the water in till the sealants cured this allows for the movement when you get in out and...
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    Ideal Logic Plus Combination Boiler - is it any good?

    You ain't seen many posts cause they've (hopefully) turned the page and learn't from their mistakes! If you can take get a tour of the factory and watch them getting built. Everything is run by computer and filmed, if it detects slightest difference it's binned :) In the last 6 months...
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    Isar M30100 COMBI

    Beat me to it! :x check the connection on back of the user control housing, probably water marks all over it
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    Neutralizer or thermal store

    it's the same with ideal your only remebered for your failings. You sound like an ideal convert Mr C, or you still remernising over a concord? :D
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    Rads warm all the time - CH not on ???

    It may be the divertor cartridge sticking, so when your running hot water, some of the hot water is passing to heating as well. Best way to check turn it off let it cool down fully then place a hand on the far left hand pipe about 12 inches down from boiler and then get someone to run a hot...
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    baxi bermuda replacement fire fronts

    [ don't fix what isn't broken!) Think you've answer your own question with the above buddy. Both appliances act as one, so no you can't remove it! :roll: But 1500 notes is steep, there's only a couple of fire front renewals still being made. An this depends on the back boiler model...
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    Grundfos pump is whistling

    DIXXIE i'd say :lol: :lol:
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    Grundfos pump is whistling

    You have a combination boiler with a pump external from the boiler :? Does this grey pump hava a 22mm white pipe going into it, an a inweenie little clear pipe coming out of it by any chance???
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