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As already mentioned unfortunately you can only choose from a limited number of firefronts and I would think that on that boiler none of them would look much better. Also it wouldn't help your original problem regarding your child and a naked flame. Why not enquire of the council if they...

1) We're all key workers luv, everybody does a job for a reason. By the way self praise is no praise (Prestigious and police ....LOL) 2) You don't pay tax twice over, you pay income tax on your earnings once however many jobs that you do. 3) My point still stands, if you are still living...

I don't think that I've ever seen such a load of rubbish spouted by one or two people here who clearly haven't a clue what they are talking about and are possibly giving advice which could contribute to a Carbon monoxide incident. I'll put it quite simply :- DON'T put any sort of...

Make that a few hundred not a few. As we work on contracts that contain thousands of Gworm boilers I think that I am well qualified to coment on this firm and their products. Where would you like me to start? Just take the fact that after 20 years they still aren't capable of...

What is wrong with Gworm? One can only presume that you have not been in the industry long? Suffice to say that even if they produced the best boiler in all of Christendom (which they don't) then I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. And I have to work on their boilers day in...

Do not touch the Flexicom with a bargepole, unfortunately we fit hundreds of Gloworms and have been forced to fit a small number of flexicoms instead of ultracoms due to space restrictions. Already nasty internal water leaks from deep in the bowels of these boilers (after just a few months)...

It's good to see a positive attitude and desire to learn. However your own experience/inexperience just highlights my favourite hobby horse... The alarmingly low standards of training schemes and certification in this country, heads at the top of of both CORGI and the government...

Any decent installation engineer would have fitted an external filling loop! 1) If the instructions are read it actually points out that the crappy blue knob internal filling loops for these boilers (and the cxi's) are not for full filling of system only for interim top ups. 2) My firm...

They are the same group however the difference between the two organisation is stark. I would not install a Gloworm boiler if it was free and they produced the best boilers on the market (which they certainly do not), their back up and after sales is nothing short of appalling and has been...

Has the venturi actually been taken out and inspected? I've had one similar problem on a Halstead where the venturi actually melts and curls up allowing initial lighting and running for a minute before locking out.

I consider the condensate to be much more acidic than is claimed, you only have to feel your hands tingling when getting it over them to realise that. We have photos in our office of a cast iron stack rotted right through after less than 8 months of condensate disposal on our patch.

I've always understood that if any pluming goes near to a neighbouring property then the householder/installer is obliged to alter or remove the offending flue if the innocent party objects.

Tiles are OK The burner on the fire front (basically the area underneath the fire) What I mean about bringing the new fire surround forward is that after removing the original one there will be a gap between the wall/chimney breast and the back of the fire front. This must be...

I turned off an identical installation just after Christmas, I have to say that I'd never come across a similar fixing before. The one I dealt with also terminated right next to an openable window and an Xpelair vent. Given that the elbows are for internal use as well I find it...

1) Bricks are fireproof. 2) Minimum clearances around fire are determined by manufacturer refer to them ( clearances are usually at least 75mm to sides and 100mm above with overhang) 3) A fireproof hearth is required underneath fire if fire burner is less than 9" off a combustible floor...

Thats the stuff.....it has to be left 24 hrs before using at full pressure or can be used shortly after glueing on a vastly reduced pressure. I had to travel much the same milage to track down fittings to use and we now have the ordering codes on our office wall after it took me several...

I don't know about dark green but we have problems with a dark grey plastic pipe on our area. It's just about impossible to get fittings for and I can only get it from Bridgend pipeline and drainage centre (Wolsey) and only then if one particular guy is working there as he is the only one who...

Nothing wrong with Halsteads, their Ace condensers seem to be fine as well. I have a non condensing Ace High in my own house just entering it's 6th year without so much a gurgle out of place. I've put a condensing version in my G/Fs house 18 months ago and again not so much as whimper out...

This entire thread just illustrates what a joke gas training and competency is in this country. I've got a good idea...forget letting plumbers tack on a little gas course onto the end of their pathetic NVQ qualification and lets insist on a full 3 years gas training as used to be required...

Wouldn't have thought so. I have to apologise I didn't read your post properly and just assumed that you were on about a Halstead ace high, I've never had to work on a quattro. If the innards are similar to the Aces then it does wangle out quite easily after being unbolted...