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Hi All, Just thought I'd give you an update on the log burner situation as you were all good enough to give me some advice. The guys came back today, fortunately I was off work. First thing they did was remove the stove, metal flue and cowl. They then did a smoke test with several smoke bombs...

Tried the fire this evening with windows open and the same old. Hopefully getting some smoke pellets tomorrow to give it a proper test too - pretty sure the guys didn't do a smoke test. Funnily enough, I've not heard back from the HETAS installer either after leaving a message...but I guess...

FiremanT, there is no separate pot for the bedroom brick flue - its been flaunched over. Only the one pot for the downstairs fire. having said that there's probably a brick or two missing under the flaunching linking the 2 flue's and somehow the metal flue is leaking smoke - maybe down the...

worth a try that Tony to just to see. I'll be doing that tomorrow evening when I'm back from work for certain. The room its in is quite open and joins to the kitchen without a door but i'll certainly give that go and see what difference it makes. I've txt the chaps giving them an update so...

The fire itself is less than 5kw tony so a vent isnt needed from what I've read although there is one in the room anyway just in case. The liner is a 904 multifuel high spec job not a cheapo one so I'm hoping the problem is at the terminal and checking the connection and fitting a new cowl will...

It seems doggit that the chimney flue with the metal flue liner in is separate to the bedroom chimney flue where the smoke is coming out. I shine a torch up and there's no sign of the flue liner as its a separate brick flue from down below. The bedroom brick flue turns at the top so I cant see...

Thanks for the replies. The USB camera sounds like a good idea but I can lie on my back and look up the chimney with a torch - the smoke isn't noticeable really in the chimney only the swirls in front of the torch...and smell. I think too that the downdraught is bringing smoke into the bedroom...

Not sure if this the correct section but wondered if there were any HETAS experts who could possibly advise? We had an inset stove fitted in the front room in a Victorian era house by HETAS registered installers. Works great with no problems at all. I had the same chaps out to install a log...

great - and yep that is my current setup but the cold flow rate is slower throughout the house on every tap even though by that stage both hot/cold are on 15mm piping. I just assumed the logical reason for this imbalance was purely due to different pipe sizes delivering the water to the rooms...

Thanks Rob - basically the plumber said he couldn't take a pressure reading because he couldn't fit his gizmo to my taps or the shower? Not sure how accurate this is as i've not asked him to prove it! Dont think he's be too happy If I did! He's not necessarily coming back now as I may as well...

Hi again Rob, was hoping you would reply. I asked the plumber to check the dynamic pressures and he seemed to brush that off and tell me the 22mm pipe would do the trick - which it has to an extent. "If you are using the same feed for the hot and cold, i.e. both are after the same PRV then...

Hi all, this relates to a a job I've had done relating to a previous post problem. I have a new mains inlet that was supplying an unvented cylinder boiler setup - Ideal istor. Problem is it was limited by a 15mm supply pipe and a 15mm PRV so the flow rates were pretty poor - 8/9 LPM. Anyway...

Well, I took the ceiling out last weekend and asked a plumber to fit me some 22mm copper piping. He has run a 22mm all the way to the boiler and a section of 22mm all the way to the cold (which is 15mm). It seems to have increased the flow rate now to around 15lpm which looks and feels a whole...

Thanks Rob, I'll aim to give that a try some time this week before I rip the place apart!

Hi Madrab, its an ideal istor all in one unit: https://www.mytub.co.uk/ideal-istor-he-260-cylinder-module-product-107518 The boiler itself comes with a PRV that sits seperate to the unit - I think earlier models it was integral. I seem to have 22mm piping attached to the boiler but the entire...

Yeah the PRV purchased was a 15mm PRV and the strainer is new so should be clear. Had a bit more time to explore today and it gets worse. I have the 15mm pipe coming out of one end of the PRV and the other 15mm bit on the other side attached to the 25mm external pipe via a tap/valve. The bit...

Hi All, thanks for the replies. I purchased a weir gauge - think its called that - and measured the flow rate on my mains entering the house. The bit I measured from had a small outlet that I had to fit a hose pipe too. I have a plastic blue/black tap but not the usual spout off it and that...

Paul, thank you that's really useful. What I should have mentioned and forgot after the kingspan reference was the fact we are adding a wet underfloor heating system too. The joists do have noggins but they are underneath the insulation - 3 x 2 I think and lots of them. So the top of the...

Hi there, This is related to another problem with my unvented cylinder boiler. A new mains has been fitted (a year back in fairness) and I'm not noticing any better flow...its been a nagging problem that I've had enough of and need to solve. 9LPM at best I get - and that's in the taps next to...

Hi there, I've currently got a series of joists in my kitchen as the floor is being redone after cowboy builders laid 12mm ply over joists with natural slate over the top whilst we were away for a few days. I don't need to tell you the outcome. We really want to get it right this time and are...