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My petrol 1974cc Peugeot 307cc 2004 year goes through long cycles of showing an antipollution fault. Typically fault on for about seven weeks and then off for five weeks. Can anyone suggest what might be causing the fault to be displayed and then to disappear? There is no obvious change to...

I would strongly suggest you fit the new stat and follow Harry's advice about boiler flow temperature. The shorter the time the boiler is actually heating the water the lower the likely gas consumption. And then get a time clock set to ensure it only heats the cylinder before the water is to...

Your 24Ri is about as efficient as any other current new boilers. They are also pretty reliable too. As well as quite easy to repair if they were to develop a fault. I do not know why you think cylinders only last 20 years. An older copper cylinder can easily last for 60 years. And many of...

You could have bought a replacement valve head. Or if the motor was failed just a motor!

And you should have turned both valves off first using the spindle turned clockwise using a knob or mole grip.

I would never recommend fitting a combi to replace a system with a servicable hot water cylinder. Apart from the lesser performance the cost is likely to be at least twice the cost for no benefit. But why not get the boiler repaired?

With the proper components it does not need any sealant. Although some less competent installers still think they should use it. But using it can hide improperly fitted or tightened parts.

When selecting the thermostat position you need to consider the height of the heating coil. And if the flow is in at the top or the bottom. On a pumped system it is often better to put the flow into the bottom as it heats up quicker and will heat up more water in the cylinder. The pump flow...

Telling us the boiler make and model might get you more useful replies!

The reason you think none of your friends have them is because most people never know they have them! But if I ever need to drain a system I always look for an external drain point outside first as that is far quicker and easier.

The detached garage and its gutters are totally within my friend's demise with an additional 100mm gap before the new fence. So there is no "neighbour's part". Being about 6m long it would need a very stiff pole. It would probably be better to use that technique to pull the rubbish in segments...

This is a detached garage with about 100mm between outside of gutter and the new fence. So no cleaning access except from neighbour's side. It does not help that both neighbours are IC4 and he has no experience of dealing with them. But he now has an IC3 girlfriend.

And to add to the advantages of retaining your existing boiler to heat a new cylinder! A standard cylinder is about 90 litres or 26 gallons. But they are available in larger sizes and you would need to be pretty careless to empty a 300 litre cylinder while the boiler was reheating it. And if...

Replacing the cylinder with a new one to be heated by the existing boiler would be the cheapest option and could easily be less than £1000 and would give a better hot water performance as well as an electric backup if the gas supply or boiler failed. With the current world political situation...

Well I told him I could replace it if it does not regain much of its original shape. But those aspects are of little relevance compared with the need to clean the neighbour's side which is completely filled up. But he does not get on at all well with the neighbour and seeks to avoid him...

I finally agreed to do some repairs for a friend on his garage gutters as he gets very worried and has been badly ripped off by some building tradesmen. A long section on one side had fallen off and the rear had been twisted by plants growing up behind it. This is all standard 112mm black...

It would be unusual to have a gas boiler and a cylinder without a heating coil. I would never recommend replacing a cylinder by a combi boiler. If the cylinder really is damaged and not repairable then my recommendation would always be to replace the cylinder with a new one heated by the...

Interesting question for RGIs. Do Ideal really insist that annual services MUST be done by their accredited installers? As for cleaning a mag filter, then if fitted I would say that it is essential they are cleaned annually.

it could be as simple as you have not set a timeclock or programmer or room thermostat. Where do you live?

If a system is already clean then I would advise only using a little cleanser mostly to remove any stamping oil from the new rads. Perhaps only circulated through the new rads! But that is best drained out under gravity as far as possible. But do not make multiple rinses. I once went to a...