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"It does sound though like you'll have done all the expensive bits" Tell me about it. As the boiler is a 20 year old Ideal Elan, spare parts aren't cheap and plentiful. Twice we had the "do we fix it or do we replace it?" debate but each time went for the "fix it is quicker" option even if it...

Thanks Mogget. Have now decided enough is enough and have contacted "my man" to replace it. Looks like I should get warmer as from early next week. I've had an expensive 2008 with the heating - new pump, new PCB and fan assembly in boiler, power flush.... and now this new valve to come...

Hi, I've got a Honeywell 3 port valve with classic "sticky" symptoms with a bias in favour of the hot water i) if hot water on and put heating on, heating takes an age to warm up, and will only get as far as tepid on the downstairs rads ii) if hot water only recently gone off and put...

Thanks for the feedback. Might be a dumb question but where/what is the bypass? If the system was balanced when the powerflush was done (and come to think of it the guy was messing around with thermometers on the rads) what else could cause a tepid "end of system" rad. It's a consistent...

My boiler is an Ideal Elan approx 20 years old. During 2008 I had a new PCB and a new fan assembly fitted to it. I also had a new pump fitted to the heating system and had the system power-flushed. Now I have a few "issues". When the boiler starts up in the morning (hot water only) it's...