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is that the smaller tank in the loft? the guy is hopefully coming back tomorrow morning to look at it. Will tell him to look at the f&e tank. What does this stand for? cheers

Thanks Chris, big help. I unscrewed the large screw on the pump and a fair bit air came out for around 5 mins or so, resulting in the boiler finally working. The noisy banging, clattering etc from the boiler has now stopped and the burner stays on, BUT only for 30 seconds or so. It now makes...

thanks for that info Chris. Appreciated. So if he forgot this bleed point what can we do next? Tried starting boiler again today. Same story. Starts fine but within seconds loud banging, rumbling, clattering from above the boiler and then the burner goes off, but pilot remains on. Can we...

i do remember him going round each radiator with the key opening each one, would this be him "venting" the system?

the pump was very hot and make a persistent screeching noise that wasnt there before. Could that be the problem?

Cheers guys. He did drain it off properly, i think. I watched all the water drain away myself. he' coming back today with his tradesman to have a proper look at it. Will politely inform them of what you told me.

Hi. I had a plumber friend out today to solder a faulty radiator leak. This is now fine. On doing so he had to drain the system. On starting the boiler back up we experienced a problem with the burner in the boiler. It kept going out and a loud banging and loud clicking noise can be heard when...