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I have sat and watched as the cut-out happens and it happens just after the boiler calls for central heating. There is an erratic rise on the pressure gauge in the heat bank, a lot of clunking and whooshing from the boiler and then the temperature cut-out activates stopping the burner. It...

Thanks again. I've looked again in the manual and the only filter is in the cold feed line. there isn't one in the top manifold. my boiler is 7-8 years old so i guess this was a later modification.

I've checked for a filter and the only one I can see is in the cold feed to the plate heat exchanger. can't find one in the primary circuit.

not sure i want to use surgical gloves. brings back painful memories.

i used bits of plastic cut from a milk bottle. worked fine.

I've never tried the masking tape idea. Seems too fiddly. I've tried everything else - might as well give it a go. Good scope for an inventions here. How often do you see perfect silicone sealing?

I used to be able to do a fairly good job with silicone sealant round a sink , bath or worktop but Im losing the knack. :eyes: Can anyone give me a foolproof method of getting a nice neat bead of silicone?

Thanks Chris, sounds like the perfect solution. I'm not familiar with pressure balancing valves but I can see the sense as it takes fluctuations in mains pressure out of the equation. I'll look them up.

I converted my garage into two or ebedrooms and had the same problems. I filled the garage door opening with a timber frame with a window built on three courses of brickwork. I insulated the wall and cladded it with plastic cladding. It looked good and match the existing building. As for the...

that's how mine work and mine is not a DIY installation. can't see the problem.

Yes, Kev. I would put in a separate cold feed but it's a three storey house and it would be a right a**e-ache to run a line down to the ground floor. Good call Brumylad. I'll try the filter first as it may be dirt under the seat of the check valve. I had assumed the hot water was degrading...

With the greatest respect, Breezer old chap, do you think I didn't try that first? I did, but there was a dearth of companies supplying anything but PVC replacement glazing.

I have a problem with a shower which is fed by mains pressure cold and the hot from a vented CH system. I got cold water pushing through the shower and up through the hot water pipes and into my cold water tank in the roofspace causing it to overflow. I cured this by putting a check valve...

thanks for the replies. Chris R, what's an MI? Excuse my ignorance. Croydoncorgi, thanks for that suggestion. It makes sense. What you're saying is that when the diverter changes over from HW to CH it does not happen quickly enough and restricts the primary water flow causing overheating...

Thanks for yor reply. Yes, it's the floor mounted one with the heat bank at the bottom. Not sure what you mean by non-electronic - it's got a couple of circuit boards but the temp controls are knobs rather than digital inputs. I have got three rads without thermostatic valves which should...

my 7 yr old W-B 400RSF is cutting out on overheat and needs to be reset every now and then. this only happens when on CH, doesn't occur when on HW only. whooshing noise seems to coincide with cutting out. have put in fernox and bled rads. when it cuts out only the ignition doesn't work, the...

keeps cutting out on safety thermostat. 7 years old. only happens on CH+HW never on HW only :? . any ideas :idea:

i am one of many people who were given faulty glazed units with a WICKES conservatory. mine is hardwood not PVC. solarglass (st. gobain) have been contracted to do the replacement throughout the country. i am keen to hear from anyone with the same problem to hear their experiences - how...

i have a flat in the west herts area in a block which had timber single glazing fitted originally. they are now rotten. i want to replace the windows with identical timber frames but with double glazed units. the frames have arches etc. so are don't match standard designs. anyone know...