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Why when a baxi costs me about the same, and looks better to tenants. The only reason to fit a Ravenheap or heatline is if you are in an area where better boilers get stolen ever time the property is empty :( I am not willing to own anything in that type of area.

The proof I had was when I used a kitchen fitter, I am assuming that all trades work the same way. The fitter did a quote to install the kitchen for a low labour cost with me paying the Howden’s trade price for the unit on his account. He had a quote for Howden’s for the units showing a...

The system was drain last summer and the water was totally clear at the time, when it was refilled it had a chemical inhibitor added. I am getting very close to believing that it is the diverter valve regardless of what my GS person tells me.

Much harder for a small landlord to do, as each LNPG member will only be ordering 1 or 2 boiler each year on their account for named properties. LNPG does the checks not the manufacturer's rep (that wishes to improve his sales figure by turning a blind eye). LNPG has a list of all members...

All boilers are covered as normal just as if the GS had brought them from the local PTS trade counter. Wrong parts should not be a problem, if the GS person checks the parts order before the landlord submits it. Just think, as a GS person you can charge for creating the parts list and doing...

The quoted price will include 7 TRVs, lock shields etc and a standard flue kit. It does not include pipes etc, as any plumber the landlord uses to install a system can get pipes just as cheaply as LNPG can. (There are discounts for some of the push fit systems, but not copper, as merchants...

My local independent GS person will not underwrite any repairs he does, he even charges for labour to fit a part that is replaced under guarantee when he sold and fitted the original part. As a landlord I now have 4 boilers in the area, by this time next year I will be up to closer to 10...

Sorry as a landlord and home owner, I expect the person I pay to design a system and install the boiler to recommend the best boiler for me, including having a good value manufacturer's service plan. Telling a tenant that Ideal cannot come out to fit their boiler on Christmas day, is a lot...

I have a Baxi Duetec boiler in a property I rent out and can’t understand what is going on with it. The tenants told me the radiators were getting hot when their children had a long shower. I called out my normal gas safe person, he cleaned out the heat exchange and it all seemed to be...

Thanks for a very thoughtful response. Giving the tenants control over their heating, and having large radiators is a selling point that will put up the rent I can get a bit. I am not seeing zoning as a way to reduce heating bills. Each letting room must have an auto close fire door, so...

One issue is that if the concrete gets under the Kingspan, then you will never get the Kingspan back down. A layer of polythene is a cheap insurance policy against having your insulation floating in your concrete.

B has two more bends and a lot more pipe length. You have very little gravity to push the water along the pipe, and if you make it harder for the water to get along the pipe, then it will flow slower. A single 90 degree bend is so bad that skill plumbers will go to great lengths to bend the...

I am hitting this with two building. We live in a 1930 bungalow, heat loss is high, and as room usage is not fixed by the building layout there is no sensible way to have 2 zones. Upgrading wall insulation is a 10 year project as we decorate rooms. More to the point, I am in the process...

This is going off topic… I have seen lots of boiler specs that give the best efficiency at low flow temperature and the output modulated down. E.g. there efficiency is better at 30->50 with 30% of rated power output then they are at 30->50 with 100% of rated power output. Unless my...

I fail to understand way we don’t use a small tall buffer tank (say 50l) setup as a low loss header for the CH (but not dhw tank) to control cycling more often. Low modulation is good as very short run time of a boiler is very bad and combi tend to be over rated on the heating side to give...

Can ebus controls be mixed between Vaillent and glow-worm boilers? Are glow-warm boilers just more basic versions of Vaillent boilers?

I need to remove the shower screen so I can refit some tiles that have failed due to water getting behind them. As I did not put up the screen I do not know how it fits together, can anyone give me some pointers on how I take it apart.