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Yeah.. .I thought that would be the case, and I bet that's why whoever installed the newer boiler into the old system has put the pump where they have.... Lazy cop out! :(

Hi all, After a bit if advice if poss. I have an old open vent system in my house, and from a fair old bit of investigation I definitely think the pump is in the wrong place. It's straight after the boiler on the flow side, before the open vent. From my workings it looks like it should be...

Ahhh makes more sense.

Hi Mate,m Sorry for delay. I can quite imagine its a poor system. The guys that installed it before we moved in seemed clueless but it was kind of out of our hands. I believe the system is an S Plan system. The boiler is right at the back of the house in an outbuilding. This is also where...

1 - any? Dont some need more wiring than others. Im after something that will need no more cabling other than what goes to a standard oldskool manual dial control? I dont think there will be a live feed there. Any suggestions on a good one (VFM) 2 - System has two valves, one for heating...

Hi all, Im after a little advice to try and improve our heating efficiency. We live in an old solid wall semi. House is one room wide front to back, meaning all rooms have an external wall. Its a pretty cool house. Keeping it warm in all rooms, balanced, is a struggle. Normally one room gets...

I'm hoping not. The cooker has quite a big recess at the back. Its max depth is 600mm, this is the very top. However most of the unit is only 530mm. However due to the way the plasterer has dry lined my room I am losing a bit of that void the closer I get to the floor. :/ We havent...

Yup! Im sure there will be a round 3 4 and 5 probably! I think it will win though. The only other option i could have is maybe running through the 9 inch wall and run it on the other side of the wall then back into the kitchen at the other side of the room, then out through the kitchen to the...

I'm in the process of fitting a kitchen and cant get away from the washing machine waste needing to run behind a free standing 90cm range cooker. I've been told to use no less than 38mm pipe which ends up being 40mm as that's all that is available. Is there anything that can be done to...

Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the help. I didn't realise there was other types of traps I could use. Would there be a problem running the pipe all the way round the rooms and putting the trap closer towards the end of the run or should I be looking at the trap being as close to the washing machine as possible...

Hi all, After a bit of advice. Our kitchen has been designed for us by B&Q. The integrated washer has been placed on an internal wall meaning the need for a run of waste pipe around the outside of the kitchen. 1 - What is the smallest pipe i can run, as the pipe will need to go behind...

Its just a 15mm copper pipe with a gate valve on it. Its not too visible in the pictures but you can just about see where the pipe goes.

Here's one for you to ... When there is no call from the cylinder stat but there is from the room stat (rads on) the return pipe coming from the cylinder (near the boiler before tees into tyhe CH return pipe) is red hot. To me that means there is more hot water going round the bypass then...

Just done a quick estimate based on this page... (http://www.pipecasings.co.uk/downloads/download%20files/Radiator%20Output%20Calculator.pdf) ...and come up with a total of 17819w not including the little towel radiator in the bathroom as i wasn't sure how to work that one out, and the water...

OK think today will consist of working out what the total btu of the rads I have is. They are pretty big things so I guess this could be another problem faced. Cheers

Ahhhhhhgghhh I get you. I'm really not sure I can run 28mm pipe all the way from the boiler to the loft. I'm already really struggling due to the joists in the back bedroom running the wrong way and building regs regarding the notching and drilling of them. . :-( So much of the flow and...

I do have an old edwardian semi with no cavity and a lot of single glazed windows with every room having an external wall and a few open fires. It's currently running 8 double panel rads, some of which are pretty big. There is also the water tank in the loft to heat also. Could you explain...

Cheers Micky. When you say its too much, too much for what? For the speedfit pipe? Loads of the system in place at present is already plastic barrier pipe from what i can see.

Cheers Breesy. I do understand that putting it right is the best option but as i'm sure you can understand that having been here almost 3 years now i am just curious as to what the main issues are having only really seeing issues with air in the bathroom radiator and maybe the system being a...