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Don't be sorry. My opinion may not be 100% correct but neither may yours. I gave you the symptoms of the problem and we are confident what the reason is. You are quite incorrect about my technical knowledge and it just smacks of arrogance on your part. If you had cared to ask I would have told...

Let me get this right. You diagnose my problem for me but because it isn't actually passing gas unignited you still think it's dangerous. I disagree, it's a fault and it needs to be fixed but it isn't immediately dangerous. And where do you get off, telling me I have no opinion. I may not be...

Sorry, am I supposed to react on advice immediately even if in my opinion the system is not dangerous or hazardous. If it was either of these we would know and we would shut it down. Though clearly the situation it is far from IDEAL!! Correction: It's not immediately dangerous if it is an...

Thanks Namsag, didn't realise it was a sealed unit. I've only "assisted" in fitting one boiler and that was a Potterton Suprima 50. It never worked first time either as the electrode had detached itself during transit and I had to call out an "elder" to help me. His advice was: "remove the...

Is the pump positioned correctly? It is possible for pumping over to occur if the feed and vent pipes are separated by the pump. Check the configuation of the system, most modern systems use the H configuration with the pump positioned to give positive pressure. But, as someone already asked -...

Thanks Kev...as per your suggestion we'll remove it and check for sulphidation. PS - This is a great site. Thanks to you all.

I am trying to diagnose a problem for a friend on an IDEAL CF65. The symptoms are the boiler engages heats up and flow and return is a-OK. As the temp increases after a period of hours the and the system is turned off, water and steam is heard overflowing through the vent pipe, into the F&E...