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not sure if it's been mentioned but is it possible the bus wires are the wrong way round, are they polarity sensitive?.......

good spot. i have no experience of these but the neutral isn't going into the neutral slot on the mains coming in either. is that right?

underneath the boiler is an over heat switch. it's a red button type switch. try pressing it in

to be honest. to put it right is going to mean breaking the tiles. yes he cocked up but realistically the pipes will need painting anyway. by which time i doubt you'd even notice them

i have had faulty heads on the bulldogs before now

looks ok to me. that's how they are

valor dream is a nice balanced flue fire. i recently changed a fan flue fire for one of these and it was a pretty straight forward swap. and it doesn't need a vent. you won't get a decent fire for £500 though. the dream was just under £600

undo the nut after the isolation valves and fit a couple of short bits of copper. you'll still have to go to screwfix and get some 15 mm olives and maybe new nuts to save you faffing about to reuse those nuts

sound like you fitted the wrong way round

I would say one of the plastic knobs has rounded off. to temporarily repressurise remove the plastic knobs and open with a spanner but of course the longterm solution is to get an engineer to replace the valves and find the reason for the pressure loss

I think you'll also find the flue is essentially covered in 3 sides and the regs state only 2 is allowed. you would have to add a plume kit to terminate higher

sorry my advice was wrong. I was thinking of a different valve. the first post was correct

or even simpler you turn the knurled nut which is sprung loaded and it pops off

I am a fully qualified B licence skydiver. I lost 3 stone to be able to start my training. that was nearly 3 years ago and other than working as a heating engineer, I do not think about anything else. it is like nothing else I have ever done. to anyone thinking of giving it a try. just do it