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I wouldn't entertain Boxt. There is a pressure difference of 2 millibars in the pipework which one very diligent service engineer noticed. He said "on new installations we are allowed 0 difference". This is caused by different pipe diameters between the meter and the boiler. It tees off to the...

We moved in to our house in 2007 in West Central Scotland. We have a Worcester Bosch 35 CDI II (Standard Efficiency) installed in 2006. We have a 3 bedroom house, over 100 years old and not very well insulated downstairs. Upstairs is a dormer conversion and well insulated. The boiler is...

I guess my question was: Is there an easy way to detect central heating leaks without lifting all the floorboards? The answer for me was: get a good old fashioned plumber. Run the heating at high temperature, not high pressure and listen to the pipes. If we had got him sooner we wouldn't...

We thought that the bathroom radiator needed repiped but it was inspected by an experienced plumber that works for the repiping company. He checked the fittings, solum and lagging for signs of leaks - nothing. He checked around every radiator for leaks - nothing. He tightened a lockshield...

Scottish Gas visit 9 (2/2/2011) Downstairs cut and capped. Same leak pattern observed. This is good because it rules out the upstairs and the pipe chase. 0.4 bar per day loss running 8:30am-9:30am and 7:30pm-11pm. e.g. 1.1 at 11pm, 0.7 by 8:30am The pressure held at 0.7 bar for 2 days...

Scottish Gas visit 8 (28/1/2011) I was advised to keep the system switched off as topping up will be diluting the protector\inhibitor. They can only come back on Wednesday. It was too cold to keep the heating off so on Saturday afternoon I set the timer to be running twice a day until Wednesday...

Hi, Scottish Gas visit 7: 24/1/2011 It turns out the drip on the boiler is from the cold water side which "they will fix later and is not related to this issue". They drained the system down and cut and replaced the central heating drain pipe which goes through the wall to the outside...

Hi all, This is a first long post but please read on. First of all we have had major building work at the house due to storm damage in November 2009. We are still living in temporary accomodation and not living at the property until everything is repaired and our furniture is returned from...