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Thanks guys-I think it is the float valve because I've just tried holding it up a bit as it flushes and you can get it to squawk-fart on demand! I suppose the fact that they're both showing signs of going after a mere 5 years, which made me think it was something more complicated, is because the...

For a couple of months now the downstairs toilet has produced a squawky/farty noise a second after being flushed. It seems to come more from the wall next to it than the actual cistern, and it can actually sound louder in other rooms of the house. It doesn't do it every single time, and varies...

Thanks Tony, and I know, but deciding whether somebody's messing something up when you know nothing about it yourself is impossible. You've got to trust people who've been fine for years to some extent. I got a sneaky second opinion from somebody who has been spot on for years with a friend's...

Boiler all better now :D :D :D Radiators hot all the way down :lol: It was indeed the gas valve- pity the helpline told him that, with the readings he was getting, it couldn't possibly be that...!

What a marvellous idea Dave-but I can't see that happening! Tony, the venturi is apparently separate and may not have been replaced with the fan, so I'll get him to look into that. And Alan, my plumber has been reliable and competent for years- this is the first time there's been any sort of...

Could a brand new air pressure switch still be the problem? I think I rather pushed him into the whole helpline thing (before I knew they were so rubbish) because the obvious things hadn't worked, and the horrifying suggestion of a new boiler came up. I'll look into the venturi bit too. I...

Ooh- sudden late thought! The first thing that I noticed going wrong with the boiler was that it didn't warm the hot water up. Does this kill the sludge theory entirely? Wouldn't that only account for the tepid radiators? Gas valve probably being fitted tomorrow-is there a patron saint of...

The fan is nearly brand new-replaced on the insurance in December after it kept seizing up. And I'm afraid I don't know what a venturi is. My plumber is Corgi registered and can do power flushing, but genuinely thinks that isn't the problem. The heating has always taken a good 20min plus to...

Ideal don't sell the solenoids separately-I mean, why would they want to make it easy and cheap for their unfortunate customers to replace stuff? I will feel such an idiot if it is the whole sludge thing because my next door neighbour's plumber mate said the same thing when given a detailed...

Ooh, lovely- replies I can actually read!! The other forum that is almost as frustrating as the boiler is Ask the plumber, by the way. Thanks for the suggestions, and to answer the points, the plumber did go round everything before he decided on the boiler rather than the system. The pump...

Same thing happened to my ideal classic FF330. The fan eventually had to be replaced at 4 years old, as has everybody else's in the street that we know of. As a temporary measure, my ancient tin of 3 in 1 oil that the insurance plumber used lasted 3 months before it jammed again, while the WD40...

Spent ages typing my problem into another forum, got an answer apparently, but now it won't let me in-argh... Anyway-Ideal ClassicFF330, always fragile, barely 5 years old. A few weeks ago it started lighting ok when you first turned it on, but after 10 minutes or so the burner would go out, the...