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I have seen taps that are very much like those in the rest of Europe that provide the water from the tap which seems to be airated (lots of bubble) On examanine the taps is seems that these are created by a screw in filter at the end of the tap. Has anyone any idea what these are called and...

OK, the top handle unscrews with a long 2 inch screw. You can then pull out what looks like a spacer 1.5” The tap handle sits on a splinned part of the spacer and the spacer sits on a splinned bit of the valve. You then remove the top chrome part of the tap by unscrewing the grub screw at the...

My bath tap is dripping and I need to check out the washers/orings on the monoblock. The monoblock valve is set into the tap any the only way to remove it is with a socket, I'm not sure of the size. tried a 16mm too small, 17mm seems a little too big any ideas. This is the tap...

I have a Potterton KingfisherII rs80 that seems to be at teh end of its life.(15yrs old) Bang crashes whistles etc. I have cleaned the system out 4 times with non acid cleaner. Had Sentinel X200 in for several weeks. Also Used DS-3 acid cleaner, all to no avail. Checked all water flows cnd...

Added ds-40 tonight afet a long period of draining and flushing to get rid of the black water. I have changed my controller settings to a pumped system rather than gravity, to allow me to keep the pump running to circulate the system for a few days with out the heating or hot water. This is...

You are correct I do not have a by-pass. I have two rads that do not have TRV's. These rads have the valve wide open. I assume this will give sufficient flow back to the boiler?

I have a bad kettling boiler. I have tried both Sentinal X200 and fernox HEAVY DUTY CENTRAL HEATING RESTORER. These chemicals are both form of (EDTA) ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid. I belive that they somehow remove the limescale ion's in the water. These chemicals do not change pH of the...

DS-3 and DS-40 are both acidic cleaners. I was told to keep away from these as it could cause more leaks. The system is only 9 years ol and I have had only 2 leaks (touch wood!!) nail and bad solder joint. Where would these types of cleaners create leaks if any. Th copper pipe work all looks...

Have problem with boiler noise. Potterton Kingfisher II RS60 floor standing. I done significant checks on the system as follows: Cleaned system with Fernox super concentrate Flushed Bled Added inhibitor Flushed Bled Cleaned with Sentinel X200 Added inhibitor. Bled Gravity HW, pumped...

Just bled all rads and pump. Opened all lock shield valves and filled header tank a bit more to give some more pressure on the system. The glass test did nothing. Off to bed and hopfully will not wake me up in the morning!! :cry:

checked this by blowing down it. The overflow it T'd iff the head tank feed. when I blow down the overflow the head tank bubbles, thus there can not be a blockage in the expasnsion overflow. At some stage I think I will check the system using a glass full of water over the overflow to see...

no 3 way valve. The system is gravity fed HW and Pumped CH. No air bleed. The only place for air to be released is the rad bleed valve and the overflow to the header tank. Air should eventually get to this point as the sir should rise, but the is does not seem to be happening Thanks

Yep, Middle screw removed and bled, didn't get any air out

I am having a problem with my Boiler. Potterton Kinfisher2. Gravity fed system with 1 pump on return pipework next to boiler. The system is making lots of noise as if there is air in the system. The system has been drained down and cleaned with X200. Inhibitor has been added. When the boiler...

Bolier Last serviced about 6 yrs ago. I have checked out the burners and they all seem to have a good flame distribution.

Kev you mentioned about the pump leaking when the screw cap is taken off. Should this leak or not? Is the small leak actually creating a seal for the pump? The leak from my pump is only a very light trickly (a bit more than a drip) I have had the boiler making a very load kettling noise...

After looking more closely at the system. The boiler seems to have two systems. Is this the case for the KingfisherII. There are 4 connections to the boiler. Looks like gravity fed HW feed and return and also pumped CH feed an return. The boiler is definitely making noises with Only HW and...

More info, The pump is on the return, aslo the pump does have 3 speeds, oops!.

Yes It does leek water when the screw is taken out. The boiler model is a Potterton Kingfisher II.

There is a screw in the middly of the pump but this just lets me turn the pump if the thing is ceased. If I had an air leak would I have to keep bleeding the rads (I do not have to keep bleeding) Not sure on the potterton boiler or the pump position. I will check tonight. I am sure there are...