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Please can somebody offer some advice as to what the problem could be with my 5 year old Baxi back boiler. When the boiler is called for approximately 50% of the time the pilot light will not ignite. You can hear the gas valve open and the gas flowing, it sparks away for about 30 seconds and...

Hello, I'm currently renovating my late 1960's 3 bed semi. The entire ground floor of the house is covered in 8 inch square hard plastic tiles. The tiles are stuck to the screed with a black tar like adhesive. From their appearance it looks like they were laid when the house was build...

Thanks namsag and Agile. I'll make sure it gets serviced ASAP and go from there.

Hello, I have a 5 year old Baxi back boiler that occasionally won't fire up. When heat is called for the electric igniter clicks away and normally the boiler fires in to life within 2-3 clicks. However occasionally it tries to fire up three times (clicks for approximately 30 seconds then...

Inhibitor hasn't been added yet, it's on the list of jobs for this weekend. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to have to drain the system for any reason before I put it in. I've read in a few places that it's a good idea to test the pH of your system to ensure the water is good and...

Thanks for your help with this, the diagram that Stem posted is exactly what I have and now I understand how the hot water cylinder is connected to the boiler. There is also a little more to my story. The system has recently been power flushed as it hasn't had any maintenance in many years...

I'm after a little advice please. I have a simple heating system in my house which has a back-boiler, pump and timer. Both the hot water and central heating are vented (2 header tanks in loft) and it is a dual pipe system (flow and return). There are 11 radiators throughout the house and...