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hey folks wondered if anyone can help . I've had some ppl staying the last few days and much to my annoyance I noticed tonight someone has been a bit too hashy in the kitchen on the lip of the kitchen sink there is a small sharp dent been dinged like something heavy and sharp has been thrown in...

no mate its not a combi its a vaillant thermocompact. i wish to hell it was a combi would save me money. my last house had a thermocompact turbomax combi fantastic heating unit never had any problems with it and even the council gas engineers said theirselves wtf it shoulda been a combi fitted...

ah i see so what ur saying is theres no earthing at the gas meter? there is only the boiler flue and there is a pipe below the flue over the front door for draining down the system i phoned the council about it and they said the blow off above door is a vent above my cupboard door but i cant...

what u mean" bonding should be connected before any brances but yours isnt" im lost there and what the prv thing? i dont have anything installed above my boiler cupboard door

hi folks i just had the council in today to do the annual gas service and i noticed after he left the worksheet read " annual service. earth bonding after t/branch. blow off above door." anyone know what hes on about with the earth bonding after t/branch. blow off above door? cos i dont...

dunno if its a safety feature mate theres nothing in instructions about it and it was the council that fitted it. im thinking of phoning mira tomorrow to pick their brains

hi folks i recently had a old mira sport shower replaced by council with new model mira sport 2012 model last week it worked great for first cpl of days. it has 3 settings on top low eco and high i always keep it at high setting however ive noticed for last 2-3 days when i first put the shower...

hi folks hope someone can help me. i recently had a council gas engineer out because i had shuddering pipes and boiler was kettling he changed the pump over the shudder was still there so he came back yesterday and fitted a new bypass and a external manual bypass (whatever that is).the...

hi folks hope someone can help me out here. basically the problem is that my kitchen sink stopper is not giving a very good seal . i fill the sink up with water and 5 mins later the sink is empty ive checked the plug thats fine. i removed the sink stopper by the centre screw and and the...

hi folks had gas engineer out again today cos house not building up heat (house temp only getting to 20c with heating on for 4 hours) he said nothing wrong with yer boiler im gonna go back to the depot and have a word with my gaffer and get someone out to reassess the house for size of radiators...

oh right. well their coming out december to fit a 2nd radiator in living room ill mention it to them then. i dont wanna keep calling them their gonna get cheesed off with me

could also be down to the fact the radiators installed in this house are not big enough mate. all the gas engineers have said that theirselves cos the radiator that is fitted in bottom hallway in my home is of insufficient size to heat both up and down hallways (its a double radiator measuring...

im actually thinking of putting a curtain over the bottom of stairs which should stop the heat travelling upwards and allow the thermostat to react to it which should build up heat in bottom hall and raise temp in other rooms.

hi folks i spoke too soon. heating was on for 2 hours last night and it struggled to get house temp up to 20C and i also noticed the boiler was making a slight spitting/ketteling noise when boiler temp got to 82F and can also hear the boiler temp rising through upstairs radiators.

hi folks got the council back out today( after kicking up a stinker about i cant go another night with virtually no heat) explained to him what it was doing and also told him vaillant tech support said to me its either a flow restriction/blockage or the pump isnt working right. he checked the...

hi folks spoken to vaillant tech support on phone this morning who said they think its a flow restriction/blockage

ok thanks. im gonna phone the council tomorrow and them if they dont get the matter resolved im gonna employ a private contractor out to to resolve the problem and send them the bill for it on the grounds they have been given plenty opportunity to resolve the problem and havent( the last gas...

checked them they seem to be working ok

there is no vc or vu on the boiler it just says vaillant thermocompact.i moved into the house last year and the person i done a mutual exchange with stayed here for 7 yrs and the current heating system was fitted when she stayed here BUT the heating had never been turned on(mainly due to the...

ive had them out twice this week mate. on both times they came out i explained the problems i was getting with the heating it was basically a case of in 1 ear and out the other. each time the boiler ignites u can hear the whooshing whistling noise in all the radiators quite loudly. they didnt...