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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    This has been done by taking it from 70c to 60c and it has helped a little with the loud hissing in the rads but the rest remains unchanged.
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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    It is true the WB engineer is only responsible for the workings of the boiler, however at the time when we had called WB out we were trying to get to the bottom of the issue as at this point we only have the hissing in the rads and the chattering at two TRV's. Also our installer recommended we...
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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    We had 3 WB engineers out, one of which was a lead engineer who told me they come out to jobs like this when customer refuse to believe there is nothing wrong with their system so they send an engineer in a white shirt. He then left several items of testing equipment in my garage and went home...
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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    Hi, You thoughts are very similar to mine, so I will be adjusting the flow temperature today as I know it is on 70c at the moment and the rads when they come on they are almost instant and you cannot touch them at all even when the are set to 4 on the TRV's.....boil an egg status on these rads...
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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    Hi, You thoughts are very similar to mine, so I will be adjusting the flow temperature today as I know it is on 70c at the moment and the rads when they come on they are almost instant and you cannot touch them at all even when the are set to 4 on the TRV's.....boil an egg status on these rads...
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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    Hi, Personally I wouldn't say a basic combi boiler is overly complicated especially in the grand scheme of some sets up these days. There was some some form of boiler there already for the hot water and it is installed in a small 2 bed bungalow with only 7 rads. The older system was...
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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    I will agree 110% on that one, it is money savings tactics gone very wrong but thankfully not quite as bad as the polypipe they use these days in new builds. The pump pressure isn't something I can change myself on the WB 4000 combi boiler, unless you know otherwise. The only thing I can...
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    New combi boiler, rads, TRV's on 10mm microbore pipework....noisy rads and loud tapping in ceiling?

    Hi Folks, I am posting in this forum as my Worcester Bosch certified engineer of 40 years has no clue about this and we are at the stage nearly a year on where we are just stabbing in the dark. He says he has never come across this before albeit he his work has spanned new and older home and...
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    Second fix light switches 2 gang three wires

    Hi I must be loosing my mind but I have just started replacing all of the greasy light switches and sockets in a new property and I cannot figure out where I am going wrong with the 2 gang light switches where they have three T&E cables feeding in. Inhale wired 2gang 2 way fine and all the...
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    Rising humid air from under the floorboards????

    We live in a mid terrace and we have 3 air bricks to the front and 2 to the rear, I had thought that was ample for a small 2 bedro Just checked the air bricks and when I put a chisel knife through the holes it hits a brick, we have honey comb sleepers below ground level so I am unsure although...
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    Rising humid air from under the floorboards????

    Hi That is a thought because our main water does run from the front of the house but is made of lead....does lead usually leak so readily??? We do not have a water meter but we have way above average water pressure in our house and I would imagine if there was a leak this would cause low...
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    Rising humid air from under the floorboards????

    Hi You are partly correct in saying condensation does cause mould but so does high humidity, in fact humid air can hold more moisture thus leading to mould. This is what is really odd, the sofa was against a supporting internal wall but not directly against due to the radiator being behind it...
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    Rising humid air from under the floorboards????

    Hi, I have just lifted the carpet and the floorboards are completely bone dry, nothing weird so far. Also the air is naturally more humid in warmer weather than in the winter, usually the dry air that comes from central heating dries out the humid air. A common misconception is because the...
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    Rising humid air from under the floorboards????

    We are going to lift the carpet in the living room and check it out and lift a few floorboards to see what is going on, when we bought the house it had carpet down and the floorboards seemed ok 6 years ago.
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    Rising humid air from under the floorboards????

    Hi, I have just had to throw out our really nice sofa we purchased from Ikea only a few years ago. The reason for this is because I discovered white and yellow mould spores on the bottom edge of the sofa arm rest. Upon further investigation I found the sofa to be riddled with mould...
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    Mid 1930's house pointing???

    Top advice there, thanks very much I will give it a go.
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    Mid 1930's house pointing???

    I have all the tools necessary and I have done some pointing before so no issues there. To be honest I am not a hundred percent sure if it is built with lime mortar or not, but it is clear I need to get a second opinion on this one. Many thanks
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    Mid 1930's house pointing???

    It does indeed Stuart, pity they don't tell you this when you buy your first house. Lol. Not bothered about the mortar looking black as there is nothing uniform about the house. The front elevation is stone fronted and the rear is red brick with the top half pebble dashed. I am more...
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    Mid 1930's house pointing???

    The rear elevation of the house is looking like it is has never seen the light of day of fresh mortar and is looking in the need of some maintenance. We live in Yorkshire and many of the houses of this era seem to be held together with some form of black mortar? A chap that plastered the house...
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