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Hi, I am asking on behalf of a friend who has a combi boiler system in a normal sized 3 bed semi. He intends to swap a normal radiator for an old cast iron one as this is the look he is after. The question is if he alters the pipework to suit the new cast rad will the pipework being in 15mm...

Morning, Quick question just because I like to know how things work. Am I right in thinking that the boiler thermostat controls the flow temperature? And in order to get the correct return temperature you have to have a correctly balanced system. Thanks in advance

Quick question, Does the pressure on a combi boiler effect wether you get any hot water or not? Or does it just effect the heating side? This is not a problem I'm just curious as to how it works So, low pressure=no hot water? Is it the same on all combi's? Thanks as always.

Good morning, I would like to swap my old siemans RWB2E programmer with a digital one. My question is if I remove the siemans programmer revealing the back plate with all the wires going into it can i put a new programmer straight onto the old backplate? If I can is there any you would...

Hello, I am about to plasterboard an rsj and was just wondering if I could stick the plasterboard to the underside of the rsj with some form of no nails or another suitable adhesive? Thank you.

Hello, As from my other post you will see that I am in the process of planning my new kitchen. The way that I have planned it would mean the radiator being hung on the wall separating my house and my neighbours. I live in a semi-detached property. Could this be a problem for heatloss...

Hello, I am in the process of planning my new kitchen and where I would like my washing machine means that the cold feed would have to be run behind the gas cooker. If this is ok are there any certain requirements that I should be sticking to? Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, I have an open vented system with a 3 port valve. I aim to drain my system and add inhibitor as I have been treating it for the last fortnight with sentinel x400. After checking the motorised valve I found that the manual lever was floppy but I expected it to have...

Hello, I have a Siemens rwb2e programmer and have a y plan system. My problem is that now it is getting a bit warmer I have turned the heating off, however the light is stopping on at the programmer to suggest that the heating is still on even though the slide switch is in the off...

Hello, First a little about my system Glow worm40ff boiler open vented y plan hot water cylinder 2 tanks in the loft Grundfos 15/50 pump 7 radiators normal 3 bed semi I am trying to understand how i affect my flow temperature from my boiler and the affect it has on heating my...

Hi, My garage roof has what i believe to be a corrugated cement asbestos roof and has developed a few cracks which leak. Can i use bitumastic paint to seal it or will it react with the asbestos? Or is there a better way? Thankyou.

Hi, I am going to replace my bath taps the new ones require 0.2 bar which i understand to be 2m head of water. Where do i measure from? Is it from the water level in the tank to the bottom of my cylinder? Is it from the bottom of my water tank to the bottom of the cylinder...

Hello everyone, I am planning to drain my system this weekend it is an open vented system. My question is, all of my down stairs radiators are fed from drops from the upstairs radiators,so if i drain the system from my drain tap on my radiator in my living room will that also drain all of...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the noises coming from my system please, The boiler is stated above and it is a y plan open vented system, i seem to have a whistling/squeaking noise coming from my system it doesn't happen when the boiler first fires up it seems to be...

This is my first post so firstly i would like to say hello and a happy new year to you all. I have been doing some internet research and believe that the system that i have is an open vented y plan but on my valve it says that it is a diverter valve and not a mid-position valve so i looked...