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Hi There's no header tank only a large water tank about a metre square with a ball cock, I think a header tank are small if I recall and there's nothing like that in the loft.

Hi These are the two drain valves the one to the right side of the cylinder is always cold regardless of heating CH or water. The one on the left of the cylinder gets hot. Hope these photo's help. Thanks.

Hi I have a oil fired boiler system where the Wilo gold 50 pump is knocking but still working, property is a bungalow with 10 rads and a hot water tank. The two shut of valves at the pump are screw type and are solid tried to move them but wont budge been there 20 years as has the pump. Looks...

Hi I have a Grandee 1 oil boiler with a sterling burner that locks out , I have posted here about a couple of weeks back where a possible cause was the photocell being dirty, I removed the photocell and cleaned it as it was dusty, the boiler worked for one week all o.k. The origional fault...

Hi Thanks for the info, I may be getting on in years but always happy to learn something new, yes, I assumed it was a "bulb" as it looks just like a small minature meter bulb that would be used for a backlight. Shows just how wrong I was calling it a bulb !!! just did not appreciate its full...

Hi Murf520970 Thanks for the info, reason I have an interest is that I spent 25 years as a service engineer on the road (nothing to do with boilers) but have an enquireing mind as to how things work. Having read verious info here and elswhere I now gather that the photocell I removed and...

Hi Thanks for the technical info regarding the sensor diode. I am intreaged as to why this little bulb is there ? I can appreciate the diode looking for the flame once ignition has occured and acting as a safety cut out if ignition fails. Does the diode sensor need to see some light level...

Hi dcawkwell Thanks for your reply about my problem with the boiler cutting out. I removed the lamp/bulb which was simply a pull down with two fingers, noticed it had some dust buildup on it cleaned it with a clean brush, refitted and it worked and is still working today :-))) I am...

Hello I have a Grandee oil boiler model G1 with a Sterling burner. We have a actuator valve (3 way) supplying the hot water tank and/or radiators. The boiler has been working for around 10 years without any problems so guessing I am lucky there, only thing we had done was to replace the...

Hi Alstairreid Sorry slow in reply, thanks for the info, will do as you surggest, its my next job of many.

hi I have an old conservatory that has a woodern upper part that meets the felt flat roof. This woodern part sits above the glass windows and I am thinking of putting a upvc covering onto this woodern upper part. Just wanted to know if I fit the upvc direct onto the wood (no air gap) is there...

Had considered using upvc materials but would like to replace fascias with wood boards in order to match other origional boards which are in good condition. Have searched Google and looks like a not so easy task finding wood fascias for sale for the size I need. Do any of the major diy stores...

Hi THANKS for your replys, yes the origional fascia boards are worn and have a small amount of rot, this seems to be on the W S/W facing side of the property where 90% of the wind/rain come from. So reading the general theme seems to be to take out the origional wood fascia board where...

I am about to replace some wood fascia boards but I want to overclad with upvc as we live in a area prone to constant winds and this tends to weather woodern boards. I have read that some upvc fascia can warp/distort under weather conditions i.e. heat/cold, is there a minimun thickness I...