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Well I eventually got around to trying to sort out this issue - With the aid of the diagrams on the http://octaveblue.co.uk/c_heating/index.htm site I did a bit of tracing and worked out what was what in my rather horrible connector block: I also did check the cylinder thermostat as...

Without wishing to get involved with the debate about whether such things are safe / necessary, for an alternative to the 'balloon' approach how about something like this: http://www.chimneysheep.co.uk/ Quite a neat idea I thought - I've not tried one but probably will get one for my open...

Well, the weather was much too nice this weekend to spend time grovelling around in the airing cupboard! But I will be back... I will also disconnect the cylinder stat & check that's working OK.

OK thanks, disconnecting the actuator definitely seems to be the next logical step, I'll see if I can find time this weekend to give it a go!

Many thanks both of you for your replies. I've not had the time to fiddle more in the last couple of days (partly because of an unexpected spatial conjunction between my car and a left-hand drive HGV on a roundabout :x ) The post by 'curious' (...

Hi, I would be grateful for some thoughts on this issue in my CH system. The problem: I can only get the heating to work (boiler firing up and rads heating) if the programmer is also set to have the hot water on (not necessarily calling for heat - just on). This was the situation when I...