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Hi All, Looking for some help please. Daughter in Laws Candy Grand O Vita Washing machine was showing an 08 Error code. I checked the internet and saw that it could be a problem with the motor brushes. Sure enough these were worn down so I replaced both and tested various programmes, on an...

Hi All, Looking for some advice re how long it take to heat a Hot water Cylinder. Daughter has moved into a house that has a Heatrae Sadia 170 litre Unvented Cylinder and a Potterton Promax SL Heat ErP boiler. It's timed to come on Morning/Afternoon/Evening for abour 70 mins each time. It will...

Hi All, Looking for some help again with my Vokera Linea 24. All is fine on the CH side it's just DHW thats the issue. When I turn on a tap the boiler fires up and after a couple of seconds goes from error 04 to 03 and the burner goes on and off. If the leave the tap on it appears to rectify...

Hi All, Looking for your help once again please. Vokera Linea 24 combi. Switched over to hot water only as it’s summer. I’ve recently noticed the pump appears to be running even though there is no demand for HW. If I turn the water off via the switch the pump continues to run. The only way to...

Hi All, Back on looking for some boiler advice. My Son has a Glow Worm Micron 50FF controlled by a Hive. I think it's a 'Y' plan system. Yesterday the boiler was heating the radiators constantly despite the Hive being turned off for both Heating and Hot Water. His wife phoned me today to look...

Hi All, Just getting around to fitting a Hive to my Vokera Linea boiler which at present does not have an external thermostat fitted, as per this thread. https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/fitting-hive-to-vokera-linea-24.584916/#post-5143723 The Hive will be fitted to replace the internal...

Hi All, Looking for a bit of help with fitting a Single Channel Hive to my Vokera Linea 24 combi. The boiler has it's own internal timer, there is no external timer or thermostat fitted (as per image). My intention would be to disconnect the internal timer. Connect the receiver in it's place...

Hi All, Can someone please help as to which type of elbow I need. Water tank if fed by 22mm, compression fitting this then goes to a female fitting at the other end of the elbow which connects with the float valve (it's an old valve with a metal ballcock). I bought a 1/2" float valve at...

Hi All, Looking for some help please from you experts out there. Well my 21 year old Vokera Linea 24 combi boiler is still going well however this years fault is the following. Boiler is set to central heating/hot water however somtimes,not all the time, when I turn on/off the hot water tap...

Hi All, Looking for some advice regarding my Vokera Linea 24. I had noticed that the radiators nearest the boiler were getting warm when Hot Water only was selected(been doing this for years). It wasn't a big problem so left it. I recently noticed a small leak from the boiler. Upon checking...

Hi, Looking for a bit of help and advice please in relation to tap valve sizes. Mixer bath tap valves have been playing up so decided to replace them. I purchased this from screwfix:- https://www.screwfix.com/p/swirl-contract-bath-tap-reviver-kit/19163 However when I removed the tap valves I...

Hi, Once again I'm on looking for a bit of help. My son has a leaking hot water bath tap. There are no isolation valve fitted to the tap, or indeed any in his house. So my question is how do I isolate the tap to change the valve? It's on an unvented system. I checked the hot water cylinder...

Hi, I'm looking to change the taps in the bathroom basin. Can someone please let me know: What fittings these are. How do I separate them, do I need a specific tool. Can I still get them if not what can I use instead. All help and advice greatly appreciated. Thanks Jim

Hi All, September 2017 I had the expansion vessel, PRV and AAV replaced as the boiler, Vokera linea 24, was losing pressure and water coming out of the schrader valve. Everything was fine for 4 months however it started losing pressure again, this time about .5bar every 24hrs. I checked the...

Hi All, Sorry for the long winded post however looking for a bit of advice and to see if someone can point me in the right direction. My son has a Glow Worm Micron 50FF in his house. Boiler has been fine and I recon it was fitted when the house was first built 13 years ago. Two weeks ago he...

Hi, I'm going to install an outside aerial at my daughters house. I did look into a company doing this however I can buy, install and distribute the signal around the house cheaper myself. I'll be using 24" T & K brackets to support a 12ft x 2inch alloy pole. What are the best fixings to fit...

Hi, I have a Trident Exel gas fire. It's been working fine till recently however now, after about 20 minutes it goes off. You also hear a slight pop when this happens. The fan still operates even thought the fire has went out. Its not used that often only for short periods during the...

Hi, Looking for some advice please. I have a Vokera Linea 24 gas combi boiler which is 13 years old. Recently while running hot water the temperature has been fluctuating. Basically what happens is when water is running it heats up to 61 degrees and then the flames in the boiler go out...

I'm looking to replace the single radiator in my bathroom with a towel radiator. The pipes come through the tiled floor and into the sides of the present radiator. However the Towel Radiator that I've purchased the pipes have to connect via the bottom vertically. Does anyone know of an elbow...

I'm looking for some advice here so hope you experts out there can help. I have a vokera linea boiler which serves 12 radiators, these are single and measure between 50cm to 1m(I'm not at home right now so can't really be precise about the sizes). I have had the system for about 4 years...