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I think I have narrowed down my issues to air being trapped in the DHW heat exchanger. The boiler is a Vaillant Ecotec 937 with the storage unit on the back - the central heating is fine and works no problem but if you set the thermostat for the hot water above 42 then there is an awful...

The Ecotec 937 storage tank seems to sound like a heavy aeroplane overhead whenever it kicks in at the moment. The system had to be drained recently for a leak and refilled but now whenever the storage tank charging kicks in its really noisy ?? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Shady

I am looking to create storage in the garage loft for all my hand tools etc so that the garage below is free as a workspace. The garage is part of a new extension and the fink trusses run front to back and are spaced at about 600 centres and the trusses are approx 90mm x 40mm thick and span a...

Hi I was hoping to get an opinion to see if its likely to be worthwhile retrofitting underfloor heating to our existing house, here is the background info : 10 year old timber frame detached house - minimal insulation when built but I am refitting and upgrading insulation as I redecorate and...

I have gone through a number of the topics on the use or attempted use of the vrc430 to control a Vaillant boiler. Well I still cant get the bloody thing to work properly !! I have played around with all the heating curve options, disconnected the weather compensator and other bits but its...

My mum and dads house has a new consumer unit but at the moment still the old wiring (replacing one circuit at a time). Weird thing is, that if a bulb blows, the circuit trips out but the mcb doesn't, the switch still remains on?? Any ideas - could it be that the old wiring isn't supplying...

I've been helping my joiner mate redo our garage roof into fibreglass and then replace a number of the exterior light fittings. However I drilled a hole in the soffits to fit a new wire through and my mate went bananas telling me that the soffits are most likely asbestos fibreboard and I...

Just a quick question .. is there anything against feeding the main earth into the consumer unit from a bottom breakout and feeding it behind the bus bar and din rail into the main earth terminal bar in the consumer unit. Just didn't know if there is a common/good practice to feed it either...

My electrician has advised me of the following for a rewire : Hager Split load Consumer Unit 18 way. Earthing system is TNS and the electrics are 1960's except for the earthing which was updated from TT to TNS about 10 years ago when a new ring main for the kitchen was installed. Even...

Basically my house is a 2 storey detached - the roof is all marley modern roof tiles but when the house was constructed, none of the tiles were nailed down, they were all just interlocked and then held at each side of the roof by metal clips. When the storms came about at the start of the...

I have a Vokera Linea 28 Combi Boiler in the garage. The house is two storey with 5 rads upstairs and 5 downstairs. I replaced the cr*p valves on all the radiators (cheap turn valves) with Pegler Terrier 2 TRVs and new lockshields. I flushed the system, and removed all air from all...