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    Halstead aceHE24 Boiler problem

    Update He phoned BG and the came round yesterday He said all that was wrong was the AAV £180 fixed fee because it would take around 2 hours Good old british gas
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    Halstead aceHE24 Boiler problem

    Good evening all I'm writing on behalf of a friend :shock: so i'll give you the details he has given me. Last week he noticed his boiler was leaking from the inside. The heating and water still all work fine. The pressure is around 1bar.and says it rises slightly when heating is on. Not...
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    Full central htg price

    mmmmm :D I'd guess 10 bob and a curly wurly :? :D
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    Replacing a Radiator

    thanks for the replies. How much water will i lose once valve is removed and when the carrots :shock: or bungs are in place? Cream carpets aplenty :shock:
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    Replacing a Radiator

    Evening all I'm looking to replace a old double radiator with no convectors in my bedroom 1438mm x 450mm. Want to replace it with a 1400mm x 400mm Vogel & Noot double panel, double convector. I want to replace the standard rad valve with a trv. Will i have to drain down the whole system...
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    MagnaCleaner

    thank you all for your advise. I drained and flushed my system out at the start of the summer. There wasn't much sludge in the system anyway. Was going to fit one before we had a new boiler fitted to cause less problems in the futute.
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    MagnaCleaner

    Good evening all Just wondering whether these magna cleaners are any good? Has anyone used one? Will be fitting on to a 6 rad system with a back boiler.
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    Quick question

    cheers gasguru :D
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    Quick question

    Evening all Just a quick question can a cylinder thermostat be put on to a tank from a gravity fed hot water system from a back boiler?
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    Constant bleeding of one rad!!!

    After flushing out my central heating system open vented and adding inhibitor, my bathroom radiator needs bleeding atleast twice aweek, turned the pump speed down to 1 and no difference. The water that comes out is clear and no smell of hydrogen, all raditors are Hot apart from bathroom which...
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    Radiator not getting hot

    try switching other rads off and see if it get hot!! :D If it does click this http://www.diydata.com/projects/centralheating/balancing/balancing.htm
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    Thermo valves

    www.ebay.co.uk :D
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    Radiators- Some hot, some Cold..?

    try this :shock: http://www.diydata.com/projects/centralheating/balancing/balancing.htm
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    Double rad. trouble.

    Proberly needs balancing :shock: Try this http://www.diydata.com/projects/centralheating/balancing/balancing.htm
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    Double rad. trouble.

    was the previous radiator single or double?
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    Top corner of rad cold!

    if it was that easy :shock: Old style rad with only side to drain from!! Oh well still a weekend job!!! :D
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    Top corner of rad cold!

    Thx Chris for your help ok its a job for the weekend :D
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    Top corner of rad cold!

    Dont think its sludge because bottom of rad is red hot , its only the top right hand corner about 6" x 6" on the return side :x
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    Top corner of rad cold!

    yes Chris rad is level. So will just give it a little more time Thx for quick reply :D
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    Top corner of rad cold!

    Hi all After cleaning and flushing my glow worm back boiler this weekend, one of the rads upstairs has a cold spot in 1/3 of the rad. The problem is that the air is on the opposite side to the bleed valve. Tried bleeding with lock shield valve open and closed still no luck with the heating...
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