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    Replacing double glazing after advice on frames/glass. Any reccomnded? Any to avoid?

    I'm replacing old timber framed doubled glazing with upvc and was wanting some advice on what frames and glass to go for. Local companies seem to use rehau, eurocell and aluplast frames. Then it's between pilkington k glass argon filled and planitherm glass. Is there much between the above...
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    Cleaning a radiator that's supplied by a regular boiler with tank/cylinder set up. What's the procedure?

    We have a radiator that isn't very warm at the bottom I'm guessing a sludge build up and was wanting to clean it out. What would be the procedure for this? Would the whole system have to be drained or just a case of turning off the valves, disconnecting radiator, clean, then reattach? Any...
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    Could anyone recommend a replacement for a redring expressions 500 8.5 kWh shower

    I'll need to add an extra couple of lengths of pipes and 2 elbows for this shower to be able to fit?
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    Could anyone recommend a replacement for a redring expressions 500 8.5 kWh shower

    This is the manual from a mira multi fit shower. Does it show the pipe can enter from the right, even if surface mounted?
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    Could anyone recommend a replacement for a redring expressions 500 8.5 kWh shower

    If I was to get this model of mira shower what additional fittings would I need to buy? Can the existing elbow joint be flipped?
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    Could anyone recommend a replacement for a redring expressions 500 8.5 kWh shower

    They don't seem to make this shower anymore. Could someone recommend a like for like replacement or one that's a near fit please?
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    Is nest thermostat compatible with my system?

    That's great! Thanks for your explanation. Would something like this be okay to isolate the unsused cables?
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    Is nest thermostat compatible with my system?

    It's a nest E Thermostat. A friend is giving it to me after they've renewed their boiler. We have the acl lifestyle lp241 programmer on a y plan pumped central heating. I found an online compatibility checker for the nest E and says its not compatible when I select the wire labels as...
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    Is nest thermostat compatible with my system?

    The current thermostat is an acl 4 wire model. Is that compatible with nest? If not, what work is required please?
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    I've found a crude work around to get central heating only. I removed the thermostat from the cylinder. At first I thought to attach it to the flow pipe thinking the heat from the pipe would stop demand from the cylinder, however I realised that pressing in the metal plate on the thermostat...
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    Until someone can sort the wiring out I could presumably mark the default hot water position on the pipework and return the motorised valve before the engineer comes without creating any other issues?
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    Thanks. I'd already found them and had set things up, but the problem is the programmer is always showing that the hot water is on whenever I try and select the heating on its own. The valve stays in the mid position until the cylinder meets its setpoint temperature, only then will it switch to...
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    What would be a fair price for this work? First time I'd have had to pay for boiler system work so don't want anyone to have my pants down.
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    Thanks for your explanations. Unfortunately I'm not renting, so any repair bills land at my feet. I was thinking of keeping the system going for this winter, then replacing with a more modern combi boiler - would the existing pipe work and radiators be compatible with a combi? What would be...
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    I went back to it after an hour and the the switch had moved to "H" and the thermostat on the cylinder clicks on and off when I moved it higher/lower which changed the position of of the valve to M and H respectively.
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    Just tried your suggest and nothing. Valve is still sitting at "M". In the current state will the water be constantly heated whilst heating is on? Is that safe? Is there anyway to manually switch the valve to heating only mode?
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    The boiler did fire up... The radiators heated up too. Is it possible the drayton ma1 could be seated incorrectly on the valve? Ie the valve position doesn't match up with what's being displayed at the side W, M, H for example the unit is indicating that hot water mode is on but the valve is in...
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    With it back in "G" mode this morning, I tried the hot water only, the valve was in the "W" position. Turned the hot water off then put heating on, the valve moved to "M" and stayed there until I turned the heating off, it returned back to "W". Is it possibly the fault could be at the valve...
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    Moved house, not familiar with this heating system. How does it work, best set up?

    It's not something I'd attempt to be honest. This is the wiring behind the wall plate...
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