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My oil boiler locked out two days ago but was reset and continued to work. Today it is locked out and will not reset. Three weeks ago it had a new solenoid valve in the pump. The motor runs and the burner fires. It then runs for 6 seconds only and locks out again. Can someone tell me what is...

I'm sure this has been asked before but what happens if I put red diesel in my oil boiler-will it soot up? will it work? What would be a red diesel/kerosene ratio which would be ok without problems?

Hi all - need to replace fan pull switch in bathroom. It does not operate any lights, just the fan but is on the lighting circuit. Out of the ceiling come three grey wires each containing a red, a black, and an earth. On the old switch there was two red that went into one terminal. Two black...

Just been to the above, the burner will not fire, the fan just keeps running, there are no igniion clicks. Any thoughts? Photocell?

Hi there, when the heating is recharged it looses pressure as you watch the guage. There is no water from the pressure release pipe outside. Any ideas?

I am going to put in a radiator in a conservatory and connect it in 8mm pipe to the manifold and use the two manifold points that used to be on a radiator that I have removed to allow for the conservatory door to be knocked through. The pipes connect to the manifold with nuts onto male threads...

Hi everyone, I have to add a radiator to a system. It is 8mm pipework. The manifold is 28mm with the 12 pipes (6 rads) coming off it. There are no blanks to use. The flows and returns for all the radiators go into the manifold together all next to each other. Manifold is about 150mm in...

Where does anyone get their flue gas analyser (Kane 250) calibrated. Kings Lynn Norfolk area. The analyser has stopped reading CO2, will being calibrated sort this problem?

I have just changed the baffles in an oil boiler as the old ones were at the least mis-shaped and the worst very mis-shaped and split. What does anyone think has caused this and how can I make sure it doesn't happen again. It is a small Grant about 2 yrs old situated in a small cupboard in a...

Hi all, I have been asked to replace an electric shower (Redring Actice 300 7.2KW) with something more powerful. I have no knowledge of electrics and would like to know what higher KW ratings do for a shower and would the wiring on the current unit be safe if a 8.5KW shower was fitted? Thank...

Hi there - I have a small portable TV which I have moved from one bedroom to another. I have wall mounted aerial points in all rooms. It worked well in its previous room. I have a digital aerial on the roof and an amplifier in the loft serving all the wall mounted points. I cannot tune the TV...

Hi all - I have got to go to a toilet as it is leaking into the bowl - the lady says that the water level is way below the central tube that gets pused by the buttons - any ideas?

Hi all - I have a Ryobi chainsaw which will start but only run for a couple of seconds. The only adjustable part I can see is an idle screw - not sure where this should be. Plug looks clean, fuel correct ratio. Any thoughts?

Have just been to a Worcester 20/25 which ran fine and then locked out after about 5/6 minutes. There is a phial in front of the red expansion vessel and on my boiler which is the same the phial is under the expansion vessel. Any thoughts? Regards.

Hi all, I have just drained about 2 buckets out of the drain point on the pressure gauge on a Worcester 12/14 oil boiler in order to replace a faulty air release valve. My question is what percentage of the total heating system water was this. The house is a new 3 bed semi with 7/8 radiators...

I have been to a 12/14 Worcester heatslave combi where the radiators are heating with heating off and h/w on - I assume this is the diverter valve - the lever on the side of the actuator rises when h/w is called for but stays at the bottom when heating is called for - Is the actuator operating...

I have just been to quite an old trianco oil boiler in an old house which has been altered extended etc; the circulating pump is next to the boiler. The owner said that after the boiler had been on for a while there would be a bang from the pipework which he thought came from the vicinity of the...

Is this due to the diverter valve stuck in the central position - will trying to free off with the actuator solve this - even if just temporarily? PS Worcester 12/14 oil boiler.

Hi all - have recently gone to an oil Worcester 12/14 which works fine but after a couple of minutes sharts to make a rattling noise which gradually gets worse. Is this kettling - I have never heard kettling before - if it is what is the solution. Also an upstairs radiator does not get hot...

Hello all, 1) I went to a Worcester 12/14 yesterday which was leaking oil from the oil pressure adjustment point - can this leak be stopped - if so how? 2) Another question - if someone services a boiler and then the boiler develops a fault - how long after the service would any of you say...