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As per title,my boiler goes throught the ignition sequence,fan comes on,burner ignites then 2-3 seconds later burner goes off and boiler goes into pump over run. Been fine for 4 yrs no problems. System on fitment was all new,with Vaillant unvented cyl Any ideas please? Thankyou

I have a problem with someone's cottage. Gravity hot water and upstairs cold. Oil boiler,room stat,cyl stat 2x 2 port with auto bypass. The customer noticed the overflow dripping,so I went into the loft and looked into the tank. Ball valve shut but water flowing up the hot water vent. The...

Hello,I need to change a wilo gold 50v pump on a system boiler. Question is,can I just fit the head off a standard pump or do I need to fit the correct part number one from the Ariston parts list? It's for a Microsystem 21. Also,is a grundfos pump head a direct replacement for a head...

Hello, Does anyone have knowledge of these boilers? A friend has frozen condensate but it appears to go UP from the boiler...is it pumped? Ive not seen it,he just tried to explain it over the phone. Thanks

Went to look at a Aqualisa Quartz (pumped)shower today. When power is on (but control button off) It makes a noise like the pump is turning slowly and sounds like air is in the unit. If you turn it on at the control it works fine and sounds normal. But when you turn it back off it makes...

Hello all, Does anyone have experiences of electric boilers,costs etc, as I have a job coming up that has no gas supply. I was wondering if electric is an efficient alternative to oil these days, or is it still better to get an oil tank etc? Any help please,thanks Tim

I went to look at a job last week. When i got there i found it had a Baxi combi boiler that didnt look that modern,which had (an optional extra) like a small expansion vessel on the water circuit like you have with an unvented cylinder. The problem the client is getting is. The downstairs...

Any idea what btu output this boiler would be please?or is 366 a range of boilers? I need to add a few rads to the system but want to make sure it can cope with the extra. Sorry i have no other info on the boiler as yet Thanks

Hello, I need to find out which way to install an inlet hose for a dishwasher with an anti-flood device fitted. Its a John Lewis JLDWW 1206 Usually the valve needs to point down(on other machines) but the JL instructions dont mention this. Currently in is fitted vertically up but im not sure...

Went to look at an old ladies overflow Ballvalve in main loft tank was not shutting off properly The arm had a large iron nut(like a ch pump extender)with the arm through the middle acting as a weight when i took the nut off it started water hammering,obviously why someone had put it...

I have finally had an electrician to sort my extension wiring after running the boiler on a plug-top timer for 8 months EcoTec plus 618 system boiler running a Vaillant aurostor 250L cylinder Both are sited in the garage I have no roomstat The weather compensator programmer VRC400 has...

I need to source a new boiler programmer to replace an old Randall one The house needs 2 seperate room stats ,as it has an extension room seperate from the main house,thats needs its own 2 port valve so i can heat it with the rest of the house not heating(dont worry about the plumbing)...

Hello, I need to replace a shower valve at a customers house. It is a meynell shower which i believe is the trade range for MIra The centres are 110mm (Exposed) Cant seem to find on any searches Anyone know of a model number? Thanks

Anyone know of a power shower 8.5kw with the inlet at the top left of the casing? Old unit is triton 80 something that looks very old. All the ones ive ever done are bottom right side altering pipe not an option coz no 30yr old patterned tiles left over. I cant even raise the shower and...

Been to look at an earlyish Megaflow Its the one where the pressure relief valve has a bent metal "arm" (instead of the usual plastic knob) as the manual release. The customer has noticed intermittant dripping into the tundish.. I carried out the usual ,open hot tap...open relief valve and...

Hello , I have a feather edge style fence (close board) which has not been stained yet Its been in for 4 yrs . Can anyone recommend a CLEAR coating that can be applied ? Thanks, Tim

Went to look at this boiler and found live to pump but pump not working. pump spins freely,water is hot above pump,cold everywhere else pump is a ups15-50 ttao (grundfos). this appears to be a standard 15-50 with a slightly different back casting. Question: can i ,and has anyone ,replaced...