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Guys, My mother seems to be having problems with her Glow Worm boiler. It was installed 2 years ago but to my recollection it's never worked properly. The problem she seems to be having is that the boiler only seems to heat for a while before the burner goes to minimum. I have set the...

Guys, I wonder if any of you could suggest the reasons my cold water storage tank is filling with hot water. I first noticed this when my shower stopped getting cold. At first I thought it was the shower pump but on further investigation I noticed that the water in the tank was very warm...

Guys I have a Baxi fire which is less then 2 years old. Having not used it over the warmer months I have come to put it on lately to find a problem with getting it to light. I can ignite it initially but when I come to depress the control knob and turn it to let the gas kick in and fire up...

Hi all, My Worcester 24i has developed a strange fault. At first I noticed that the pressure relief valve was dripping, having thought that that this was faulty I replaced it, however I did not pay that much attention to the larger picture! Once replaced I noticed somethingn really odd...

Hi everyone. My GlowWorm boiler appeared to pack in the other day, having had a look I noticed that the fan did not kick in when a call for central heating was made. I tested the pump to find it was duff so ordered a new one and fitted it. Immediately the fan started and the ignition kicked...

Hello Everyone. I am having problems with my central heating and hot water, my Glow Wom Boiler does not seem to want to stay lit for more then a minute or so. My system is as follows: Glow Worm Ultimate 50BF boiler Danfoss 103 time switch Honeywell roomstat Honeywell cylinder stat...

Guys and girls The fridge section of my Electrolux fridge freezer seems to have stopped getting cold. While the freezer is working fine the internal temperature of the fridge is 15 oC. Would I be right in thinkink that the thermostat is to blame or would there be something else that could...

Guys, I believe that I need a new diaphragm for my Worcester combi boiler as I can only get hot water when the heating is on. I believe that the part number of the diverter valve is 8 716 142 401 0. When I took this to a local merchant they said I needed the specific part number of the...

Guys, Iwonder if you could tell me whether or not the Potterton EP2002 programmer is a direct replacement for the EP2001. If so is it a matter of just attaching the programmer to the existing wall plate or is a little bit of rewiring necessary. Many thanks, Terry

Guys, Hopefully a very simple one! I've just bought a house which is heated by an Ariston Microgenus. Unfortunately there has been a drop in pressure and I need to repressurise the system. Problem is I can't find the filling loop. Can anyone advice me as to whether this boiler need a...

Guys, Thank god for this site!!!!! I 've a Britony II T water heater that appears to no longer produce sufficently hot water. When I open a tap close to the water I get a small bit of hot water, but the hot water tap in the kitchen suffers (maybe because of the distance between the boiler...

Guys, Just wondering if you could offer me some piece of mind. Managed to throw my TVR Griffith into a ditch today, luckily no one was hurt. The damage amounts to one of the stainless steel exhaust pipes being bend and slightly crushed, damage to the body work area above the said...

Hi all, I'm not having too much luck with m y central heating at the moment. In one of my older houses I have been having ongoing problems with the gravity fed hot water. The system had been drained to replace a raditaor on the ground floor. Once this was done the system was refilled...

Guys, Thanks for the advice regarding a Main Trent water heater in one of my rented properties. I've decided to bite the bullet and replace the water heater and the CH boiler with a condensing combi. I've looked at the posts on this site in great detail and think I have a choice of 2...

Guys, I have a house that I let out. The tenants in the house have said that they are having problems with the hot water. Every time they turn on a hot tap it runs cold water for a small while then a bolt of steam fires through the taps violently. This then calms down and hot water then runs...

Guys, I wonder if any of you can tell me a simple test to check whether my immersion heater element or the thermostat has failed. I'm not getting nay hot water and the only means I have to heat water is using the immersion heater fitted into the cylinder. I have a multimeter so could...

Hi guys, I recently purchased a property where the central heating system and water system had been drained down because the property had been empty for about 4 months. On filling the systems I have overcome most propblems but have stumbled across one that I'd appreciate some advice on...

Hi guys, I seem to have a problem in a house I rent out. The overflow from the cold water storage tank is overflowing. I checked the ball valve but this is functioning correctly, what I have noticed is that water is entering the tank from the vent pipe! The hot water side of the CH...

Guys, I have the following system in my house: Glow Worm Micron Boiler 70FF Tribune Premier TP150B Sunvic Programmer Sunvic 2 port valve (for water heating) Honeywell 2 port valve (for central heating) TRVs on most radiators No room stat I seem to be having a problem with the...

Can anyone tell me what type of aggregate I should be mixing with self levelling compound to enable me to boost the maximum allowable depth above 6mm. The packagng says fine aggregare should be suitable on a 1:1 ratio with a latex solution added. Any advice would be appreciated. Mark