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    Gravity heating

    Hi Guys, After numerous years of thinking about putting in Radiators into my parents house I eventually got it completed. The ehat source is off of a back boiler on a Stanley range. The hot water is by gravity. The pipe work is one inch from the back boiler to the copper cylinder. The...
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    Baxi 60/100 prv leaking

    Hi, The PRV on my Baxi 60/100 gas boiler is leaking and the pressure is dropping. I know the PRV needs to be replaced. Anyone any experience of doing so. Haven't got around to opening the Baxi boiler and investigating further, will have to wait until Next week when I'm not working. All...
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    Tools

    Guys, Been looking at getting some equipment, what do you think of the following? Fluke T5-1000. Fluke 902 clamp on meter Megger MIT230 or MIT400. Any feedback welcome.
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    TRV position on Radiator

    Hi, How critical is it to have the TRV on the supply to the radiator. Have just checked all the rad's and two of them were cold. Removed the head on the TRV and pushed the pin a few times and it freed up the valve. On one of the radiators it wasn't getting warm about the TRV valve but it was...
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    Back boiler central heating.

    Hi Folks, Quick question. My folks have a back boiler in a solid fuel cooker, this is providing the hot water to the house via an Indirect cylinder located 5 feet away in a press from the back boiler. There is No radiators in the house. My plan is to install some in the upstairs bedrooms and...
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    Back Boiler on a solid fuel cooker.

    Hello everyone. I've posted something similiar but here it goes again. If one connects up 4 rads upstairs and two rads downstairs. The DHW cylinder is downstairs beside the solid fuel cooker. Going to use a pump to pump the water around the system. Going to use the two downstairs rads to...
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    use a motorised valve or not.

    I'm putting in a heating system, running off a solid fuel back boiler. My question is whether to use a 3 way motorised valve. On it's normally open position it would allow the DHW cylinder to heat, when it switches it would open up to the radiators. If i use the motorised valve i can control...
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    New heating system - back boiler of a solid fuel cooker

    Query about connecting up radiators to the back boiler of a solid fuel cooker. There will be 6 radiators all doubles. The hot tank is located in the hot press beside the solid fuel cooker. Whats the best way of controlling an inline pump. Was thinking about using a room thermostat located...
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