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Hi all, I have a Valor Visage 'living flame' type gas fire and although it ignites no problem it refuses to run,my first thought was the thermocouple which I have replaced but no good still won't run, so I have replaced every valve etc in the fire but still nothing :mad: the only part I haven't...

Hi all, my ageing Vaillant vcw 240 h was serviced about 6 months ago and has been running fine but recently the heating has been working intermittently, sometimes it works at the time set by the timer other times not. The hot water is fine. We do not have a room stat. I fitted a new diverter...

Hi all, we have a Zanussi 1506 w washing machine, when we set it on a wash program it fills with water but will not wash,we can set it to spin and it will pump out the water in the drum but will not spin,i have cleaned out the filter, any ideas ?

Hi all, this evening the central heating has not come on although we have hot water, the timer seems to be ok with red light on but combi does not fire up when timer is changed from auto to on ,I think the problem is with the boiler. The boiler is a Vaillant VCW 240H and is quite a few years...

Hi all, we had no hot water or heating last evening so had a look at the boiler this morning (it's in the loft :( ) expecting to find the pressure had dropped and knocked out the pilot light ( vaillant vcw 240h combi ) but the pressure was only just under 1 bar but the pilot light had gone out...

Hi all, I am about to wallpaper one of our bedrooms and from previous efforts know the walls are not modern type plastered walls but a whiteish porous finish and a bit gritty :? the house was built in 1928 if that gives a clue to what the finish is. What would be the best coating to use to...

Hi, I have a Vaillant VCW GB 240 H it's about 20 years old and is not firing up, the heating was on and we were drawing off hot water at the time the boiler stopped working and it has not worked since. Four years ago I fitted a new diverter valve ( complete with switches),HX,and DHW...

Hi,my vaillant combi stopped producing hot water recently and only leaving the hot tap on full for a considerable time would it work (sometimes).I would have replaced the boiler as it is about 12 - 15 years old but advice from this forum and pals at work persuaded me to repair rather than...

Hi,I have a Vaillant Combi VCW GB240h its about 12 - 15 yrs old.The problem is the boiler loses pressure over time ( about 7 - 10 days at the moment ) this has always been a problem since it was installed but it used to be every couple of months between top ups.The only part i have ever replaced...