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    Baxi or not to Baxi

    Having a combi boiler replaced soon, received 3 quotes: First 2 quotes recommended Worcester Bosch (yet mentioned they repair a lot of Worcester's - doesn't give me much confidence). Felt like they may be getting more profit from the Worcesters, I don't know. Last quote recommended Baxi. All...
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    Help! Mysterious Pressure Drops in My New Glow-Worm Combi Boiler

    Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone here can shed some light on a frustrating issue I'm having with my brand new Glow-Worm Compact LPG combi boiler. I had it installed in my small bungalow about two months ago, and for the first month, it worked like a charm. However, for the past month or so, I've...
  3. Rageyboy91

    Viessman 050 - Banging after service.

    hey! I need abit of help understanding a problem with my boiler, I brought a Viessman Vitodens 2021 050-W boiler in 2021 and after every boiler service I need to call out Viessman under warranty due to a banging noise when using the hot water tap, the longer the time goes between the warranty...
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    Baxi 105e CH but no DHW

    Hello everyone, My CH works fine, but my DHW doesn't. DHW only works when CH is on too. I've gone through and checked my boiler out. The two microswitches work as expected. The pressure is hovering within the correct range. Both the lights to CH and DHW light up when expected. However, the...
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    Leak (boiler loosing pressure)

    We have a leak and ripped up the floor.. Found a bit of pipe that looks like this (image attached) The boiler was loosing pressure quickly about 0.5 bar of pressure every 15 mins. Since this bit of pipe was fixed the pressure is holding for longer but still dropping, much slower (about 0.5...
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    Room thermostat to call pump only

    I've moved into a house with very basic central heating controls (one of those timer dials from the 80s) and non traditional piping set up which is causing some complications and I want to do the minimum work at the minute to modernise it. The way they've piped up the house the boiler sits...
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    Vaillant boiler being a pain in the a**

    Hi guys, So yesterday morning I woke up to a f75 error code on my 2006 vaillant boiler ecotec pro 28. After some research I decided to replace the water pressure sensor as the cheapest place to start. So in doing so, I isolated and drained the boiler, fitting new sensors, repressurised the...
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    Blocked radiators - Fix or replace? Help needed!

    Hi All! My first post here.. I need some help from someone who really understands central heating systems, pipes and radiators. New boiler installed My 20 year old Ideal Mini boiler finally failed in December with no hot water and it was leaking all over the floor. It turned out it would be...
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    Wiring for wireless thermostat

    Hi all I've got a worcester 28si ii combi boiler with the old standard timer. I've gone out and bought a salus st620rf thermostat with wireless controller. I am wondering if anyone has an idea on how to wire this up and what wires need bridging. Thanks.
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    Is this boiler beyond saving? Your verdict please...

    While the central heating, water is trickling out of the bottom end of the rear black tube in photo, where it connects with the metal section. There is corrosion at other connections. The PCB has been changed a few years ago and there was also another issue with it losing pressure. It's about 12...
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    Equipotential bonding required for new boiler?

    Hi, We had a Worcester Bosch 4000 boiler fitted a few months ago - all pipes go into the boiler through a mounting plate. We recently got a visit from an electrician for some work and he says the boiler needs to be bonded ('equipotential bonding') using 5x bonding clamps; the previous 20+ year...
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    Honeywell receiver (R4H91) to Hive Receiver (single channel)

    Hi, I'm replacing an existing Honeywell receiver (R4H91) on my combi boiler with a Hive (single channel) and am confused with the existing wiring in the Honeywell. See images below, 1st image of the current receiver wiring, 2nd image of the wider system wiring in case this is helpful. I'm a...
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    Condensate Pipe

    Hi, Currently have an issue with the boiler which is kettling/ignition error. Looking to see if there a blockage in the pipework however I’m unable to locate the pipe, it runs down from the boiler to the wall but cannot find it from there. Below is under my sink which is right by the boiler...
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    Mounting boiler

    Hi all, I have just had a shell extension completed on my house. The internal leaf of the cavity wall is aerated block which will be dot and dabbed. The boiler will need to be installed on one of these walls. I was planning to put a solid bed of adhesive where the boiler bracket will be and...
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    Leak or broken boiler

    Hi Guys, I have had a search of the forum to see if I can find a thread related to my issue with no luck so have created a new thread. I bought a house back in March this year that has a Worcester Bosch greenstar 25Si boiler. I’m going to go into a lot of details as I think explaining the...
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    Leaking Potterton boiler

    Hey! Our Potterton Titanium 24 boiler has got a leak underneath the boiler, looks as though the seam from this part has come loose. Looks as though it's possible to unscrew this bit and replace it, but I'm not sure what the part is called or if it's fine to do it myself. Thanks!!
  17. Saya

    Wall behind boiler- bad job by plumber

    I got a new boiler fitted. The plumber, however left the wall behind stripped down to bricks, pieces of old plaster. The issue is - there are dust particles falling off the wall and spreading all over my kitchen with boiler use. The solution I imagine would be to plaster behind the boiler...
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    Worcester Greenstar Boiler - Hot Shower Water Issue

    Hi all, We’ve just had a new Mira Plarinum Dual Digital shower installed in the loft, feeding down to the bathroom upstairs which is great. However, it has an error saying that the incoming hot water temperature is too low. I’ve checked our Boiler (Worcester Greenstar 30i) and its set at 60...
  19. nalted

    Confusing hot water boiler set up, need help programming

    Hello, some background: I am a novice at house related things, as im a 20 yr old uni student in newbuild uni house, with 6 other housemates (7 total). As of 29th October, our bills shot up like crazy, from an average of 17.25 kWh of daily electric usage, to now 56.9 kWh per day. We believe to...
  20. Cold_James

    Oil boiler - intermittent lockout

    Hello, I have a Danesmoor Utility 15/19 oil boiler with B9B burner and Satronic TF830.3 control box. Boiler sited indoors in upstairs room with outside tank lower than boiler, so Tigerloop fitted. Filter at tank and before boiler. Over 500l of oil in tank. It had annual service in November...
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