hot water

Hi All, I have a leak coming from the Heating Coil flange on our HW Cylinder. Long story short if I replace the Cylinder which is 25 years old I may as well go unvented and replace the boiler and power showers (not compatible with mains pressure water) also. The costs are obviously significant...

Quick question, out of the two boilers below, what would you say is the better and more reliable one? 1) Vaillant ecoTEC plus 940 Boiler 2) Viessman Vitodens 111-W Boiler 3) Or how about the Vaillant EcoTEC Pro 24 which is not a storage combi, but has the "aquaCOMFORT System" which is...

I moved into a house in November and therefore regularly used the heating so didn’t notice this issue. However now that we are in June, we almost never have the heating on, and we are not getting hot water. We have 2 slides on the thermostat for hot water or heating, we therefore put the hot...

Hi, Looking for some advice, an installer came to give me a quote for solar panels and he brought up the subject of a heat pump too. I live in Scotland and apparently the grants only apply if you get both together, which is fine as my boiler is getting old anyway. He said something about the...

Hi all. Does anyone know if there are any combi boiler that can heat both the hot water and the radiators at the same time? I know most don't, but was wondering if there was any exceptions? I can't see why this would not be physically possible as you could have a diverter valve in the boiler...

I had a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 installed in November 2024. I wanted to increase the hot water temperature above 60 so I can fill my bath more quickly with hot water for my occasional soak in the bath. On the boiler display the maximum hot water temperature is 60 yet on the Comfort + 2...

I have just moved into a new home with a Gainsborough shower. On our first viewing i turned it on and it ran hot for around 5 minutes. Since moving on it hasn’t stayed hot for more than 10 seconds. I have no idea about these kinds of things and any advice is appreciated. :)

Hi everyone, I'm really struggling to diagnose the issue with my heating, and I could use some advice. About a week ago, my central heating suddenly stopped working, but my hot water has been fine. I’ve replaced my Nest 3rd Gen thermostat and redone all the wiring, but the boiler still refuses...

I’m baffled We run an older Vailant combi on gas. Recently the hot water has begun acting strangely. Kitchen tap gives a good flow of hot water. However the sink and bath taps run hot then soon begin to run tepid. The bathroom is actually closer to the boiler than the kitchen so I’m confused...

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...

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...

Hi all, For the past year we have had parts of dead bugs (ie spiderlegs, bits of wings, shells) and odd debris coming out of our hot water tap only in the bath. We have a classic boiler (not combi) so we have a large old hot water tank/cylinder in the airing cupboard in the bathroom and a tiny...

Hi all I'm new to this site and after some advice. Came home to a leak from cold water tank in the loft. Was leaking from the hole at the top for the overflow pipe. I have fitted a new float which has lowered the level by an inch which has solved the leak. I've also extended the pipe for the...

Really hoping you good people can help. My set up is a standard vented HW and CH system. The other evening my HW failed (made known by Daughter moaning how cold the shower was). The cylinder thermostat is a really old Honeywell type so I used a screwdriver to move the dial down to see if it...

Evening all I have an Albion hot water cylinder which is giving 4 -5 seconds of water out of the hot taps, then trickling off to nothing. I'm guessing it is an airlock. Any quick pointers in how to release the airlock to get water flow? TIA

Hi, I’m decorating my downstairs toilet and looking to put some MDF panelling in, but I have hot water pipes from the sink running along the wall. Is it okay for the panelling to touch the pipes or do I need to leave a bit of space, and if so, how much? Would it be a fire hazard? It’s only...

Hello, I’m hoping someone can help me. We’ve just had an Aqualisa Quartz shower installed and we’re having nothing but problems with it. When you first get in, it’s amazing, however it only gives out 7 minutes of hot water before it turns freezing cold. You can then turn it off for just 5...

Hello All, Just wanted to get some feedback on a system design I came up with. I understand that in a vented system the water in the tank should remain below 20 degrees to prevent legionella but it never made sense why you would route the hot water vent pipe back into the tank. I took...

Hi, Just bought a new copper cylinder and looking inside, the central heating coil is rippled. From what I understand ripples are bad and can result in erosion over time. Since I want this cylinder to last 20 years would it be better to return it? Am I making something out of nothing? Thanks...

Hi there, I moved into a "second hand" new build just over a year ago. It has a large unvented Kingspan hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard. Last year I had the boiler serviced and my plumber noticed the tundish in the airing cupboard was dripping. He order a replacement valve of some...