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I have a glowworm 24cxi boiler problem no hot water heating works fine. Today we had glowworm engineer say boiler ok prob is with the taps what is he talking about sounds cobblers to me

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I need some advise regarding fitting a Fernox FT1 filter up stairs next to the cylinder.
Conventional Heating System with the little tank in the loft next to the big water tank.

1. do I need to drain the system, please say no
2, i would like...

My heating kept going off and would go back on when the boiler switch was pressed. Then it went off completely. The plumber fitted a new valve and pump. It went off again and the plumber said it was a faulty pump came back and fitted another one....

Hi ait of a strange story. Our dining room radiator is off the wall due to decorating. Its turned off via the therostatic valve. Came down stairs this morning. The thermostatc valve was open. Causing water to leak every where.I am the only one in...

Hello everyone . I have a solid fuel central heating stove running four radiators and connected to the cylinder for domestic hot water. About a week ago the hot water coming through the kitchen/bathroom taps got cooler and cooler, and now there is...

Hi there looking for some advice.Just moved in to a flat and it has very low hot water pressure.It has a water tank above the Emerson heater that is on the floor.
Doing a bit of research thought it might be an airlock but after putting A pipe on the...

A few months back I had 2 ground floor radiators flushed as they weren't heating fully. After this, getting more pronounced over time, only some of the radiators heat up at any one time.
When I turn on all the radiators in the house, only the 1st...

Hi ait of a strange story. Our dining room radiator is off the wall due to decorating. Its turned off via the therostatic valve. Came down stairs this morning. The thermostatc valve was open. Causing water to leak every where.I am the only one in...

Ive been looking at ways to install a radiator in my new conservatory without pipes on show. The simplest solution i came up with was to T off a radiator from the house and drill through the wall and do it that way.
The radiator inside the house...

Hi I wonder if someone could help me.
I have a motorized valve in my system which feeds hot water from the pump to the hot water tank or the radiators and when the timer and room thermostat calls for heat the little ac motor drives round until it...

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I have a Glow-worm 24ci combi boiler in my flat which has been tenanted for 7 years. The last tenant had pressurized the boiler to 3.7 when I got the keys back. It is slowly going down and is currently 2.1 after 35 days of very little use....

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Recently moved into property and have a type of S plan system with two pumps and one two port valve.
Found hotwater too hot and turned down water stat to correct figure.However now find that can only get central heating when water is...

Hi there looking for some advice.Just moved in to a flat and it has very low hot water pressure.It has a water tank above the Emerson heater that is on the floor.
Doing a bit of research thought it might be an airlock but after putting A pipe on the...

Hi, hoping you can help. I have hot water venting (through the vent pipe) into my central heating header tank in the loft. If I turn the CH pump down to setting 1, this does not happen, but as soon as I switch to 2 or 3, it does.

I have used a CH...

Hey all, hope you can help, I have a customer who’s got 1 radiator that won’t heat up, so I’ve replaced the radiator valve & still having no joy.

I don’t believe the radiator to be blocked as it emptied when I emptied the system & filled...

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Hope someone can help. The boiler keeps loosing pressure.
i Have Corgi homeplan, their engineers and the Ideal engineers have been out 6 times in 2 months.
The boiler was replaced via an insurance claim 2 years ago, but recently the pressure...

I want to fit two new radiators but cannot access the feed and returns for my existing radiator system, as it is below a concrete floor, which I am not keen to dig up.
Can I fit a T connection into the feed and return pipes of the nearest radiator...

hi. we have a Worcester heatslave 20/25 boiler and yesterday morning I turned both the settings to off position for the water on the left of the display and the heating on the right as I was travelling up to Glasgow and back so I turned it all off...

My radiator won't warm up when the heating is on, and trying to bleed it lets a small amount of air out and does nothing else. I don't know if this means the system is under-pressurised or something, but I was worried to mess around with valves in...

The plumber who installed the heating system in my house hid them presumably under the floor any suggestions of how to find them ?

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I have a Gledhill direct combination vented immersion heater. Fortic style
The ballcock washer needs replacing as water is pouring from the overflow.
The ballcock assembly is covered by a domed copper cover with a plastic insert in the top...

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Im having a extension built on my house and the gas meter is to be re located in the extension and will be approximately 3m from the new combi boiler. The existing gas pipe that runs to the old boiler and appliances is...

I have a unvented indirect pressurised tank and was wondering if I can redirect the flow from the boiler /central heating side not the hot water side as the tank as started leaking , I've drained down all the rads and it's stopped leaking and the...

FTP, Hi All Thanks in advance for any help.
I am currently installing a Kitchen, and wish to replace a current radiator with a under cabinet fan radiator. Only due to a sudden change in circumstances, i cannot invest for a while. So as i will need...