central heating

We had an extension done about 11 years ago and have just found out that the boiler was wrongly installed on the boundary wall. the vent slightly overhangs into neighbour s property which is about 1metre away from their wall and the steam blows around near their door. The neighbours after all...

Had a quick search on the forum and couldn't find anything specific to my question so here goes.. We've been renting a 3 bed detached bungalow for about a year now and regardless of what we've tried (balancing rads, turning thermostat down, turning CH boiler temp up or down, turning DHW boiler...

hi , i am refurbishing a room which currently has two radiators in it. i want to remove both, bin them, and carry out a load of work e.g. soundproof one wall knock all the plaster off the opposite wall fit insulation and then fitted wardrobes etc. At the end of the work i'll move the position...

Can anyone recommend a really straight-forward simple programmer for my elderly parents who need a replacement. It's probably going to need to be analogue unless there is something special designed for old folks. Many thanks

Hi, I am planning to recharge the expansion vessel on my central heating and need some information. I have heard people say that it has to be removed to recharge it. Is it right? Some others say that I have to drain the Central heating before I pressurise it if I don't remove it. I am confused...

Hiya, My HW (hot water) not working after I drained my CH (Central Heating). I released all the air pressure in all radiators. When I set the control to just HW, I can see the fire start for a couple of minutes and then it went off. Any idea why? Should I bleed the myson unit five pump? Is...

Hello, I have a situation that may resonate, I think there could be two faults: Situation: excessive oil being used in heating/hotwater system, pump never turns off, radiators often hot even when programme is set to off/off. There is a drayton motorised valve on a Y valve Often one can hear...

hello Hope someone can help! Fitting Hive thermostats to a large home which has a fully pumped system with dual zone central heating and hot water cylinder running off a Potterton gas boiler. Confused by the three 2-port valves which are on the flow side of the system immediately after the pump...

Hi I live in a 2bed first floor flat with 8 rads, I have a 5yr old Vailant Combi boiler. The radiators in my kitchen, spare bedroom & storage cupboard are stone cold and recently the radiator in the bathroom cooled and stopped working. I've not had an urgent need to rectify this until...

Hi Everyone, I've been struggling with this for a week or so now and after reading a few similar posts, I thought I would see if anyone could give me a little bit more advice. I apologise in advance as there is a little bit of a backstory to this. In December our hot water started going...

Hi, I have a Worcester greenstar 28i junior combi boiler and a tower rf wireless thermostat that I purchased from toleration which I am trying to install to replace the wired British gas one. The wires connected to the old British gas one were brown to the L terminal, blue to the N terminal...

Hi, I have a Worcester greenstar 28i junior combi boiler and a tower rf wireless thermostat that I purchased from toleration which I am trying to install to replace the wired British gas one. The wires connected to the old British gas one were brown to the L terminal, blue to the N terminal...

Hello All Can someone shead some light on my central heating please. The pump comes on for a bit after the heating goes off, here's what happens. I have a standard boiler pumped with HW tank, with a room thermostat for the CH also a programmer When the room thermostat calls for heat the pump...

Does one in the land of the free not know about water valves? :D:rolleyes: Skip to 6:00 for the fix!

in the instructions on our Grant Euroflame outdoor kerosene oil boiler it says that a pipe state fitted to the return water pipe may be fitted to offer frost protection and that it shall be set at 30 degrees centigrade. If water freezes at 0c i wonder why they say to set the stat at 30c ? -...

hi all, I've just noticed I had a couple of radiators that needed bleed upstairs tonight in our new home. I started to bleed the radiators and noticed that while I was able to let alone ir out, it was not followed by water. After doing this a few times I noticed the radiators where getting...

Does anyone have a link to a radiator sizing calculator which they've found to be reliable? I've got a 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5m bedroom with a small adjoining closet and roughly 2sqm double glazed window which I need a rad for and the calculators I've used come up with vastly different results, ranging...

Hi everyone looking for some assistance please as new to the whole renovation side of things. We are having a brand new central heating system fitting into our new flat in January as currently we have no heating at all. The only available wall is a stud wall which we'll be pulling down and...

Hi all, newbie DIY-er here, I was adding some TRV valves to old radiators in my new/first home, and drained the system. Everything went ok, radiators working well once more. However, after a day I noticed the hot water tank was cold, and the feed & return pipes also cold. It is a standard...

Wondering if anyone has any info on how to wire my potterton ep2002 central heating controller to my new hive 2, also I have a thermostat I have wired into my system somehow that ideally I would like disconnected and linked out at the source, any help would be great cheers