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Mystery catastrophic combi boiler leak Discussion Thread

Hello, The other week was below freezing weather, so I put the heating on my combi boiler.
The timer was set to come on 15min per hour overnight.

In the morning, I went into the kitchen to find the boiler was dead, about 3 to 5 litres of water on the floor beneath the boiler and the kitchen mains circuit was tripped.

Engineer came out and opened front cover and more water poured onto the floor (imagine a goldfish floating out...

 

Mitras semi buried gas meter box - welded meter outlet fitting Discussion Thread

Hello, I went to a job recently that had a smart meter in a mitras semi buried gas meter box. See pic attached. The meter outlet fitting is a factory made welded fitting that allows the meter outlet to line up with the outlet hole on the box. It is not something I had seen before and I was wondering how one would deal with these if you needed to upgrade the pipe run to 28mm as the fittings seem to be...

 

Swapping concealed shower Discussion Thread

Is it possible to swap a concealed shower without removing tiles if can get a similar model.

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Viessman Vitodens 100-W weather compensation Discussion Thread

Good evening,

I have a Vitodens 100-W (Type B1HC, B1KC) boiler and I'm considering adding a weather compensation control.

I'd appreciate any insights on the pros & cons.

We spend around £1,200 a year on gas, Viessmann reckons you can save up to 15%, is this achievable?

Regards

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What does this debris look like to you? Discussion Thread

We've recently done a power flush on a system that's already been power flushed twice within the last 5 years. System boiler with an unvented HW cylinder and 3x UFH manifolds. Quite a large house. Strainers installed before each manifold - fully clogged.

The stuff we got out of it looks like in the picture below. My guess - the green/yellow stuff is bacterial growth, but some of it feels like sand, which I can't explain.

What...

 

Vertical radiator not heating up Discussion Thread

Hi all. Could someone help with a issue I have been having with my vertical radiator. I have one vertical radiator in my bungalow and it does not heat up unless the surrounding radiators are shut off. I have tried turning the surrounding radiators down but the have to be completely or very nearly off for the vertical one to heat, leaving the surrounding areas cold

Any suggestions on house to address this issue?

Many thanks
Paul...

 

blisters on flush valve seal Discussion Thread

Had a leaking flush valve in the cable operated Fluidmaster drop dual flush valve in the toilet cistern that initially turned out to be some limescale debris stuck between the flush valve (drop valve?) and its seat.....
After removing the unit and cleaning it all out I noticed what I can only describe as some quite large - about 3 to 8mm - "blisters" on both sides the Silicon sealing washer, I carefully pierced them with a fine needle...

 

POC in flue integrity Discussion Thread

Windy day, wind blowing directly at a fan assisted horizontal flue.

During a flue integrity test O2 is 19% 10ppm of CO

The very next day without the wind the flue integrity is fine.


This is the first time I've ever had this but I would guess its a common issue?

I wouldn't say the flue is particularly susceptible to wind as its opposite the prevailing but a plume management would actually cause more issues with keeping it away from the...

 

Have members moved away from the forum?? Discussion Thread

Hi guys
What’s happened to this forum? Have most people moved on, seems very quiet these days.

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Problem with Kane 458s Discussion Thread

Issues with Kane 458s

Bought unit back end of April 2022.

1st. Problem sent back to Kane on 7th July. After flue sampling it would take 2 minutes to slowly drop coppm. Then hang at 4 coppm for next to 3 to 4 minute's before zeroing in fresh air. Also ratio would jump around.

Kane fitted a new CO sensor.

2nd. Problem sent back to kane on 6/12/2022. On older pre-condensing boilers I'm getting unbelievable clean ratios of.
Example given...

 

Where's Leaky? Wetness, swelling and white streaks! Discussion Thread

Combination tank on a raised shelf in a 2 door cupboard. Top cupboard door is jammed shut as it has 'swelled up'. Some evidence of 'wetness' but hard to say where it is coming from but...the ceiling above the cupboard, outside of the cupboard, is showing wet patches. Is there a plumbing equivalent of fluorescent dye used in automotive?
I think it could be

1. leak from roof into cupboard (obviously nothing to do...

 

Siting of over sink heaters? Discussion Thread

Hi all
I’m fitting a couple of these handy heaters over 2 basins side by side but I’m wondering which side to site them?
It’s got to be over the basin due to the little blow off on them. I’m thinking if I put them to the left it avoids sitting over the cold taps but then I’ve gotta run pipework left and down under the basin? The hot tap hole is just blanked off.
Any advice please guys?

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Washing Machine Waste Water flowing into the Dishwasher Discussion Thread

My dishwasher (on the left) and washing machine (on the right) are positioned next to one another – see pic A

After repeated washing machine cycles over time waste water from the washing machine builds up in the basin of the dishwasher - see pic B. The waste water will overflow onto the floor if I don’t run an empty dishwasher cycle which removes the excess waste water build up. This is how I get rid of the...

 

url indexing tools Discussion Thread

Handicap your site's robots.txt and meta tags.
Poor-choice Backlinks

=ddad=

url indexing tools for the original thread on Plumbers Forums

 

New ceramic tap gland is stiff Discussion Thread

Hi, fitted some new ceramic 1/4 turn tap glands as the hot one was leaking but the cold tap now feels stiff and jerky, the hot one is fine nice and smooth but the cold one isn’t, it’s fine when it’s out of the tap you can turn it easily but once fitted in the tap it goes back to feeling stiff, is it something to do with it being mains fed unlike the hot tap, any ideas.?

New ceramic tap gland is stiff for the original thread on...

 

Toilet blocks/pod install advice? Discussion Thread

Hi folks Do many of you do the type of work above? I wanted some advice on plumbing up a small bank of toilets that will also pick up 3 basins with oversink heaters? I’m clearly over thinking this as usual but I thought ask. Cheers

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Vaillant ecoTEC 824 - simplest 30kW replacement? Discussion Thread

Hi.

Looking to replace a 13-year old 824 with a new combi as its location is being moved, so seem like a good time to also replace. The new boiler needs to be more powerful - 30kW (as against 24kW?) - as the mains supply will also be upgraded.

The old 824 has actually had its pipes shifted to the new location, so ideally looking for the most direct swap possible. Plumbers back on Tuesday, so looking for the easiest...

 

Back boiler not heating downstairs radiator multihead 3 pump Discussion Thread

Hi I had my heating on for a few days all of a sudden there was no heating in downstairs radiators, when I turn the heating on it kicks in then turns of after 5 minutes. I have also turned up. The upstairs is heating up and pump is hot, i have bleed downstairs radiator , boiler was serviced in August but I haven't really used heating until now, I'm not sure wat I'm doing but i remember the engineer given...

 

Flat plate close coupled kit Discussion Thread

Has anyone done a toilet repair on a toilet that has a flat plate closed coupled kit. So there are indentations on the toilet cistern for the bolts to sit no in the metal close couple kit. I did one the flate plate and donut was almost rusted . Just put a normal close coupled kit I it but it leaked. Anyone had this before?

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Toilet blocks/pods advice wanted? Discussion Thread

Hi folks
Do many of you do the type of work above?
I wanted some advice on plumbing up a small bank of toilets that will also pick up 3 basins with oversink heaters?
I’m clearly over thinking this as usual but I thought ask.
Cheers

Toilet blocks/pods advice wanted? for the original thread on Plumbers Forums

 

Any boiler fault finding apps? Discussion Thread

Hello all,

I have been on most boiler manufacture's fault finding type courses as well as generic ones. Does anyone know of any apps or such that help with diagnosing faults. Any that you can put in boiler make / model and "symptoms" and it helps with diagnosing the fault?

Many thanks

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Best LL gas cert app? Discussion Thread

Hello all, i was wondering if anyone could share their thoughts on what they would deem to be the best LL gas cert app on the market, currently doing paper ones like a dinosaur and would be nice to get some recommendations from other guys. I did try searching this to see if there was already a thread for it but couldn't find anything, dunno if its just me being daft but any help would be appreciated

Best LL gas cert app? for the original...

 

Priority domestic hot water PDHW Discussion Thread

Hi everyone,

I have a customer who needs a new system boiler, currently has a 22kw which I've roughly calculated as enough heat output for the heating (its a 6 bed victorian terrace house), but this doesn't take the 200l unvented cylinder demand into account. Currently the system is setup on S plan, with no priority domestic hot water. When I fit the new boiler, I would like to try and set it up with PDHW for obvious reasons, but I'm...

 

Ideal vogue maxc32 efficiency level Discussion Thread

Had a new ideal vogue max c32 boiler fitted. The programmer has an “efficiency level” button that says it’s around 9-14%. That seems low.”, worried it’s installed incorrectly

Anyone have same issue?

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UFH specialist in Norwich area Discussion Thread

hello,
I have a friend who has a FAR ufh setup that he needs checking out and balancing.
Please share any recommended engineers details in the Norwich/Wroxham area.

UFH specialist in Norwich area for the original thread on Plumbers Forums

 

Determining the last radiator in the downstairs radiator run Discussion Thread

I am attempting to find out which one is the last radiator by using a DMM connected to a themocouple. All the valves are completely open.
(The floor is solid concrete)
However they all seem to heat up simultaneously more or less.
The reason for doing this is that a wish to add a radiator or two to a garage conversion
Is there another way of doing this?

Determining the last radiator in the downstairs...

 

WAVIN (Hep20) UFH Actuator - is newer model compatible? Discussion Thread

Hi.

Mil's UFH has Wavin 230V 2W actuators - model 1026. One went 'pop', and I've ordered a replacement, but the fellow that turned up is their newer model, the 35CS498, a one-watt jobbie in a straighter-sided body.

I've asked the seller - the Underfloor Heating Store - if they are fully compatible - straight swap - but thought I'd ask on here too, since they can seemingly take a few days to reply.

So...

 

New combi choice - manufacturer with the 'best' controls? Discussion Thread

Hi all. Asking for a friend who is getting a new combi.

They'd short-listed the WB Greenstar 4000 and Vaillant ecoTec Plus 832, and asked for my thoughts. I didn't have any, other than to ask what controls they were planning to use with them, and that's when I opened a can of worms. The required info for this aspect of a new install surprised me, and I'm still left floundering, even tho' I've spent weeks...

 

Plumbers Talk Facebook Community Group Discussion Thread

Hey there,

Please join the new Facebook Community Group for Plumbers Talk

Se connecter à Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/plumberstalkcouk/

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Meet Women Nearby in Your City Discussion Thread

Find Casual Dates Nearby in Your City

Meet Women Nearby in Your City for the original thread on Plumbers Forums