A Boiler

[lou]

If you need someone to look at your heating I'm sure that Russ (former OS forum poster who works for BG, think you met him at the Swan) would take a look, let me know if you need to contact him.

I prob will! Thanks, its gonna have to wait untiln payday though

Got no heating upstairs its a combi so I dont think youre supposed to drain the system

Got cover with BG and they cant send anyone out as theyre so busy

[Daggers]

I prob will! Thanks, its gonna have to wait untiln payday though

Got no heating upstairs its a combi so I dont think youre supposed to drain the system

Got cover with BG and they cant send anyone out as theyre so busy

Pop down to Dover, fill your car with illegal immigrants.

Luxuriate in their body heat.

[Zingari]

pay the bloody gas bill !

[Manwell Pablo]

Fill your accommodation with fit women from Market Street and luxuriate in their body-warmth.

Does it have to be Market Street in Leicester? Market Street in Ashby is very close, although the standard of women is a little more ropey.

I will probably get bollocked again but after getting away with setting fire to the floor boards and getting away with it I'm feeling like I can get away with anything.

Nick, I have tried that mate.

[Daggers]

Don't, like totally 'do not', fill your spare bedroom with orphans in order to luxuriate in their body warmth...

I will only ever make that mistake once.

[Manwell Pablo]

Don't, like totally 'do not', fill your spare bedroom with orphans in order to luxuriate in their body warmth...

I will only ever make that mistake once.

You aint still got em the attic have ya?

[Houdini Logic]

Don't, like totally 'do not', fill your spare bedroom with orphans in order to luxuriate in their body warmth...

I will only ever make that mistake once.

Listen to the man on this one, he talks sense.

Tried it once but they just don't have the sustainability of a good quality boiler - tend to go cold and stay cold after the first few weeks.

[Finnegan]

Daggers really does have the most practical sollutions to life's tough problems.

[Manwell Pablo]

It's still broken, and will remain that will till Sunday apparently

Although I reckons it could be longer than that.......

Seperate issue, do you actually mean what you're saying when sleep talking? Discuss.

[Zingari]

It's still broken, and will remain that will till Sunday apparently

Although I reckons it could be longer than that.......

Seperate issue, do you actually mean what you're saying when sleep talking? Discuss.

crystal gayle believes so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq4-m_eMkk4...feature=related

[BoneDog]

I need a bit of plumber or gas man advice.

Had a new Apollo 25 combi thing fitted a fortnight ago. Hot water or radiators weren't working this afternoon so I went up to check and the pressure had gone reet down. Error E119.

I know how to repressurise it so put the metal hose thing onto the two taps and did that. They are screw taps not the lever type. I got the pressure back up to about 1.5 and it started working again, but after a few hours the pressure has gone slightly over 1.8. Is that because the radiators have heated up and is it ok?

If it goes up anymore can I release some pressure myself? I know which tap releases pressure so can I just stick a bucket under it and lose some water until it goes back down or do I need to get the installer guy back to do something else? If I can do it should I go to slightly below 1.5 or leave it there?

Edit : At what high point should I turn it off, or will it turn itself off? I think the green ends at 2.5.

[sphericalfox]

I need a bit of plumber or gas man advice.

Had a new Apollo 25 combi thing fitted a fortnight ago. Hot water or radiators weren't working this afternoon so I went up to check and the pressure had gone reet down. Error E119.

I know how to repressurise it so put the metal hose thing onto the two taps and did that. They are screw taps not the lever type. I got the pressure back up to about 1.5 and it started working again, but after a few hours the pressure has gone slightly over 1.8. Is that because the radiators have heated up and is it ok?

If it goes up anymore can I release some pressure myself? I know which tap releases pressure so can I just stick a bucket under it and lose some water until it goes back down or do I need to get the installer guy back to do something else? If I can do it should I go to slightly below 1.5 or leave it there?

I'm no plumber or brown pipe engineer, but my understanding that you should have you pressure between 1.5 - 2.0, so unless it continues to rise, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure someone else qualified could advise you further.

[Guest]

I'm no plumber or brown pipe engineer, but my understanding that you should have you pressure between 1.5 - 2.0, so unless it continues to rise, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure someone else qualified could advise you further.

Is that, like, another name for being homosexual?

[BoneDog]

Right ta. Do you know if the pressure rises/falls slightly depending whether the radiators are on/off? It's the first time I've checked it since we had it fitted (it's in loft) so not sure if it's normal for the pressure to rise since the radiators came on. Or has it rised because I ducked up when trying to fix it!

[Zingari]

Is that, like, another name for being homosexual?

[sphericalfox]

Is that, like, another name for being homosexual?

It was my little joke.

[Zingari]

It was my little joke.

you slipped it in beautifully

[Bellend Sebastian]

Right ta. Do you know if the pressure rises/falls slightly depending whether the radiators are on/off? It's the first time I've checked it since we had it fitted (it's in loft) so not sure if it's normal for the pressure to rise since the radiators came on. Or has it rised because I ducked up when trying to fix it!

I've had two combi boilers and the pressure on both has always been a bit higher when the central heating's actually on

[Guest]

It was my little joke.

I thought so but sometimes you are far too subtle. I was aiming for the +1 from the football forum crowd.

[BoneDog]

It was my little joke.

Don't know how I missed it when I read through first time!

I've had two combi boilers and the pressure on both has always been a bit higher when the central heating's actually on

Oh good, I prob won't have to call him out then.

This is our first combi, we had an immersion before and an ancient back boiler for the radiators, think I prefer these combi's for the instant hot water and that. Hopefully they save on gas aswell.

[The Year Of The Fox]

I need a bit of plumber or gas man advice.

Had a new Apollo 25 combi thing fitted a fortnight ago. Hot water or radiators weren't working this afternoon so I went up to check and the pressure had gone reet down. Error E119.

I know how to repressurise it so put the metal hose thing onto the two taps and did that. They are screw taps not the lever type. I got the pressure back up to about 1.5 and it started working again, but after a few hours the pressure has gone slightly over 1.8. Is that because the radiators have heated up and is it ok?

If it goes up anymore can I release some pressure myself? I know which tap releases pressure so can I just stick a bucket under it and lose some water until it goes back down or do I need to get the installer guy back to do something else? If I can do it should I go to slightly below 1.5 or leave it there?

Edit : At what high point should I turn it off, or will it turn itself off? I think the green ends at 2.5.

The pressure will increase because water expands when hot. Perfectly normal

Providing you've pressurised the systen to no more than 1.5 bar when cold the thing wont overheat. If it was too full the pressure relief valve will discharge automatically reducing it to a decent rate.

You should avoid touching the prv yourself as they can often not seat back properly should a bit of grit or whatever get stuck in it, mwaning youll constantly lose pressure. In any case if the installer fitted it properly the pipe should discharge to outside thus not needing a bucket

[The Year Of The Fox]

And if the pressure has dropped that much you may have a leak somewhere.

Old pipes and radiators can sometimes pin hole when converting from an open vented system (tanks in your roof to a pressurised.

If it does it again ib the next few days you could have a leak though usually its just air in the system.

You should notice a big difference in gas bills. Combis are far more economical than back boilers

[The Year Of The Fox]

This costs money, bad idea Carl. I want a magical cure, not an expensive one.

It's been off and on, and worked for about 20 seconds, then fuked up again.

on a serious note I'm 90% sure the pipes are frozen, I just don't know what to do about it.

Bit late now like but i bet it was your condense pipe that had frozen

[BoneDog]

The pressure will increase because water expands when hot. Perfectly normal

Providing you've pressurised the systen to no more than 1.5 bar when cold the thing wont overheat. If it was too full the pressure relief valve will discharge automatically reducing it to a decent rate.

You should avoid touching the prv yourself as they can often not seat back properly should a bit of grit or whatever get stuck in it, mwaning youll constantly lose pressure. In any case if the installer fitted it properly the pipe should discharge to outside thus not needing a bucket

Right ta for the advice. Is the prv that little ball bearing thing that opens and closes? Hopefully it'll keep working normal now.

Old pipes and radiators can sometimes pin hole when converting from an open vented system (tanks in your roof to a pressurised.

If it does it again in the next few days you could have a leak though usually its just air in the system.

I'll keep an eye on it then. If it's air in the system will that sort itself out? Before it stopped working I did notice that bubbling noise coming from one of the radiators.

You should notice a big difference in gas bills. Combis are far more economical than back boilers

Hope so. Our gas bill used to be £70 a month but was put up to £110 a month a while back. Pretty sure that's too steep for gas.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Right ta for the advice. Is the prv that little ball bearing thing that opens and closes? Hopefully it'll keep working normal now.

I'll keep an eye on it then. If it's air in the system will that sort itself out? Before it stopped working I did notice that bubbling noise coming from one of the radiators.

Hope so. Our gas bill used to be £70 a month but was put up to £110 a month a while back. Pretty sure that's too steep for gas.

the prv is the pressure relief what you were referring to when you spoke about dropping the pressure. It could be on a kind of ball bearing mechanism though usually its a red knob

Air in the system can usially eventually circulate to the boiler where theres an automatic air vent which gets rid of the air for you, but of course you then need to repressurise the systen how you did earlier.

If radiators are cold at the top thats also a sign of air. Vent them as you did today. Its quite a common occurance needing yo repressirise the system in the first few weeks of having a new system as it takes a while for air to find a way out the automatic air vent inside the boiler or to the top of a radiator.

If it does it again and no water is discharging out the pressure relief pipe that should terminate outside then you could have a leak.

I pay 40 a month gas with a combi though i only have a 3bed terrace