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by panx
Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:21 pm
Forum: Gas and Gas Fitting Forum
Topic: Vent for living room.
Replies: 2
Views: 3887

Vent for living room.

Hi I have a living room which is about 11ft x 6ft and also a plasma fireplace with a flue. In the corner of the room, I have a vent (to outside) which is quite big... 6in but 6in (standard tumble dryer vent). Currently it is acting as a air conditioner and my living room is too cold. Do i need this ...
by panx
Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:36 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Weak Shower following a combi installation
Replies: 5
Views: 3537

Over the weekend I followed your suggestion in the following way: 1) Close all upstairs rads 2) Bleed the rad 3) connect pipe to one end and extract water (good flow) 4) connect pipe to the other connection and extract water (good flow) 5) reconnect the rad This had no effect on the rad. :( More det...
by panx
Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:42 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Weak Shower following a combi installation
Replies: 5
Views: 3537

Hi I following your instruction as following: 1) blead the rad and removed 2) connect pipe on one end and extracted water. (good flow) 3) connect pipe to other end and extracted water. (good flow) All the rads upstairs were closed. I re-connected the rad but no joy! Is it possible that my new boiler...
by panx
Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:27 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Weak Shower following a combi installation
Replies: 5
Views: 3537

Thanks plumbbob You were right! the water pressure was low because the stop cock was not fully opened. This has fixed the noise and the shower. Much happier now BUT! My rads are not getting very hot and we have removed all the rads and flushed them with water until the slug was out. We also put in c...
by panx
Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:52 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Weak Shower following a combi installation
Replies: 5
Views: 3537

Weak Shower following a combi installation

Hi I have just replaced my existing boiler with a Combi (Valiant 837) but my shower has lost 70% of pressure. No pump. Is this a normal behaviour? or something is wrong. I have some rads hot a one end (in) but the other side cold and this is downstairs. So I closed the upstairs rad to help the flow ...
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