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by geezah
Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:29 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: am i having the wool pulled over my eyes? new boiler
Replies: 9
Views: 6389

Dont get ripped off

I was quoted £2,000 for a boiler swap out, boiler flue and fittings, at the absolute outside can't come to anymore than £1,000, so that leaves £1,000 + for labour for a job that will take between 2 and 3 hours at the most. You can guess what I told him to do. Problem is, he doesn't give a flying fid...
by geezah
Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:29 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Fitting your own boiler
Replies: 22
Views: 36500

This is why people want to diy gas install.

I asked Corgi as it was, 10 years ago if it was illegal for me to fit a central heating boiler in my own home, they said then that it was not. I don't know what the current legality is. This was because I was fed up of local heating engineers taking the mickey. Time has come for a new boiler again, ...
by geezah
Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:37 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Pipe sizing help please
Replies: 4
Views: 3418

Thanks for taking the time to read my post Perry525, yes the water was always coming out hot, its just that there wasn't enough of it and it took forever for the store to come up to temperature because of the continuous cycling issue. Ive insulated the pipes wherever possible, very difficult where p...
by geezah
Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:00 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Pipe sizing help please
Replies: 4
Views: 3418

Thanks plumbbob for your helpful reply, I have in fact changed the 8m run of 15mm pipe in the primary circuit as described above to 22mm pipe (Thank goodness for compression fittings!) this weekend and I'm pleased to say that the difference is like night and day! The boiler cycling problem has all b...
by geezah
Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:28 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Pipe sizing help please
Replies: 4
Views: 3418

Pipe sizing help please

Hi, I have a thermal store indirect coil, connected to my condensing boiler with a pump and 2 x 2way valves, one for DHW, one for CH. The store is new, the system is inherited when I bought the house. Ive noticed my boiler cycling when on DHW only and the thermal store in the loft does not ramp up t...
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