The boiler is used in a central heating system to heat water that is pumped through pipes to radiators within the home.

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Can I use domestic hot water from a gas combination boiler temporarily, while the pressure in the central heating circuit is low?

Due to work on the heating pipes, the central heating water pressure is low. Is there a safe way to use the gas combination boiler (Ferroli Modena 80 E, domestic hot water + central heating) for ...
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How to stop combi-boiler cutting out (supected cause: gusts of wind outside)

My combi-boiler keeps cutting out especially if the heating is off or you try to run the hot water. I am not able to trace the problem but my landlady is saying that it is the wind from outside ...
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Why is my Central Heating taking so long to heat up?

I'm in the UK with a small modern, well insulated, double glazed home heated by a traditional gas boiler. My heating had been achieving room stat temperature within 30 minutes but is now taking at ...
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Why is it taking so long for my house to heat up with no quality to the heat generated? [duplicate]

I'm in the UK. I have a small modern, well insulated and double glazed semi detached home which is heated with a traditional gas boiler feeding radiators and a hot water system. The heating had ...
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What do I do if my expansion tank doesn't have a drain valve?

What do I do if my boiler expansion tank doesn't have a drain valve? It just has a cap on what I believe is the drain pipe.
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What could be causing my boiler not to work?

One of the wires on the roll out switch got burnt, so we taped it together as a temporary fix. It worked for a while then both got burnt and the system shut down. Could the problem be the roll out ...
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Why isn't water running through our radiators?

We had a plumber in today to bleed our rads. He also changed the batteries on the thermostat and fiddled around with the boiler. Since he left the temperature has dropped dramatically and he's refused ...
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What does the low limit do, and where should it be set on an oil fired hot water furnace?

What does the low limit do, and where should it be set? My furnace has a honeywell triple aquastat relay and has a difference dial. Water temp is about 190 deg F. Also, water psi gauge is only ...
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What is wrong with my boiler?

The boiler flashes 50 and just makes a clanking noise then fires up and clunks off. I think the flashing 50 means thermostat lock out. I've had loads of problems with it since moving in, mainly ...
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How can I use heat from a fireplace insert to supplement my oil-fired water heating system?

I am looking for some way to extract heat from my fireplace insert and heat water to supplement our oil boiler. Does anybody know of a manufacturer which makes an insert boiler or a means to wrap my ...
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Heating time with a Baxi Luna 240i

I live in a building with 4 floors and 2 boilers. 3 2 boiler 1 boiler 0 <-- i live here. When in the bathroom if i want warm water in the washer i have to also turn on the bidet hot water on ...
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How to deliver hot water from bathroom to kitchen

My appartment (and all my neighbours as well) doesn't have hot water. So I recently purchased electric boiler (80L) and placed it in the bathroom. Now I'm planing to deliver the hot water from the ...
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What could cause my Pennco 15045-vf cast iron furnace to not run?

My boiler is shutting down into lock out mode, but I don't know what's causing it? It will start on reset but shut down after a few minutes, but as of now it wont kick on at all. I checked the pilot ...

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