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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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 does my boiler keep shutting down and reigniting after a minute?
My central heating comes on via the timer and runs for about 30 minutes, then it shuts down for a minute, runs for 2 minutes, shuts down for a minute, runs for 2 minutes. This is a constant thing ...
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What should I do about this Alpha HE CB33 Boiler pressure error condition?
I have an alpha he cb33 boiler which has stopped working this morning. Yesterday I removed a radiator for cleaning then put it back on and re-pressurised the system. It was working ok last night. ...
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Why am I not getting hot water from my tankless hot water heater?
I just bought my house last year. The previous owner had just replaced the boiler before I closed. I had oil delivered the day that I moved in. I had problems with the hot water right away as it ...
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How do I set the timer for a Baxi Luna boiler?
I cannot set the timer for a Baxi Luna boiler. I have tried everything. The heating will come on and off but not on the timer.
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Can I use a water tank and pump to feed a boiler?
As the title suggests I would like to know if I can use a water tank and pump to feed my boiler?
I want to get rid of my electric shower and currently I have large water tank with a pump feeding to ...
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How do I know if my high limit and low limit are set correctly on my aquastat?
I have a boiler that is only providing heat for my forced hot water baseboard system (4 zones). I've always thought that the high limit on the aquastat was too low (the temperature on the boiler ...
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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.
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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 add inhibitor to old Potterton Kingfisher central heading system
I have just replaced a radiator and about 6m of pipework in a room we are remodelling. Works fine.
The radiator instructions state that the system should be flushed with a cleaning product then a ...
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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 ...
