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  1. Electrical2Go

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    Adding Thermostats To Existing Underfloor Heating

    The existing underfloor heating in my flat is over 20 years old and is under or embedded in the concrete substrate under wooden flooring. It is connected to the off-peak/Economy 7, comes on at night and stores the energy to release throughout the day. It is controlled by a 'weather-watcher'...
  3. M

    Flushing/Cleaning central heating system?

    Hi I have recently bought a house which is 17 years old. There was a small leak from one of the radiators So I took the pipe off and drained the radiator and the water was black/brown. I took the radiator off and flushed it out with a hose pipe out the garden but it's got me thinking and I...
    • mattgriff88
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    • central central heating heating system
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    Central Heating questions: New build radiators

    Hi I own a new build property (well 4yrs old), and moved in 2 years ago. When I had the first boiler inspection, the chap mentioned that the systems in new builds were a bi 'different'. The oddities (that I see it as) ready to be educated here!, are: -The radiator in the upstairs hall way is...
    • CCANON
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    • build central central heating heating new new build questions radiators
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
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    Warm air heating and asbestos

    Hi, I’ve just bought a property and doing asbestos survey and my father reminded me that about 15 years ago we ripped the 1969 warm air electric heating out of our house. I knew nothing of asbestos but he said not to breathe it in and hold my breath, as I carried chunks of it (I think it was...
    • Worried1
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    • asbestos heating warm
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  6. M

    1 pipe system, 2 downstairs rads not heating up properly.

    I have had a problem where 2 downstair radiators are not heating up the same as the rest of the radiators around the house, now previously i had an electric boiler which heated all the radiators just fine, but around a few years ago i had a gas one fitted and the radiators in the living and...
    • mr_maxwell
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    • downstairs heating pipe properly system
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
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    Digital Hot Water / Heating Timer (NOT a thermostat) which connects with WiFi or ZigBee; Plumbers Forums

    I have a Drayton lifestyle unit in the utility room where we schedule the weekly hot water and central heating times. I would like to replace it with something digital which automatically updates the clock twice a year by connecting to my local wifi or zigbee network. I don't want t...
    • Doubledutch1962
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    • digital forums heating hot water plumbers thermostat timer water wifi
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
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    Queries about district/community heating systems and HIUs; Plumbers Forums

    Last year, my wife and I viewed four apartments in a block of apartments that had a district/community heating system. Each apartment therefore had a heat interface unit (HIU). It was my first experience of this type of heating and I had never seen an HIU before. In each apartment that we...
    • @TonyC
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    • forums heating plumbers systems
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  9. D

    Digital Hot Water / Heating Timer (NOT a thermostat) which connects with WiFi or ZigBee

    I have a Drayton lifestyle unit in the utility room where we schedule the weekly hot water and central heating times. I would like to replace it with something digital which automatically updates the clock twice a year by connecting to my local wifi or zigbee network. I don't want t...
    • Doubledutch1962
    • Thread
    • digital heating hot water thermostat timer water wifi
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  10. M

    Hot water demand effect on central heating for Combi boiler

    Hello, We’ve recently moved into a fairly old, fairly big detached house (i.e. fairly draughty, but not too bad by any means) with a fairly new well maintained Worcester combi boiler. We weren’t convinced the heating was working right and then got hit with a £610 energy bill for the first 6...
    • MartinPod81
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    • boiler central central heating combi demand effect heating hot water water
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    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  11. M

    Flushing/Cleaning central heating system?

    Hi I have recently bought a house which is 17 years old. There was a small leak from one of the radiators So I took the pipe off and drained the radiator and the water was black/brown. I took the radiator off and flushed it out with a hose pipe out the garden but it's got me thinking and I...
    • mattgriff88
    • Thread
    • central central heating heating system
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
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    Underfloor Heating on Ring with 32 amp breaker

    We had our kitchen done a few years ago with underfloor heating. When the kitchen was done, a new CU was fitted and everything’s been OK so I didn’t really check anything. The breakers weren’t labelled which ----ed me off at the time so I labelled them all but forgot to check which circuit the...
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    Queries about district/community heating systems and HIUs

    Last year, my wife and I viewed four apartments in a block of apartments that had a district/community heating system. Each apartment therefore had a heat interface unit (HIU). It was my first experience of this type of heating and I had never seen an HIU before. In each apartment that we...
    • @TonyC
    • Thread
    • heating systems
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Plumbers Forums
  14. HappyHippyDad

    Worcester Bosch course on wiring for central heating systems

    I have just finished a 2 day course on 'Wiring for central heating systems' as my knowledge was fairly poor on this subject. It was well run, good lunch, finished on time and I learnt a lot. I know there are some on this forum with excellent knowledge of heating electrics, but I 'think' there...
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    UK Radio switch for boiler seems dead

    Hi, picture attached. I have UFH on ground floor and 1st floor, each with their own manifold and their own control box for the actuators. By chance I discovered that there were two live feeds into these control boxes: on from the 3-pin plug that sits beside them, and the other feeding back into...
  16. jomac19b

    UK Heating Timer

    Hi. My heating and boiler are permanently staying on, even when my Horstmann control timer is set to off/auto on timer. Basically, the heating os staying on 24/7. All help appreciated.
  17. Bluetit

    Intermittent central heating fault..

    Hi, I've recently looked at a fault with an intermittently tripping RCD at a property for a landlord I do the odd job for. Got there and did the basics, IR'd the cables, looked at resistances across the pump, got acceptable results everywhere I looked. Played with the heating, demanded hot...
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    S-Plan central heating - bypass microswitch?

    I have Drayton motorised valves for my central Heating and hot water in an S Plan configuration. However, I have had several failures of the microswitches in these valve where they've not switched off and so left the pump and boiler running. This leads to the boiler over heating and so tripping...
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    Best cable type for in floor heating

    I am planning on redoing my basement floors and debating on adding underfloor radiant heat. It would be supplemental to my HVAC as the basement as being 70 year old house all registers are roof mount. My question is due to the large area of main room roughly 13' × 30' (4m × 10m) 400 square feet...
  20. vjsmarwick

    UK Air to water heating with solar pack

    Good evening fellow sparks ! Here’s a question for all you guys working with Solar as part of your installation ! I have a pal that’s had one of these all singing and all dancing airsource heating systems fitted complete with solar panels and a 5kw battery storage ! He has an off peak supply...
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