Heating & Gas Questions

valliant water boiler element
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my valliant water boiler element has blown do I need to replace with a valliant element or can I use a cheaper element

What Radiator size to buy
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I need to buy a new radiator for my bathroom, but the old radiator has been removed, so I can't measure the size. I have measured the space between the pipes sticking out of the ground, which is 71cm width What width size radiator would I need to buy to …

Low temperature room stat
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I have a tubular heater below a water heater in a garage to prevent it freezing. It is powered from a room stat in the garage but during the recent cold snap the stat stopped working and cut the power at around -3c. Can you get a room stat that …

Would a boiler with low pressure increase energy usage
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Hi, I live in a rented apartment that uses a heat pump system for both heating and hot water. I've observed that the system's pressure is frequently low. Usually the highest it goes is 1.2 bar—I have seen it as low as 0.5 bar on several occasions. Although the landlord …

Economy 7 Overheating
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Had my Economy 7 fixed a month back as no hot water. Since then water far too hot and immersion heater and cold water tank makings lots of noise, sometimes like something being released. On Friday it was so bad that steam came out the toilet and cold water tank …

Changing a radiator for a heated towel rail
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I am wanting to replace a 400 x 600 radiator in a small kitchen for a heated towel rail with enough heating output. Is this possible? My kitchen's 2.55 x 2.41 and standard height. I seem to think I can looking at the BTU but wanted to check

Honeywell thermostat keep turning off while heating is runni
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We have an Ecotec 630 boiler And Honeywell thermostat Turned heating on to heat wall-mounted radiators in our house and it heats them for a while then the Honeywell switches off.

Heat Genie
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We have a Heat Genie installed with solid fuel and oil. When we just have the oil on the last 2 radiators have stopped heating as well as the rest and the heat seems to be travelling around the heat genie is this normal

Towel rail
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Why won't my towel rail which is connected to the central heating heat all the way to the top. It has three sections and only the bottom half is hot

Sludge
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I wonder if someone could advise please. I have a boiler which is four years old, and radiators around 40 years old possibly 50. All working very well, no issues. I have just had an annual boiler service and the plumber states we have a lot of sludge in the …