Heating & Gas Questions

Room thermostat
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My mother in law’s house has TVR’S fitted to all but one radiator, however, the wires going to the room thermostat have been cut. A new boiler was fitted about 15 years ago. My question is whether she should also have a room thermostat.

Internal Flue Sealing
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We've just moved into a house with an Ideal Atlantic Combi 24 gas boiler. One of our first moves was to get a smart meter fitted, and the engineer who came to do this immediately slapped a 'Do Not Use' notice on the boiler as the flue hadn't been sealed …

Broken coals bed - Pass or fail gas test certificate?
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There are a total of four beds in my gas fire, to which the coals then get located. The front bed is clean broken into almost two equal halves, which unless unbuilding the beds, you wouldn't actually know it is broken. I don't know who made the fire (there's no …

How to identify a thermostat?
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Trying to identify a central heating thermostat so my daughter can get online instructions. It’s round, black glass with blue light showing curved section and it has a logo of two silver/grey leaves on the left hand side (as you look at it). Anyone know what make it is?

Replacing 15 year old boiler?
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Should I replace a 15 year old gas boiler if it still works ok.

Flue pipe
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We had a floor mounted boiler removed. We are now just left with a pipe. Can we cap it off?

Loud noise in radiators after new boiler fitted?
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hi, i had a new boiler fitted last week - vokera. Now have loud noise in radiators and pipes. sound of water fluttering and clicking noise in pipes. thought it could be air in radiators so tried bleeding them and only water came out. What it could be please?

Worcester MT10 for Gas central heating
Heating & Gas  •  478 views  •  1 answer

Does a setting of 25 on the heating dial create more cost than a setting of 18?

Internal piping
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Would any body be able to advise me as to whether iron gas piping (early 1980s) running from a new Combi boiler to a hob is likely to need replacing and if so, would it be possible to outline the reason for this?

Drain radiator into toilet?
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Can I drain my central heating system into my toilet or into a sink?