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The boiler is not firing for hot water but is for hot water and heating, is this an electrical fault?

My friends heating boiler is not working I am speaking on behalf of my elderly freind. She cannot get hot water for her bath etc

Rooms in the old part of the house are warm and the extension area is always colder, feel a draft from bath panel upstairs (above extension). Asked builders and plumbers and they have no idea what is wrong.

The timer on my boiler is not working properly. The timer goes round but does not turn the heating on when it should. The heating only comes on when I turn it on manually or set it to constant.

I have a ~5Kw multi-fuel stove ready for installation in a cleanish 2 story chimney in a period property. I'm wondering if a lining is absolutely necessary or if it can be tested by smoke bomb and maybe just a cowl/plate fitted. What conditions am I looking for to get away without having to get a liner fitted or is it an absolute requirements? Thanks Ian

I need to replace a new boiler for a large 2 bedroom flat that I rent out. What size/spec do I need?

Heating in my new flat won't work- had been off since at least April. Have hot water heated by electric & though the airing cupboard tank is warm, it's not drawing into the radiators. Dad checked everything's working, but thinks there may be a valve that needs switching somewhere? Could this be the case? Thanks

Hello sir , is solar essence is a cpa approved craftsman

My hot water is working but radiators are cold.

I want to fit a log Burner to an existing fireplace and want a properly qualified person to fit the flue. What trade would I ask as it doesn't naturally seem to fit with heating engineer?

Power flushing , do I need a new boiler or will a power flush sort my radiators out or do I need new ones ?

Can you carry out a gas oven repair and service? The thermostat in the oven not working

How much to install gas central heating and boiler

Gas boiler condensate pipe I have a gas boiler with an external condensate pipe, once the system is fitted, can the pipe be rerouted to drain internally rather through an external wall? I've had terrible problems in very cold weather with a freezing condensate pipe. The pipe is located very high up on the external wall and is not accessible to me. It requires a very high ladder (when most workmen look at the gap the ladder needs to fit in to with not much of an angle (rake?) they say it needs scaffolding to provide access. So you see I simply can't have a system that is potentially going to fail on me every time the temperatures plummet. I've had it lagged and it has been fine now down to about -10 or so, but I'm really not confident it won't freeze up again if the temperatures go lower, especially in a period of prolonged freezing as is predicted this winter. I want to pre-empt this situation and get the condensate pipe re-routed. What would this entail? Does the boiler have to be taken of the wall to get to the outlet? Is it going to be a huge job to get this problem solved once and for all? The original fitter obviously fitted it externally as that was the simplest for them at the time. But simple is more often than not the best option is it? If the pipe was accessible, it freezing would be a pain but not the end of the world. If this one freezes, I have to call out someone with tall ladders who are prepared to use them in this risky position (a narrow entry way between two houses on a set of concrete steps rather than level ground - it's an absolute nightmare to get to). Had I know that this would cause me so many problems I'd have asked the original fitter to route the pipe internally but hindsight is a wonderful thing. He didn't explain the potential consequences and didn't even lag the pipe at all. I've since got it lagged but am not confident this lagging will protect it in very prolonged extreme temperatures. The run is quite long and fairly shallow so it was just asking to freeze up! He just did the job, cut corners and left me with a pipe that was very vulnerable to freezing.

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