Expert Advice & News

In my opinion it is of the utmost importance that you have your unvented cylinder serviced every year, the cylinder has a number of safety devices that require to be checked for functionality and safety, you need to ensure that the inline strain filter is clean and clear, as this can cause a restriction in flow/performance and also cause unwanted noise from the combination valve, it is important to check the correct operation of the thermal cut off device and that it has been wired correctly.

Is your Ideal Logic Boiler starting to need a little TLC? I have started to come across more and more Ideal Logics over the past year that have the same couple of faults, Alarmingly a lot of  my finds are of one particular fault, which is a hairline crack in the exact same place on a plastic sump on the heat exchanger within the boiler, this has to be a manufacturing fault with the moulds or something, anyway this drips water (which is actually condensate water from the products of combustion)

System Upgrades. If you haven’t done so already, it is of the utmost importance that you upgrade your Heating system with sludge and scale protection, every system in he UK could benefit from a magnetic system filter, the likes of a magnaclean, spirotrap or the tf1 Omega filter, these filters are very simple in design and are essentially a magnet within a bottle which is fitted to the heating system, it then picks up all the magnetic debris and magnetite within the system.

Today I fitted a 250 ltr rm stelflow indirect unvented hot water storage cylinder, it was a very straight forward and easy installation, the performance and heat recovery were very fast.

This is my quick opinion of the current smart wifi thermostats on the market today.

Introduction:The Navien NCB 40 is a gas-fired, wall-mounted condensing boiler that is perfect for larger homes with multiple bathrooms. It has a high seasonal efficiency rating of 96% and an ErP A rating for heat and hot water. It also has a generous 7-year warranty.Features:Easy to installHigh-quality productAffordable price7-year warrantyFlue can be run up to 20 meters and the boiler can be fitted outsideComes supplied with a built-in filling loop and a free wired Opentherm wifi smart therm...