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Central heating tips and advice from a full-time UK central heating engineer. How-to guides from an everyday plumber.

Repressurising a boiler with external filling loop

How to Repressurise a Boiler: A Simple Guide

If your boiler pressure is too low, it can cause the system to shut down, leaving you without heating or hot water. To repressurise a boiler, you’ll need to add water to the heating system using the filling loop. With over a decade of experience repairing boilers and heating systems, I’ve resolved countless boiler pressure […]

Ideal logic combi boiler fitted in cupboard

What is the Smallest Combi Boiler in the UK?

The most compact or smallest combi boiler on the market in the UK is an Intergas Compact ECO RF 24kW. This combi also boiler comes in 30 kW and 36 kW outputs, but these versions are taller. These are all small enough to fit in standard kitchen cupboards and weigh as little as 30 Kg.

Servicing Worcester combi boiler spark electrodes

What Does a Boiler Service Include? Helpful Advice To Know

What a gas boiler service includes depends on the gas engineer doing the servicing. It does not include repairing the boiler. Some people will book a boiler service when it is broken, thinking they can pay for a service only and the boiler will be repaired. This is not the case. I have been servicing

Fitting a new radiator

How to Change a Radiator: A Step-by-Step Help Guide

Is your radiator not working, leaking, rusting, or just not powerful enough? Whether faulty or due for an upgrade, replacing one can be simple or tricky, depending on your system. As a full-time heating engineer with over a decade of experience, I’ve replaced countless radiators and handled all kinds of setups. Replacing a radiator with

Worcester boiler low pressure gauge

Why Does My Boiler Keep Losing Pressure? Top Causes

A boiler losing pressure regularly means you have a problem with the boiler or the central heating system. The most common reason is a leak, which could be anywhere on the system. I have been a full-time heating engineer for over a decade, and a boiler losing pressure is normally easy to fix. Causes for

Bleeding a radiator with bleed key

How to Bleed a Radiator: Step-by-Step Guide

Having air in your central heating system can cause a radiator not to heat, cold spots, and can even cause your boiler to stop working. Your central heating system should be full of water at all times if you want it to heat properly and work as efficiently as possible. I have been a full-time

Carbon monoxide alarm being pressed

Is Your Carbon Monoxide Detector Beeping? Do This!

There are over 100 carbon monoxide poisoning deaths every year in the UK and many more hospitalisations. You must have a carbon monoxide (CO) detector alarm in every room with a gas-burning appliance in rented properties, but if you don’t have one in your home you should get one ASAP. A beeping alarm could indicate

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