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Boiler pressure dropping! What are the causes of losing boiler pressure ?

Boiler pressure dropping. A guide to why your system pressure is dropping? Do not ignore this!

Boiler pressure dropping is something we encounter very frequently, especially during the heating season.

Central heating system which incorporate a pressure gauge and a filling loop are called sealed systems and should not lose pressure consistently.

Sealed… Read more

Combi Boilers – What are the pros and cons?

Combi Boilers, the pros and cons

This is a question I get asked a lot when helping customers choose the right combi boilers for their property. Hopefully this article will help to make the facts a bit clearer so you can understand the pros and cons of a combi boiler installation before making a decision.

Many people I go and see will say to me right from the off,  ‘I… Read more

Is The Nest IQ Camera Any Good?

The Nest IQ Camera works best if it’s mounted facing people walking towards your property. The answer really depends on possible siting opportunities.

The facial recognition function learns quicker if the Nest IQ Camera can zoom onto faces front on.

Once it has recognised certain family members you can turn off the notifications and only have unfamiliar… Read more

How to Pressurise an ecoTEC plus Boiler

Why Do I Need A Gas Safe Registered Engineer?

Around 1.1 million gas jobs are carried out every year by illegal fitters

A study by Gas Safe Register found that over 186,000 gas cookers, 147,000 boilers, 75,000 gas fires, 32,000 gas meters and 645,000 gas pipework have been installed by illegal engineers just in the last year.

If an engineer isn’t gas safe registered, they are NOT properly qualified.… Read more

Does your hot water run cold?

When we attend combination boiler faults, one of our most common complaints is the hot tap running hot and cold.

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The most common cause for this is scale or debris from the radiators blocking the plate heat exchanger. We can usually resolve this by removing the plate heat exchanger (demonstrated in the photograph above) and flushing through with heavy duty chemicals.… Read more