One of the most common problems you’ll experience with your boiler is loss of boiler pressure. Thankfully, this is usually something you can identify yourself and sometimes even put right without having to call a professional heating engineer! Here are the most likely boiler pressure problems you’ll come across, and how to resolve the issue. […]
Plumbing
Do I Need to Change My Radiator Valves?
This week we’re going to look at radiator valves and when you might need to change them. What is a radiator valve? First things first – Let’s take a look at the valves we get on a radiator. There are three valves on a radiator – A lockshield valve (at the bottom of the radiator […]
How Do I Look After The Water In My Heating System?
If you take care of your heating system, it’s easier for it to also take care of you, keeping your house warm when you need it to. The water that travels around your home is a big, and very important, part of your heating system. So it makes sense that you should take care of […]
Help! My Boiler is Leaking Water – What Should I Do?
Whilst you can’t fix this yourself, there are a few things you can do to limit the damage caused by a leaking boiler. So, first things first – If your boiler is leaking: Switch off the water supply to stop the leak Turn off your heating so that water stops circulating around your heating system […]
How big should my boiler be?
When it comes to boilers, size really does matter. As consumers, it’s ingrained in us to always purchase the ‘biggest’ we can afford. But this logic doesn’t work when it comes to boiler size. There is no point in buying the biggest boiler for your buck, when it doesn’t match the pipework, radiators and demand […]
Can Hard Water Effect My Boiler?
Here in the UK we’re lucky that we can turn on a tap and get clean water, or switch on the shower and wash in clean, warm water. But whereabouts in the UK we live does affect the type of water we get through our pipes. Most people know that their area has either hard […]
