We Have Heating .... - Page 2

WillowTheWhisp · 16-11-2006, 11:50

Our pipes come up through the floorboards as you imaginef Chrissie. We once stayed in a B&B which had surface piping and the room was boiling hot even with the radiators off because the pipes chucked out as much heat!

Neil · 16-11-2006, 11:53

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Originally Posted by entwisi

IIRC at least one radiator has to be open valved anyway or it can cause the boiler to break.

That is what a lot of plumbers think. You can add a bypass valve in the circuit but many boilers have them built in. When all the valves close there is no return path for the water to flow so the pump tries to pump to a dead end which is bad for the pump and boiler. A bypas valve will open when system pressure increase ie when all the radiator valves are closed, to allow the water to flow still. The above system has a flow and return pipe running around the house, a bypass valve should be fitted joining the end of these 2 pipes together to allow flow if all the radiator valves are closed.

I personally think having a radiator without a thermostatic valve is a stupid idea. They normally choose to do it to the bathroom radiator so the bathroom is mad hot all day long.

accymel · 21-11-2006, 11:00

Hey Jimmi5

We've just had a letter over weekend that the heating inspectors are coming round this week & that work on the new heating systems will be in the next few weeks {hopefully** gee talk about quick & hope its not too close to xmas, are they ok?

jimmi5bellies · 21-11-2006, 11:13

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Originally Posted by accymel

Hey Jimmi5

We've just had a letter over weekend that the heating inspectors are coming round this week & that work on the new heating systems will be in the next few weeks {hopefully** gee talk about quick & hope its not too close to xmas, are they ok?

The lads that came in and did mine were absolutely fantastic. OK you do get a mess from the drilling and the dust especially as they have drilled through walls with mine being a flat, but they clean up as best they can. The electrcians come around the day after so everything is up in the air again. The 3rd day they come around and flush out your system with some sort of protector liquid. Just waiting for the joiners now to box in some of the pipes.

I am however gobsmacked though at the amount British Gas has gone up. Gone through approx £17 in Gas since last Wednesday night.

. Have got my central heating on now just for 1 hour, taken note of how much credit i have on the meter and will check again when that 1 hour is up, hopefully this will tell me how much i need to put on for the week and just how much "warmth" i can afford.

accymel · 21-11-2006, 11:19

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

The lads that came in and did mine were absolutely fantastic. OK you do get a mess from the drilling and the dust especially as they have drilled through walls with mine being a flat, but they clean up as best they can. The electrcians come around the day after so everything is up in the air again. The 3rd day they come around and flush out your system with some sort of protector liquid. Just waiting for the joiners now to box in some of the pipes.

I am however gobsmacked though at the amount British Gas has gone up. Gone through approx £17 in Gas since last Wednesday night.

. Have got my central heating on now just for 1 hour, taken note of how much credit i have on the meter and will check again when that 1 hour is up, hopefully this will tell me how much i need to put on for the week and just how much "warmth" i can afford.

Cool

cant wait to have a warm house for a change but yeh the cost of running it worries me a little, im putting close to £10 a week already just to use the one fire & cooker per week & still end up on emergency. Looking forwad to constant hot water & might actually save me a fortune in leccy, so probably balance it out as im currently on the owd econ 7 & owd blowers that dont work cept 1. In my old house the central heating was really economical £10 per week & never on emergency plus the hosue was always warm in fact too warm sometimes, i would of thought they would put an economical boiler in being a new one

jimmi5bellies · 21-11-2006, 16:28

Right did the 1 hour check, the meter showed up at only taking off 20p for that hour but bearing in mind i didnt run any hot water, Tomorrow i will do the 1 hour check again, this time running off some hot water....say, half a bath to see what that will cost.
My other house going back 2 years ago had central heating and that used approx £10 a week but now we have had a 40% increase in the price of gas that means another £4 + extra.
I reckon its going to take about £15-£18 a week on the meter.

+ £20 a week on my electric

.....

Also ive noticed my meter is still clocking down my credits when nothing is being used on the gas

.... rip off turds !

accymel · 21-11-2006, 21:22

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

Right did the 1 hour check, the meter showed up at only taking off 20p for that hour but bearing in mind i didnt run any hot water, Tomorrow i will do the 1 hour check again, this time running off some hot water....say, half a bath to see what that will cost.
My other house going back 2 years ago had central heating and that used approx £10 a week but now we have had a 40% increase in the price of gas that means another £4 + extra.
I reckon its going to take about £15-£18 a week on the meter.

+ £20 a week on my electric

.....

Also ive noticed my meter is still clocking down my credits when nothing is being used on the gas

.... rip off turds !

the fun & games i've got to yet contend with - the price of warmth hehehehehe. Yeh thats the downside of pre payment meters will still clock up a small amount even tho not using any, tho u will be keeping a pilot light alight.

Ianto.W. · 21-11-2006, 23:02

WE are waiting for them to put ours in, the old boiler went for a burton we got a grant though Homewise, they have insulated the loft etc can't wait to get new system in it's costing a fortune for electric fires and immersion heater, so if you read this mr installer please hurry up.

accymel · 21-11-2006, 23:12

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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

WE are waiting for them to put ours in, the old boiler went for a burton we got a grant though Homewise, they have insulated the loft etc can't wait to get new system in it's costing a fortune for electric fires and immersion heater, so if you read this mr installer please hurry up.

Heheheehehe & same said for Mr Surveyor of heating systems too [no doubt turn up whilst out an all]

Ianto.W. · 21-11-2006, 23:39

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Originally Posted by accymel

Heheheehehe & same said for Mr Surveyor of heating systems too [no doubt turn up whilst out an all]

We have had him, he said a week to 14 days that was above a fortnight ago, said we were prioity as we are struggling with hot water, probably tells them all the same tale lol.

accymel · 21-11-2006, 23:41

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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

We have had him, he said a week to 14 days that was above a fortnight ago, said we were prioity as we are struggling with hot water, probably tells them all the same tale lol.

Ahhh will be able to let you know if they use that line then

Ianto.W. · 21-11-2006, 23:53

The company is called Iguana, he will also tell you that 'because it's you' ill put the same boiler in that I have at home, he doesn't need to give us any sales talk DEFRA are paying not me, i'll be glad to get it installed.

accymel · 21-11-2006, 23:56

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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

The company is called Iguana, he will also tell you that 'because it's you' ill put the same boiler in that I have at home, he doesn't need to give us any sales talk DEFRA are paying not me, i'll be glad to get it installed.

Yeh i'll probably get that - how come they always say that yet i bet they haven't

Our is a company called Cruden.

Ianto.W. · 22-11-2006, 00:00

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Originally Posted by accymel

Yeh i'll probably get that - how come they always say that yet i bet they haven't

Our is a company called Cruden.

Probably to soften us up for a load of you know what that takes 2 hours to fill the bath lol.

accymel · 22-11-2006, 00:06

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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

Probably to soften us up for a load of you know what that takes 2 hours to fill the bath lol.

LOL when they come & they dare to offer their standard comments i will fill the bath eventually & prove a point wonder if i get the tuts & hmmmmms & then "itll be right"