New boiler in :- All went ok but now how to set it up?

[jonnywells]

Yes i could have gone all singing and dancing, sealed system, nice megaflow etc etc but in the end it comes down to cost. Im happy with whats been installed and know the limits of the system.

If i had 5k sitting about i know what i would want installing and how to do it but times are hard atm so getting a fully functioning heating/hot water was the priority. I didnt scrimp on the boiler, got a recognized brand with a 6 year warranty.

Anyway back to point Here is a picture of my old boiler ripped out

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• jonnywells
• 23 Jan 2013
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And now nice new boiler in its place.

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• jonnywells
• 23 Jan 2013
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1 thing i should have got done is had the room thermostat replaced with a programmable 1. I have taken a picture of mine and the wires, is there any recommendations of programmable 1's to go in its place?

 

[ALEC1]

So you are ashamed of your prices then. That tells us plenty.

not at all...but it is none of your business..unless you are going to use my services..its no ones business except my clients..and you are not one of them

 

[joe-90]

So what are you doing in the thread?

 

[sooey]

So what are you doing in the thread?

http://oi50.tinypic.com/2z5p0ma.jpg

 

[hazetimesfive]

wtf is that mess on top of the boiler.

 

[jonnywells]

wtf is that mess on top of the boiler.

??

 

[ianmcd]

Nothing wrong with the top of your boiler OP your installer has done a good job at an excellent price the stuff on the top of your boiler is a Frost stat interrupted by a pipe stat and a filter all correctly installed

 

[petit_pablo]

Dont use auto adapt on WB ri's use the fixed settings, either 2 or 3.

Auto adapt works best on UFH or compensated controls. For simple on/off controls use the fixed speeds. Dont touch the night time set back either!

 

[jonnywells]

Dont use auto adapt on WB ri's use the fixed settings, either 2 or 3.

Auto adapt works best on UFH or compensated controls. For simple on/off controls use the fixed speeds. Dont touch the night time set back either!

Yer i tried autoadapt, some of the rads didnt warm up at all. Didnt seem enough power to push all the way around the house. Put it back on manual 2 and all seems fine

 

[ALEC1]

yes my advice to keep it in auto adapt was wrong on that...glad you found the solution..

I do remember a similar thing with other heat only boilers which require minimum flow rates to be maintained...

glad its all working for you...

 

[Nige F]

wtf is that mess on top of the boiler.

You mean the artex ceiling

 

[jonnywells]

wtf is that mess on top of the boiler.

You mean the artex ceiling

Lol yer its nasty but tbh its in the garage. Unfortunately the whole house has artex and cant be arsed with the mess involved getting someone to plaster over all of it

 

[ChrisR]

Can't help wondering about this great job, where you have to come on the internet to find out how to use the boiler

Anything else he didn't bother with - that you know about?

 

[Dan Robinson]

Seem to remember a nice box on the Benchmark book saying something along the lines of:

The operation of the boiler and system controls have been demonstrated to and understood by the user

 

[ALEC1]

Pump settings aren't usually user controls are they... there would be no benefit to changing them once set up correctly any way..

and the instructions are hardly clear and precise as to what to do to match the pump to the boiler...indeed auto adapt is a misnomer.. at least with some boilers...


so I think the installer can be forgiven for not sharing all that with the client...