Installing new boiler

How does one go about doing that, and is it a significant saving, or do you get tied to buying it from somewhere expensive to start with?

See here:

Jon

- Make sure you put a strainer on the heating return to the boiler, you may want to put a full bore valve either side to clean the filter. This is very important.

- Make sure you fully flush the existing system.

- Have the cold pipe supplying the combi run back to the stop-c*ck. Have "no" cold water tees off this pipe. Take only one tee off it, just before the combi, the cold feed to the shower mixer.

Where can I get this strainer-thing. Just had a quick gander on screwfix and couldn't find anything.

Cheers

Jon

Part No. 7533

My Vaillant combi came supplied with one - just like a tea strainer, it fits in the pipe/compression fitting where it connects to the combi. If you already have the combi have a poke through the bits that come wth it.

Andy.

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The Ideal also comes with.

There is a filter/flow regiulator on the DHW inlet, but not on the CH return.

Jon

Consequently

Put a strainer on the CH return with a full bore valve either side. Then empty and clear this regularly over the first year or so. Putting in X400 doesn't clear everything. I prefer the stronger Fernox CH cleaner that does get rid of almost everything. Well worth it.

Alpha boilers have an integral cyclone that catches all the debris and a trap to release the debris. This should be done on each service.

You've told me to do this on four other replies, so the brain washing finally paid of, as I've just ordered the stuff form BES.

Jon

Good.