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Improving Efficiency, Control, and Performance with a Correctly Sized System Boiler Replacing an outdated fireplace back boiler with a modern heating system can present several design challenges. One recent project involved relocating the boiler from a fireplace back boiler arrangement to a first-floor cupboard. Here, we installed a Viessmann Vitodens 100-W 19kW system boiler, designed around a Priority Domestic Hot Water (PDHW) setup. Our goal was not simply to replace the e

This week our Gas Safe engineer attended three different boiler jobs across Chingford. From boiler repairs to emergency breakdowns, here's what we found and how the issues were resolved. Job 1 – Boiler Repair on Kings Road, Chingford Customer called us to say their boilers hot water was running hot and cold on a Worcester Bosch Greenstar CDi 32kW combi boiler. What we found Boiler temperature running into the high 90's Burner cutting out in hot water mode Hot water temperatur

Our team was called out to a Vaillant 637 boiler breakdown in Woodford Green, issue described - load banging when the boiler was on, causing the boiler to over heat and shut down, showing various fault codes on the interface. After inspecting the boiler it was confirmed the main heat exchanger was partially blocked and filled with magnetite, sludge and scale produced by the radiators in the system. Client had two options: Flush main heat exchanger and boiler or Replace the bo