My views on a variety of things to do with boilers and central heating
Suprima fan outlet seal This fan outlet seal on the left here for the Suprima boiler, has recently been discontinued by Baxi. This means Suprima owners up and down the land are being told by their gas technicians their Suprima…
Support my sites? Just a quick blog entry today as I’ve not posted a comment for a while in this the very busiest time of the year. I get a continual trickle of people asking how to contribute or support…
Potterton Profile tripping out occasionally – why? A number Potterton Profile owners suffer from this irritating problem. The boiler works perfectly for days or weeks then out of the blue it stops dead and sits silently, refusing to respond. The…
Planning permission for heat pumps? “Do I really need Planning Permission to fit a heat pump?” Well if you have an average type of house in a suburban area, then probably no you don’t. But I keep hearing and reading…
Potterton Suprima gas boiler – worth repairing? I’ve had a number of enquiries recently from people with Potterton Suprima boiler breakdowns, asking me if I think they are worth fixing given most are approaching 20 years old. My quick answer…
HELP! British Gas wants me to change my boiler. Should I? I’m getting a lot of calls, texts, emails etc these days asking me for advice about whether to change an old but working boiler. Here is good example. An…
Which IS the smallest combi boiler on the market? A short post to answer this question I get asked from time to time. As of today (23/7/22), the smallest combi boiler I’m aware of on the market is the Glow…
Heat pumps – eight important things they don’t tell you I’m imagining you’ve already worked out how heat pumps work, in that they use fridge technology to collect heat energy from outside, raise the temperature of the collected energy and use…
Do I know someone like me, near you? I’m afraid I probably don’t! Try Googling the boiler model name written on the front of your boiler along with your area. Finding a boiler engineer near you can be difficult. The…
Boilers in lofts, the pros and cons… As with most things heating, I have firm opinions about boilers in lofts. I’ll nail my colours to the mast here immediately, I think they are a really BAD idea. It’s worse than…
