Boilermate II

boiler mate 11 and ideal classic boiler firing three or four times

colinh — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:05:40 GMT

Hi, I have had my boilermate 11 for 10 years and have had it maintained each year, the present maintenance contract is with British Gas. Every time it is checked i get the same feedback from them which is that the sysytem is not very good and will not last long. That being said there has been nothing to replace in the 10 years so can't be that bad. The latest visit required a rope seal in the ideal classic boiler. One month later when i put the heater on there was a sound of gurgling ...

Sudden new loud noise!

Luetchfordlx — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:06 GMT

Hello, I have lived in my house for 4 and half years. I have a Boilermate 2 upstairs in bedroom (what stupid place to put it, its soooo noisy when on!) and a Baxi Solo 2 boiler downstairs. When I first moved in I was amazed by the noise of the whole system and the fact that you could not control the boiler coming on every few hours or when you run the hot water. When this comes on in the middle of the night its really irritating, although, as with everything, you get used to it. I think I had ...

Draining System

Nibbs — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:48:09 GMT

Mike Thanks for the website! It has really helped me understand the system. I want to do some work in the bathroom which involves moving a radiator and converting it into a towel rail. Now, I understand that I would need to switch off the boiler and BoilerMate II to stop it heating and pumping. Turn off the water inlet into the F&E tank. Then drain down the system using the drain cock on the lowest radiator to a level below that of the radiator I want to remove. Removing and refitting ...

Electrical Immersion Heater - Boiler Mate II

grif1007 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:45:02 GMT

Hi, I have a 9 year old Boilermate II in the house we have lived in for 4 years fitted with both a pipe based anti-scale device and a main water softener. Over this period all I have ever altered on the unit is the quirky summer/winter thermostat dependening on the season - it has always delivered adequate heating and hot water for our 5 bedroom/3 shower/1 bath house. However over the last 6 months, like many individuals here, we have noticed there being less hot water being available and ...

BM2 Backwash Overflow

sophosteve — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:20:11 GMT

Hi
Every time the Heating starts, a backwash flows into the expansion/inlet tank, at the top and overflows to the outside world.
This has only started happening just recently.
The Heating and Hot Water systems are fine...
Could you advise me as to why this is happening and offer me a solution ?
Regards
Steve

hot water issues!

mr f — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:08:26 GMT

Hi, I Have lived in my current house since 2003 with a boliermate II and it has always worked very well! Recently we have been having issues with the hot water. When you run a bath for example the water starts off ok but soon goes tepid - so much so that the bath will be too cold without even running the cold tap! In the past I have always adjusted the dial on the front to summer and winter during the appropriate seasons with no issues, now however I find I have to have to have it on winter ...

Pump running continuously

Matt184 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:54:59 GMT

Hello Mike, I wrote to you a couple of months ago, We have a Boiler mate II. 1.The water pump at the bottom of the Boiler mate II runs all the time even when the green light at the bottom of the cylinder goes out. In replies to other topics posted it seems it is probably a faulty pump delay timer. If this is the likely cause what is the specific part that needs replacing, how easy is it to remove and replace and where can I order a new one from? Also should I replace any other components at ...

Yellow hot water

Dadelus — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:52:05 GMT

Hi i Have a boiler mate II it was fitted about 10-12 years ago . about a year ago we noticed a slight tinge of yellow in our hot water and ocasional bits in the water. This has steadily got worse. I had a look on several web sites which suggested limescale build up was a cause for this in standard systems or sludge in the bottom of the imersion tanks (these were american sites). I remembered the plumber recomending a salt based water softner which he placed under the floor boards when the system ...

Boilermate II - timer malfunction?

Salter — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:06:03 GMT

We have a Boilermate II which is now 10 years old and up until recently has functioned very well. There is now a problem in that the timer is no longer functioning and the pump is on constantly - we are controlling this by switching it on and off as required. The clock has been replaced (by a local ex-Gledhill engineer) but to no good effect. The temperature of the hot water is not good despite the valve being turned up to the fullest extent. The ex-Gledhill engineer believed that an external ...

Boilermate II - Corrosion - Can anyone advise?

shodder — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:02:04 GMT

Hi, I'm hoping for some advice with regard to the following: We've got a Boilermate II, I have just noticed that the part with the electrical cord attaching the Boilermate to the 'Water Heater' override switch (Has the name 'Shel' on it and voltage details) is corroding from the outside, it also feels hot to the touch, but I'm assuming that could be due to the fact it is attached to a hot tank? We don't actually use this switch (I believe it's for emergencies if boiler isn't working). I've ...

Think my F&E tank is leaking

hayzer — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:24:43 GMT

Firstly my Boilermate has no suffix so assume it is an original boilermate Inspection date is 1992. I noticed a strange noise today when my wife was having a shower, while looking at the tank I noticed the gap between the main boilermate housing and the F&E tank was full of water and it was collecting in the trough around the top of the housing. Is this likely to be the F&E tank leaking or are there any other problems that can cause this symptom. I have a service & maintenance ...

Boiler mate II

Matt184 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:16:44 GMT

We have had a Boiler Mate II in our house which we had from new for nearly 10 years now. Hot water and heating both good. We also had a water softener installed about 3 years ago for various reasons but I guess should probably help increase life of Boilermate as well. There are I believe a couple of problems however and would like to get them sorted at least before next winter and they are as follows. 1. The water pump lowest to the base of the cylinder, which has a label saying it's the Primary ...

boilermate II

handysy — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:09:22 GMT

hi
just read the question about buzzing noise from the delay timer pcb.
my question is that i've got the same buzzing noise but from the pump drive pcb,
every thing seems to work correctly, i'm wondering if any other thing can cause
the buzzing? (like may the pump sending funny signs back, it does work ok).
the reason i say this is that a plumber has looked and said that the stat is at fault?

regards sy

Inhibitor ammounts

gasgull — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:41:12 GMT

Hi just replacing an old boiler on a Boilermate II system,going to fit a Baxi Solo HE.How much inhibitor should be added.there are 10 radiators.
Also which is best?normally use sentinel 100.thanks

Boilermate ll & Potterton Suprima 30 user guide

r.t.g — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:06:01 GMT

I have moved to a new home and was left the user guides to these systems, and I still cant work out if I am using the system correctly.
The suprima 30 fires up day and night is this correct? I am told to leave it on the highest setting and adjust the boilermate store control when the boiler stops firing untill the neon light goes out.
I have tried this but the water is to hot and the green neon light stays on.
what am I doing wrong?

R T G

Trickling sound in BMII

purslove — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:10:59 GMT

First of all Mike, I propose you for an award for services to householders! At last I have found somewhere that talks about BMIIs in a manner (I think) I understand. A) The BMII in my (let) house has started to make a trickling noise whenever the central heating/boiler is running (unfortunately I did not establish when visiting from some distance yesterday) whether it correlated with when the boiler was firing or with the radiator circuit pump running. The ball valve in header seemed to ...

Filling radiator circuit

davidbrn — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:05:23 GMT

We have a Boilermate II in our flat. It's all been working fine for the past 10 years, but now I need to take one of the radiators off - and I can't figure out how the Boilermate is keeping the radiator circuit filled. The Boilermate installation manual says the rads should be below the Boilermate, not above it. The radiators we have fitted are tall Hudevad ones, and the top of the radiators is about 250mm above the top of the Boilermate. Given the rest of the plumbing I suspect a bodge up ...

First Post and Replacing a Boilermate II

kevlong — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:43:00 GMT

Hi,
We had a Boilermate II fitted to a new house build about 14 years ago now. It has performed reasonably reliably, but seems to be nearing it's end of life now, (next door also had a Boilermate II replaced a few weeks ago).

My question is, Would a A Class Boilermate OVR be the right replacement, (yes that is what next door had fitted)?

Thanks,

Kevlong

Hot water but no heating

Philk — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:11:06 GMT

Can anybody help me please?

I have a BoilerMate ll fitted and up until yesterday, everything worked fine... Now the hot water is available but the heating isn't.. The boiler downstairs fires up as normal but still there is no heating

Many thanks in advance

No hot water or heating

rgschofield — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:55:39 GMT

Hi,

I'm currently experiencing an issue with my Boilermate II based system. I have no hot water and no central heating available. The Boilermate tank feels much cooler than it should. The neon green light is lit and the boiler is firing just about continuously.

Any ideas where I should start looking ?

Thanks

Richard Schofield

Boliermate II - inconsistent hot water

Mattell — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:37:00 GMT

Having a few problems with getting hot water from our Boilermate II at the moment. Just had 4 days without water, then 3 with, then 3 without, then back working again today. I'm wondering if it's the settings we have in place or it's a genuine problem. The water has been fine all winter with (Potterton Suprima) boiler thermostat set to full, almost full winter setting on Boilermate, and room thermostat set to 15 celsius overnight. Then just over a week ago, no hot water, but the boiler ...

BoilerMate 11 Delay Timer PCB

radnor — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:49:09 GMT

I would be grateful for your technical advice.I have just replaced the Delay Timer PCB on a BoilerMate 11 because the previous one was vibrating continuously and the boiler flame "hunting"The new PCB has got everything working OK except that it clicks intermittently every few seconds. I am concerned it will go the same way as the previous one so have shut down the system for now. Where do I go from here please?Thanks,Jonathan Fox

boiler mate ii

rudy gadalla — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:18:10 GMT

radiators tend to be gravitating,when room stat is off ,

How do you

marti5 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:10:10 GMT

How do you refill the heating side, after fitting TRV's, also would I need to fit an auto bypass valve.

Many Thanks,

Marti.

Boilermate II & Potterton Suprima 50

circuiman — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:44:12 GMT

Hi, I have an unsual fault! I was awoken the other morning to the sound of a jack hammer on tinplate coming from behind the panel on my boilermate II. I took the panel off and found that the relay on the delay PCB was chattering like a jackdaw. I switched the system off, and took to the internet. It appeared to be a simple fix, just replace the PCB. The cost for a £7.50 board and combined parts was around £90! I decided to substitute it for a solid state Omron timer unit which ...

Boiler mate II leaking

wellsy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:20:32 GMT

Hi my boilermate II has started to leak around the bottom of the unit and the wood base it sits on is wet has anyone had this before and can it be repaired or is it a case for a new boiler..

Any help wold be much apreiciated.

No domestic hotwater

IanNeall — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:06:08 GMT

The system: * Boilermate II thermal store * Cold water supply for the domestic hot water runs through a LIFF Limefighter "softener" which has not been replaced in 10 years and is weeping a little. The cold water taps do not draw water through this device. The symptoms: * Central heating working fine. Plenty of hot radiators * Quite a lot of "bits" coming through the hot water taps * Hot water taps run hot for a few seconds and then run ...

POOR DOMESTIC HOT WATER

Paul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:49:41 GMT

Hot water starts fine but gets colder whilst taking a shower, ending up tepid. Central heating appears fine as radiators get nice & hot.Boiler is a Potterton Suprima 30 which had control panel replaced about 2 years ago. Boiler appears to fire ok when controlled by the boilermate thermostat although sometimes it keeps running after the boiler reaches temperature. I feel this may be that I need to set the thermostat correctly because if I turn it down slightly the neon goes out and the ...

buzzing noise stopped but the pump seems to run continuously

martin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:15:18 GMT

The was a very load buzzing for 30 mins then it stopped the next night I noticed that the hot water pump to the boiler appeared to be running continuously even after the boiler had stopped for some time. Looking at previous posts it sounds like the delay timer PCB may have broken, is there any way to check this before spending the money on a new one? Also is it easy to fit? The seems to be a lack of knowledgeable local repair people I would trust and Gledhill wont get out of bed for less than ...

Boilermate 2 pulsing hmmm

Connected — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:26:04 GMT

Evening all,

I can hear a pulsing hmmm (not relay chatter - a pulsing hmmm) coming from behind the boilermate 2 panel. Is this a particular known fault with the PCBs?

Many thanks.

Boilermate II water pump change

Connected — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:20:10 GMT

Firstly, this looks like an ideal site for me at the moment . Your time is appreciated. My water circulation pump is failing and I've check the valves in prepartion for the repairer tomorrow morning. Unfortunately the valves are leaking with the disturbance. Is the only cure a Boilermate drain down to replace the pump and valves? and should I be concerned about the potential of a blocked cold feed, is it common? Many thanks. I should mention that I've read the info ...

Does the hot water system run 24 hours a day?

Robert Thames Ditton — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:01:19 GMT

We have just moved to a house with a BoilerMate II. The central heating clock (electro magnetic) seems very primitive and not entirely reliable and there appears to be no similar device for heating the hot water. Is this correct or am I missing something?