How to identify what heating system you have. In the UK.

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Published 2016-03-09

If you are not sure what heating system is in your home , then Al takes you through the most common ones.
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All Comments (21)

@nimasala8764 5 years ago

You are remarkable, absolutely with kind and humble
@sukmangat 3 years ago

Very helpful video, cheers derek for taking the time to explain the various boiler systems, legend !!!
@Ilovetosingem 1 year ago

Thanks Del all the very best to you and yours.
@markthompson8511 5 years ago

Hi great videos can I magnaclense a prismatic system ? Also on other systems do I need to isolate the heating coils ? Thanks for any help you can share
@showme360 6 years ago

Excellent Vid mate will keep you in mind when I get to modify my system!
@twinkletoes4236 4 years ago

Can I just say that I will not know it when I see it because I'm not a plumber, thanks for making this though mostly very informative
@noureddine309 6 years ago

Top man. Great video. Many thanks.
@JodyLeeSchroeder 2 years ago

you legend ! almost no vids on this stuff , it gave me a big help sir , thank you
@luckyeddie4454 8 years ago

Another good video very informative thanks. I have a question, is the flow, hot feed, always on the left side of the radiator or does it depend on who installed the system?
@luckyeddie4454 8 years ago

Thanks for the reply, a bit obvious reallywhen you think about it ...... I didn't, each to their own as the saying goes thanks again.
@denissbogdanovs7926 5 years ago

Great video for new starters. Thanks
@layton7430 7 years ago

excellent information and very well put, thank you, I have a question what system would I have to use to heat my water and raditors via a wood burning stove boiler? is it vented or unvented? thank you
@Bilal-wj7bh 1 year ago

This is one of the best videos
@m0gga 5 years ago

Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a question if you don't mind. In a typical F and E system what would be the most likely cause of the expansion tank filling up with hot water? Thanks.
@ro63rto 8 years ago

Thanks for this. Confirms I have the second system. Some muppet decided to run the overflow from the small tank into the big one :-O One thing I can't find is any motorised valves. Got a pump right next to the boiler in the garage but I cannot find any motorised valves. Trying to diagnose why the boiler switches in then off when the hot water timer kicks in.
@elenakritikos 3 years ago

Thanks this was really helpful!
@johnanthony6214 5 years ago

Very helpfull well explained thanks
@OneAajis 5 years ago

Well explained thanks.
@StephenLyons1984 8 years ago

another good video thank you. im a diy guy find these great, helped me out once or twice
@andrewedwards7880 1 year ago

Great video - thanks for sharing, can you tell me, if I have an unvented system as per 3min 25s of your video - to increase my hot water pressure, do I fit a mains booster on the cold feed into the tank, or on the hot outlet side?