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If your Worcester Bosch boiler has stopped working and is showing a code on the display, don’t panic. Worcester Bosch boilers are designed to shut down and flag a fault code when something goes wrong — it’s a built-in safety mechanism, not a sign that the boiler is beyond saving. The code tells you, and […]
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At the Edinburgh Boiler Company, we make it simple – your new boiler installation starts within 48 hours of your first call to us. A standard like-for-like swap takes just one day (4-6 hours) once we’re on site. As Scotland’s top-rated boiler installers, including Ideal Platinum and Worceter Bosch accredited installers, we help thousands of happy customers across Edinburgh and
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IStatus P means different things depending on your Ideal boiler model. On older models like the Icos HE, it simply means frost protection has activated — the boiler has fired briefly because the water temperature dropped to around 5°C, and the status will clear on its own once it warms back up. On Ideal Logic
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The L6 code means your boiler has detected a flame when there shouldn’t be one — specifically when no heating or hot water demand is active and the gas valve should be fully closed. In plain terms, the boiler thinks it’s seeing a flame where none should exist, and has locked out as a safety
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For some of us, finding a professional gas engineer can be a daunting task. We may not know where to look or who to trust. But did you know that there is an online register of all approved and qualified gas engineers? It’s true! The Gas Register is an online database with thousands of qualified
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How Long Do Boilers Last in Scotland? For most UK households, the expected lifespan of a modern gas boiler sits between 10 and 15 years. That figure is widely quoted across the heating industry, but in real-world Scottish homes the answer is rarely that simple. Boiler lifespan is influenced by installation quality, annual boiler servicing,
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Should You Turn Your Boiler Off in Summer? In most homes, you shouldn’t turn your boiler off completely in summer. The better option is usually to leave it on but switch the heating off at the controls, so you still have hot water without wasting energy. Below, we’ll explain why this approach works best, when
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The FU fault triggers when the boiler detects a temperature difference of more than 50°C between the flow and return pipes — meaning water is leaving the boiler very hot but coming back far too cool. That gap tells the boiler something is seriously wrong with circulation, so it shuts down to protect itself and
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The Ideal F1 fault code means your boiler has detected low water pressure and shut down to protect itself. In most cases, you can fix it in under ten minutes by topping the system pressure back up to around 1.0–1.5 bar using the filling loop under the boiler, then pressing reset. That’s it. This is
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As the leading boiler installation company in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas, we at The Edinburgh Boiler Company know a thing or two about replacing old, inefficient boilers. If your heating bills seem to be climbing, your home isn’t staying as warm as it used to, or your old boiler is making strange noises, it
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