Ideal Logic F1 Fault How To Repair your combi boiler

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Today I'm just at an Ideal Logic with low water pressure. So if you get an F1 fault on an Ideal Logic, I'm just going to show you how to top it up, how to fill it up, or how to re-pressurize it.

So if we have a look at the front there, it's showing F1 as a boiler fault. Now I've taken the case off from this boiler, just because it makes it easier for me to show you the pressure gauge. So pressure gauge is there, so if you see on there, it's on zero, all the way down there at zero, and it wants to be up that black line there.

So what you've got bear in mind is, when you fill this up, is not to put too much pressure in. And you see all these valves, this one, there's the yellow one for gas, and then these ones at the back here, don't touch them, leave them alone. So these here are the only ones that you need to touch, so I'm going to explain what happens. So your system is sealed, and every now and again they'll need topping up and more water putting in.

So what we've got here, this pipe here is the cold water mains, so that's your cold pipe coming in. And then when you open this pipe here, this one, it'll allow water into there and round this flexible pipe here, and to there. So now that's still turned off. And as we open this here, as I turn this now in a minute, this pressure gauge will start to go up, and then that F1 fault will go off.

But as I say, you need to be very careful, and do this slowly, because you don't want to put too much pressure in. So I'm going to do it slowly, and I don't know if you can hear that, but water's now going into the system. And as were doing that, that pressure gauge there is going up. So I've only opened it a little bit, just for a demonstration on this video.

So it's saying FL, or F1 sorry, and the gauge is going up, so I'm just going to open this a bit more, and then the boiler's actually fired up. So that means the fault code's gone off, because the boiler's fired up. So I'm going to just switch the boiler off now, just so we can do it without the power on.

So we're just above now, where we're going to be, this will drop down a little bit as we use it. So turn that off fully, and then turn this one off fully. So that is how you filled up your heating, and there you go. So when I turn the power back on again, you see your fault codes have gone off, and then the boiler will just work now, as normal.

[andreapickles]

As a single pensioner I am so thankful to you for posting this video. You have saved me from a freezing home!

[Claribunda]

From a single mum in a pandemic who woke up to a freezing house, a four year old who’d had a nose bleed and no hot water to clean her up straight away, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Now if you could make home schooling this easy you’d be up for a knighthood 😀

[katiemcauley]

I’ve been trying to fix my boiler for ages and as soon as I saw this video I fixed it within minutes. Great guy x

[sarahfazakerley]

Single mother with 2 kids under 2 youve just saved me a very cold night! Thanks !

[SeannCarter]

You absolute legend Allen! Woke up at the crack of dawn, not hot water in the shower of doom. Googled error. You came up, applied these simple steps and all resolved in 15 mins. Absolute life Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[annabellaholliday]

Am 72, returned home from Christmas with my family, and found a F1 fault on my boiler! No heat, no hot water! Watched this video twice, and, after inspecting my setup, realised I could actually do it myself! Saved me a fortune at this time of year. Can't thank you enough

[twackromero]

A week before christmas and the water is cold, an F1 is flashing, green neon is bold. I've no clue what happened I just know it's cold.
An hour after tweaking I find Allen Hart, and two minutes later my boiler does start. A bath is run and the radiators are steaming, you saved me a callout and a bad xmas feeling. Thank you Allen, may your dreams all come true, my Yuletide is saved and it's all down to you.

[slimaneslam]

single mom with small kids at night and the temperature 5 Honestly I Don't know how to thank you enough, god Bless you thank you so much ❤️❤️

[McPhan]

Thank you so much! We've gone through some tough times financially recently and seeing a fault on my boiler made my heart sink.

So good of you to post this video - a turn of a valve and my worries are gone!

[smoothiedrawingpainting]

Its good people like you that make youtube great, you just saved me a visit from the plumber, thank you for posting this video, its greatly appreciated 👍

[markchurchill]

Helped me fix my Mum's boiler this morning after she called me saying the heating gone off and the temperature was -1 this morning. Legend. Thank you.

[fionapayne]

Thank you Allen. Woke up to a cold home this morning. 20 mins later the radiators are warming. ❤️

[abigailhardy]

Brilliant video! Fixed the boiler for my 85 yr old grandma while watching this! So simple and much more help than the gas board I was on the phone to! Thank you for making this! Very easy to understand for someone like me that doesn’t have a clue about boilers! Saved us waiting overnight for someone to come and fix it for her, don’t think she would’ve coped as her house was about 5 degrees! Thank you for making this!

[MattLowne]

Hero, thanks mate, wish all guides were like this!

[eruditechild]

6 years on, still very relevant information.
I feel like I’ve just saved some cash now.
God bless…❤

[CH-drdr]

Thank you so much Allen, simple and straightforward instructions, saved me ringing my landlord and I’ve done some real adulting today 😂 heard the instruction and turn on the hot water valve and did it all the way then heard you say turn it slowly 🤦🏻‍♂️ thought the pressure was going to make the boiler explode 😂 thanks again

[steveking]

mate, you saved my day. Woke up and there's F1 on my boiler and its freezing cold. Can't find the boiler manual or phone number for the maintenance. Googled, found this video, sorted. Cheers :-)

[movingup]

Woke up this morning to a freezing cold house with boiler not working saying f1. As a student nurse with children and snow lying outside I cannot thank you enough.

[trevorrobinson]

We woke up this morning with no heating and no hot water. Watched this. Life is warm again. Huge thanks Allen. Apart from being a retired Airline Pilot I am now a plumber. Good video. Regards

[malaikasmith]

Amazing! First time I've ever had to sort my boiler out, and thanks to you I've been able to fix it in no time and get the heating back on, you're a hero! Thank you