Combi Boiler Central Heating

[janainslie]

I have just sold a house where there is a Combi Boiler. The radiators have been on snow control for approx one year now as there have been no occupants in the house. The question is, how do I make sure that the central heating will now continue to operate as when the new owners put the system on and it starts running, they then turn it off and errors show on the boiler. Could it be that the system needs to run for a while to kick in. I am going up to the house tonight and was thinking of turning all the radiators on to full pressure, turning up the temperature gauge and hopefully it will work, but if it is turned off again, will the same thing happen? Jan

 

[flameport]

Could be many reasons why it's not working - impossible to know without being there and what the make/model of boiler is, what error codes it displays, etc.
Adjusting radiator valves will not help at all.

If you have sold the house, why is this your problem anyway? It's up to the new owners to have the boiler serviced / repaired or whatever.

 

[D_Hailsham]

If you have sold the house, why is this your problem anyway? It's up to the new owners to have the boiler serviced / repaired or whatever.

Any sensible prospective purchaser will have a survey carried out, before completion, which includes testing the heating and lighting systems. If any faults are found, they can be resolved by negotiation.

If the prospective purchaser can't be bothered, or doesn't want to spend the money, then it's nobody's fault but their own. Caveat emptor!

I believe the rules are different in Scotland.

 

[Agile]

If you have sold the house, why is this your problem anyway? It's up to the new owners to have the boiler serviced / repaired or whatever.

In Scotland, more than in England, the seller is totally responsible for the costs involved in repairing faulty heating.

Depending on when the gas supply is put into the new buyer's name, I would leave the heating on 24 hrs a day with a low boiler flow temperature setting. Then it will be obvious to the buyer that the heating is working!

Tony

 

[janainslie]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to my post re central heating and combi boiler.

I think this has now been resolved by running the central heating more often and I have not been informed of any more faults by the buyer of the house. Jan