combi boiler works for hot water but not central heating

[billposter]

edit: water pressure ok now

moved into an old house; the combi has not been used for a while, its a Vaillant no. VCW-GB-242-EH and the hot water works ok but the central heating does not.. any ideas? The water pressure was on zero but i have brought the bar up to above the red marker- that keeps dropping tho, and i have to keep doing it..

Any ideas? my GF is getting the hump!

 

[twgas]

water leak somewhere, possibly from PRV, check discharge pipe outside.
does heating work when you've upped the pressure

 

[billposter]

Cheers for answering- no, cannot see a leak at this time(to be honest i only started on it today) but CH does not come on with 2 bar pressure

Outside discharge very very slight leak but i dont think this is the prob

 

[Agile]

There seems to be a problem with this site as its allowing you to register without saying where you are located.

Or perhaps the owner has modified the site to make the location unnecessary.

Thats a retrograde step because for many postings it helps us to give a better answer if we know where they are located.

Tony

 

[DIYnot]

Yes it is a side affect of the new setup, it isn't a permanent thing, just something that needed to happen during the conversion to the new s/w. The posters who are currently showing up as no location do have a location, so it will return soon.

 

[billposter]

Vaillant no. VCW-GB-242-EH

Ok, I have constant water pressure! a valve was leaking on the outlet- its now reading 2 bar- still no central heating tho

wondering if a valve is closed or something-previous owners say it was working ok