Firstly you guys on here helped sort my central heating super speedy the other month..you were brilliant in telling me it was a blocked cold feed!
I need to call on your services again! Only this time for my parents who have not had central heating for at least three weeks!!!!
This is three plumbers,two system flushes,and a brand new boiler fitted since!The quote below was written by my Dad this evening.
"Over recent years our 12 year old system that had a profile gas boiler has been inefficient In spite of regular maintenance. Radiators have failed to heat up at odd times in no particular order (although the two that seem to be furthest away from the boiler never get warm?). Various plumbers have tried solve the problem.replacing Pump,controller,3way valves and finally.the boiler with a Bosch condensing model Boiler.
The system now ,such as it is Still closes down and the house is extremely cold!!!!!"
Anyway Dad had a new boiler fitted on saturday as it appeared the metal heat exchanger was blocked.
Since fitted the radiators are still the same?? (a few heating up until warmish and staying that temp until they shut down generally twice a day.
Although when the boiler was fitted they shut off all rads and bled them individually and each singular rad was VERY hot!?!
But when all rads were turned back on the same problem occured as before.
And the plumber (who seems a good bloke) reckons there is so probably much sludge in the system thats probably causing the rads to not work,and has put in a strong cleaner to run in the system for the next two weeks.
I am no plumber obviously but does this sound correct?
Only other thing to add is that I asked dad what time the heating shuts down and maybe coincidence but it seems to happen when the water heating switches on?..does that help anyone to help me with a solution?
So tonight I turned the water off and heating constant and the rads seem to be staying on..only warmish on a few rads though?
Sorry this is so long to read but late this afternoon! I looked at the valve in the airing cupboard and the plumber had left it fully to the right (see pics below) in the MAN OPEN position
should it be in the AUTO position (fully to the left)?
I was thinking could this valve maybe not be fully operating to the heating side of the valve and staying mainly on the hot water side?you can hear it click when you turn from water constant to heating constant but the manual lever does not seem to move much?
I have moved t to the left anyway?
Sorry its such a long post but honestly its been going on for so long!! please can anyone help???? also I have added a pic below of the pipe work if it may help?
Steve
I need to call on your services again! Only this time for my parents who have not had central heating for at least three weeks!!!!
This is three plumbers,two system flushes,and a brand new boiler fitted since!The quote below was written by my Dad this evening.
"Over recent years our 12 year old system that had a profile gas boiler has been inefficient In spite of regular maintenance. Radiators have failed to heat up at odd times in no particular order (although the two that seem to be furthest away from the boiler never get warm?). Various plumbers have tried solve the problem.replacing Pump,controller,3way valves and finally.the boiler with a Bosch condensing model Boiler.
The system now ,such as it is Still closes down and the house is extremely cold!!!!!"
Anyway Dad had a new boiler fitted on saturday as it appeared the metal heat exchanger was blocked.
Since fitted the radiators are still the same?? (a few heating up until warmish and staying that temp until they shut down generally twice a day.
Although when the boiler was fitted they shut off all rads and bled them individually and each singular rad was VERY hot!?!
But when all rads were turned back on the same problem occured as before.
And the plumber (who seems a good bloke) reckons there is so probably much sludge in the system thats probably causing the rads to not work,and has put in a strong cleaner to run in the system for the next two weeks.
I am no plumber obviously but does this sound correct?
Only other thing to add is that I asked dad what time the heating shuts down and maybe coincidence but it seems to happen when the water heating switches on?..does that help anyone to help me with a solution?
So tonight I turned the water off and heating constant and the rads seem to be staying on..only warmish on a few rads though?
Sorry this is so long to read but late this afternoon! I looked at the valve in the airing cupboard and the plumber had left it fully to the right (see pics below) in the MAN OPEN position
should it be in the AUTO position (fully to the left)?
I was thinking could this valve maybe not be fully operating to the heating side of the valve and staying mainly on the hot water side?you can hear it click when you turn from water constant to heating constant but the manual lever does not seem to move much?
I have moved t to the left anyway?
Sorry its such a long post but honestly its been going on for so long!! please can anyone help???? also I have added a pic below of the pipe work if it may help?
Steve