No hot water

[Salman007]

I have a problem with no hot water cooler Ming from my taps and shower. I am only getting Cold water but no water from hot tap in flat. Other things I can tell you

- boiler seems alright as water is heating up (can feel pipes hot),!pilot light is on when water is on, boiler pressure is 1.5 on screen display, it's a vaillant Ecotec plus 615 condensing system boiler.

- we had person install our kitchen tap after there was hardly any cold water coming from that tap only. He stopped the water and the installed the new tap, after little while hot water stop coming.

- we have central heating, live in purpose built mansion block. Hard wAter and area, have a pump installed for our shower to increase the rate.

From my research in last four days problem is with the system and perhaps zone valve.

Appreciate anybody on this forum bringing my hot water back

Thanks in advance.

 

[dilalio]

Appreciate anybody on this forum bringing my hot water back

I've got your hot water in the back of the van... I'll get it back to you next time I'm in your neck of the woods

 

[oldbuffer]

Assuming you mean no water at all from the hot tap, rather than cold water from the hot tap, then there is a chance that the cold water inlet to the hot water cylinder has been turned off. Look at your hot water cylinder (probably in an airing cupboard). The pipe going into the very bottom of the cylinder (and it may be hidden around the back of the cylinder) is the cold water inlet. Follow this pipe and you should find a gate valve (red circular handle) or an isolation valve (straight handle). This valve may be closed. If a gate valve, turn the handle anti-clockwise as far as it will go then back half a turn to open. If an isolation valve, the handle should be parallel with the pipe, not at right angles "across" it. Open whichever type of valve you have. If its a gate valve and the handle just turns round and round without coming to a stop it is broken and will have to be replaced. I would recommend you get a plumber in to do this if necessary.

 

[Salman007]

I have attached some pic. First of all from my research I now think issue may be with zone valve (see pic of it. I think that is zone valve) I also noticed my programmer to contro water and heating was loosely connected, in fact after few adjustments I knocked it off ( you can see the pic of it) so now I have no controller attached.

I turned gate valve anti-clockwise all the way and stop cock of hot ware as you can see from pic parallel. Still no hot water.

I appreciate and thanks in advance.

Regards

 

[Echo the husky]

You won't get hot water without the programmer fitted. It needs to be properly fitted to ensure the exposed live terminals remain covered.

 

[Salman007]

It was on loose fitting but on and working. I tried to adjust it but came off and then I tried to put back with tape on edges to hold it against the wall but it has not turned on yet.

Do you think it's the zone valve where the programmer is connected to the issue as water was not coming hot before programmer was attached albeit loose.

 

[Echo the husky]

Does/did the boiler switch on when you set HW to on?

 

[Salman007]

Yes it did. When hot watt is on boiler kick starts, pilot light is on, pressure is about 1.5-1.4, only thing is I read somewhere the inlet filter to boiler needs changing.

 

[Salman007]

Bcz the inlet filter to boiler might be blocked.

 

[Echo the husky]

Do the radiators get hot when the hot water is on?

 

[Salman007]

Not at home so can't test it but don't think. I need to get the programmer fixed first and see. But I know before radiators were not getting hot for a fact

 

[Agile]

Do you ever get your system serviced?

Tony

 

[Salman007]

No not really

 

[dilalio]

You need an engineer.

 

[HootingOwl]

That all looks a bit of a dog's breakfast. If there is a poor flow of water from all the hot taps then I would suspect a broken gate valve on the cold feed to the cylinder