Rubbish Boiler

[leeroydesouza]

Hi all,

Wonder if anyone has any ideas or can shed any light to my problem below...

Just moved into a house with a Jaguar boiler. The central heating is great, heating the rads to a really hot temp.

Its the water i have the problem with.
The boiler is in the kitchen. its 6 foot away from the kitchen sink and ten foot away from the bathroom sink/bath etc.

The water gets hot for about two seconds then goes luke warm. the water is not warm enough for a bath or to wash the pots.

i have turned up the water on the boiler to 62 (hottest) but to no avail.
Sometimes the shower is a decent temp and other times it isnt.... i just dont get it.

Please, can anyone help??

Liam

 

[flameport]

Assuming it's a combination boiler, could be any number of things wrong with it.

If it's a house you have just purchased, get someone to service the boiler properly. Same for any other gas appliances.
If rented, it's your landlord's responsibility to get it fixed.

 

[holty]

could simply be a worn diaphragm on the divertor. not a hard job to fix for someone competent. these use a standard giannoni type divertor. commonly used in a variety of boilers.

 

[Agile]

They are not what I would call a standard Giannoni diverter valve.

Its similar to a Biasi or Halstead !

As said get it serviced/repaired. It should give about 9 litres per minute at about 45 C.

Tony