Hi, I am just writing to see if anyone has any thoughts on what could be going on with my Vaillant ecotech boiler or the whole heating/water system itself.
I'm not too sure what sort of set up I have but there is a tank in the loft, a hot water cylinder in a cupboard on the first floor and the boiler is downstairs in the kitchen.
Basicaly the boiler is about 2 years old and has never had any problems, well any that I know about, but this last week it seems to be acting up. When it comes on in the morning, the pipes running around the house are making loud 'knocking' noises and the pump by the hot water cylinder seems to be going on and off a lot, it is on setting 2. this happens also when the boiler goes off at night and this lasts for anything up to 20 minutes.
I have checked the boiler when this is happening, and on the screen it shows a flashing radiator symbol and the temperature reading seems to be going up and down, say from 58 to 71 then back again and it repeats this. Another strange thing is the heating isn't on and if I turn the dial, with the radiator symbol next to it, down, the hot water goes colder but not the heating, has this been installed wrong?
I'm just wondering if anyone has an idea as to what could be going on, I'm not looking to fix this myself as I wouldn't know where to start, but it would be nice to know what you think could be wrong so when I get a plumber in I can maybe give him a heads up.
Thanks a lot, up3489
I'm not too sure what sort of set up I have but there is a tank in the loft, a hot water cylinder in a cupboard on the first floor and the boiler is downstairs in the kitchen.
Basicaly the boiler is about 2 years old and has never had any problems, well any that I know about, but this last week it seems to be acting up. When it comes on in the morning, the pipes running around the house are making loud 'knocking' noises and the pump by the hot water cylinder seems to be going on and off a lot, it is on setting 2. this happens also when the boiler goes off at night and this lasts for anything up to 20 minutes.
I have checked the boiler when this is happening, and on the screen it shows a flashing radiator symbol and the temperature reading seems to be going up and down, say from 58 to 71 then back again and it repeats this. Another strange thing is the heating isn't on and if I turn the dial, with the radiator symbol next to it, down, the hot water goes colder but not the heating, has this been installed wrong?
I'm just wondering if anyone has an idea as to what could be going on, I'm not looking to fix this myself as I wouldn't know where to start, but it would be nice to know what you think could be wrong so when I get a plumber in I can maybe give him a heads up.
Thanks a lot, up3489