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Our boiler is heating water, but cannot get central heating to work. Any advice or contacts would be gratefully received. Extra clothing not an option as has been suggested already. Thanks in advance.
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
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Heating/boiler engineer help. on 13:51 - Oct 17 with 4185 views
I cannot help you, but this reminded me of a recent post in the Lowestoft FB group.
Someone posted something similar along the lines of: "I've got no hot water coming from my taps. None of my neighbours are experiencing this problem- why is that?"
Cue dozens of replies informing the poor soul that only cold water is supplied directly to your home. How some people dress themselves in the morning is still a mystery.
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Depends how your system is working. If you bioler is heating the water in the HW tank but not the CH it is likely to be either the pump or the thermostatic valves.
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Heating/boiler engineer help. on 14:36 - Oct 17 with 4095 views
Heating/boiler engineer help. on 13:51 - Oct 17 by footers
I cannot help you, but this reminded me of a recent post in the Lowestoft FB group.
Someone posted something similar along the lines of: "I've got no hot water coming from my taps. None of my neighbours are experiencing this problem- why is that?"
Cue dozens of replies informing the poor soul that only cold water is supplied directly to your home. How some people dress themselves in the morning is still a mystery.
It's not totally stupid, in some parts of the world they do pipe hot water to people's homes.
It could be your motorised valve.The Programmer calls for heat which feeds the room stat, which in turn feeds the valve,the valve then opens asking the boiler and pump to work.
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Heating/boiler engineer help. on 17:58 - Oct 17 with 3890 views
Assuming you have a combi boiler the problem is almost always a lack of pressure in the Central Heating system if you have hot water but radiators not working
There is a small pressure gauge somewhere on your boiler. It should read between 1 bar and 1.5 bar (depending on make/model) Sometimes there is a red pointer showing where the black needle should be pointing
To "pump up" your boiler, you need to use the filling loop. This might still be fitted to your boiler or might be separate, it is a silver-coloured braided hose with a connector on each end. Sometimes it has a tap on it, sometimes the tap is built on to the boiler
Locate said filling loop, connect to the appropriate connectors underneath the boiler and then turn the relevant tap on until the black needle rises up to 1 bar on the gauge. You will here the water rushing in
DO NOT OVERFILL beyond the required pressure
Heating should now work. You might have to bleed the radiators in order to expel air so that they work to their full potential
In case of severe difficulty please feel free to consult boiler instruction book
Turn of tap
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Heating/boiler engineer help. on 18:22 - Oct 17 with 3870 views
Heating/boiler engineer help. on 17:58 - Oct 17 by EdwardStone
Assuming you have a combi boiler the problem is almost always a lack of pressure in the Central Heating system if you have hot water but radiators not working
There is a small pressure gauge somewhere on your boiler. It should read between 1 bar and 1.5 bar (depending on make/model) Sometimes there is a red pointer showing where the black needle should be pointing
To "pump up" your boiler, you need to use the filling loop. This might still be fitted to your boiler or might be separate, it is a silver-coloured braided hose with a connector on each end. Sometimes it has a tap on it, sometimes the tap is built on to the boiler
Locate said filling loop, connect to the appropriate connectors underneath the boiler and then turn the relevant tap on until the black needle rises up to 1 bar on the gauge. You will here the water rushing in
DO NOT OVERFILL beyond the required pressure
Heating should now work. You might have to bleed the radiators in order to expel air so that they work to their full potential
In case of severe difficulty please feel free to consult boiler instruction book
Turn of tap
What happens if you do go over the target pressure?
Heating/boiler engineer help. on 17:58 - Oct 17 by EdwardStone
Assuming you have a combi boiler the problem is almost always a lack of pressure in the Central Heating system if you have hot water but radiators not working
There is a small pressure gauge somewhere on your boiler. It should read between 1 bar and 1.5 bar (depending on make/model) Sometimes there is a red pointer showing where the black needle should be pointing
To "pump up" your boiler, you need to use the filling loop. This might still be fitted to your boiler or might be separate, it is a silver-coloured braided hose with a connector on each end. Sometimes it has a tap on it, sometimes the tap is built on to the boiler
Locate said filling loop, connect to the appropriate connectors underneath the boiler and then turn the relevant tap on until the black needle rises up to 1 bar on the gauge. You will here the water rushing in
DO NOT OVERFILL beyond the required pressure
Heating should now work. You might have to bleed the radiators in order to expel air so that they work to their full potential
In case of severe difficulty please feel free to consult boiler instruction book
Turn of tap
Sounds the most plausible reason. Many thanks.
We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub.
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Heating/boiler engineer help. on 19:55 - Oct 17 with 3801 views
Think you need to say if you have a combi boiler or not. If a combi & it has low pressure I don't think the boiler will work at all. Therefore, L'm with Yoda in suggesting the motorised valve, the valve diverts the heat to the hot water (as this has priority) when the demand has been met, the valve switches to allow heating demand. The electric part of the valve often fails & this can be changed simply without diconnecting or draining down anything.
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Heating/boiler engineer help. on 20:28 - Oct 17 with 3771 views
Heating/boiler engineer help. on 18:22 - Oct 17 by GeoffSentence
What happens if you do go over the target pressure?
Best not to overfill by exercising a delicate touch when filling
But if you do need to relieve some pressure then just open one of the drain taps on a nearby radiator....or maybe open one of the bleed offs for a bit until correct pressure is achieved. Have a towel/rag/hanky to hand to catch the jet of water
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Heating/boiler engineer help. on 20:33 - Oct 17 with 3765 views
Heating/boiler engineer help. on 20:28 - Oct 17 by EdwardStone
Best not to overfill by exercising a delicate touch when filling
But if you do need to relieve some pressure then just open one of the drain taps on a nearby radiator....or maybe open one of the bleed offs for a bit until correct pressure is achieved. Have a towel/rag/hanky to hand to catch the jet of water
That's not a lot of use after a nuclear explosion!
.....and it's the (sticky)valve imho.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Heating/boiler engineer help. on 14:42 - Oct 17 by No9
As an example - Russia
There are lots of District heating schemes in London from authority housing in Tower Hamlets to modern private apartment blocks. There are drawbacks, you are tied to a supplier and might not get the best deal
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