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Hi guys. New here.
Basically I bought this house 2 yrs ago. Back when I bought it I took over an existing plan with British gas for my boiler servicing.
Upon first service, I asked about hot water as if you turned the bath tap on more than 1/4 turn it ran like warm at best.
He said he adjusted the flow down and it worked better. He seemed to adjust a valve in the boiler or below it, couldn't quite see. He checked with a measuring device and timed it and all was well.
Roll on 2yrs ish, I've been sorting issues around the house. Including banging pipes, turns out I had 8bar incoming from the street.
So I've fitted a prv after the stopcock set at 3bar. Loads better, no banging pipes when taps are shut or washer fills etc.
However this seems to have made the hot water tap run slow and it's not red hot either. Its hot but you can bare to keep your hand under it and it's set on 65c according to boiler.
I don't know if the boiler works harder if the flow is faster or not. But I would like to increase the flow speed.
Currently its like when the tap is on fully open, it's comparable to 1/4 open previously. If that makes sense.
The boiler is a worcester greenstar 26i if I recall correctly. Any advice where the flow adjustment is? Is it an actual adjustment for the dhw or did he just close the valve letting the cold feed into the boiler?
Thanks for the help
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I tested hot water at kitchen sink and bath and it's approx 14secs a litre. So 4.5 litre per min? That's fully open tap and no other taps or water usage going on.
Basically I bought this house 2 yrs ago. Back when I bought it I took over an existing plan with British gas for my boiler servicing.
Upon first service, I asked about hot water as if you turned the bath tap on more than 1/4 turn it ran like warm at best.
He said he adjusted the flow down and it worked better. He seemed to adjust a valve in the boiler or below it, couldn't quite see. He checked with a measuring device and timed it and all was well.
Roll on 2yrs ish, I've been sorting issues around the house. Including banging pipes, turns out I had 8bar incoming from the street.
So I've fitted a prv after the stopcock set at 3bar. Loads better, no banging pipes when taps are shut or washer fills etc.
However this seems to have made the hot water tap run slow and it's not red hot either. Its hot but you can bare to keep your hand under it and it's set on 65c according to boiler.
I don't know if the boiler works harder if the flow is faster or not. But I would like to increase the flow speed.
Currently its like when the tap is on fully open, it's comparable to 1/4 open previously. If that makes sense.
The boiler is a worcester greenstar 26i if I recall correctly. Any advice where the flow adjustment is? Is it an actual adjustment for the dhw or did he just close the valve letting the cold feed into the boiler?
Thanks for the help
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I tested hot water at kitchen sink and bath and it's approx 14secs a litre. So 4.5 litre per min? That's fully open tap and no other taps or water usage going on.
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