Help, need new boiler but have water flow issues...

[Barry98]

atleast you have thought about it now before we get to the snow and frezze again

 

[Gray0689]

Very welcome

 

[SafeGasInstall]

oh I am here Lads ,there is a long list of things to be done to bring it up and running ! But not impossible once they sort out her out side mains stop tap then I can change the internal as it has collapsed and the water flow is poor but pressure 4.2bar . There is something I have never seen before did not measure it but it did look to me like min of 50mm of sludge in the F&E tank ,there fore I suspect cold feed block as Lara was saying that loft was full of steam coming from the expansion pipe . Therefore pump has packed up and hear we are with fully sludge system with no control of the mains and seized external stop tap !
Larysa is a lady and she is GOOD looking Lee !

 

[Barry98]

oh I am here Lads ,there is a long list of things to be done to bring it up and running ! But not impossible once they sort out her out side mains stop tap then I can change the internal as it has collapsed and the water flow is poor but pressure 4.2bar . There is something I have never seen before did not measure it but it did look to me like min of 50mm of sludge in the F&E tank ,there fore I suspect cold feed block as Lara was saying that loft was full of steam coming from the expansion pipe . Therefore pump has packed up and hear we are with fully sludge system with no control of the mains and seized external stop tap !
Larysa is a lady and she is GOOD looking Lee !

i understand all that apart from the last bit about me

 

[Gray0689]

Sounds like was pumping over and cold feed blocked now

 

[SafeGasInstall]

yes ,never seen that much sludge in the F&E tank . well give an update when she gets out side tap sorted ! she will have a 12kw heat only if we can not get better flow by changing her internal stop tap or if we get good flow then she could have a
junior 24 or wb 25 Si

 

[Larysa]

hmmm, the most sludge ever seen in a tank but also a very high mains presssure! think I'd just be happier with fewer extremes lol
...but as Stan says, at least now we have plans A and B...

Now I just need to get Thames Water to explain why they never fixed the external mains stopcock as promised! Grrrr...

 

[Barry98]

did he have any bickies

 

[Larysa]

Nope, not even a cup of tea - and I did offer!!

 

[Barry98]

bloooming heck not like him that larysa i tell ya

 

[Gray0689]

Nope, not even a cup of tea - and I did offer!!

Offer lol Lara now bods mind will be going overtime lol

 

[SafeGasInstall]

she did , next visit will have a nice cup off coffee ,if possible

 

[Barry98]

i am hear ya know when youve all finished , them southerners cant handle us yorkshire men anyway. were proper drinkers

 

[Larysa]

I think Stan had so much to look at and inspect that there wasn't time for tea...!

 

[Barry98]

ok come on now pack it in theres too many euphemisms going on

 

[Gray0689]

Lara your getting bod all hot and bothered lol

 

[Barry98]

easily done am affraid at my age

 

[Larysa]

seems I get into trouble whatever I say so probably best to sign off at this stage... lol

but again, thanks guys - I think I will sleep better now that I feel happier that this will all get sorted eventually!

night! L

 

[Barry98]

ignore them L thats what i do

 

[SafeGasInstall]

it will get sort it L

 

[Larysa]

Spoke to Thames Water today and they have put in a request to 'inspect' the external mains stop tap. As I haven't reported it as a leak, they are only obliged to come and inspect within 7 days at which point they will decide if any renewal is needed (will keep u posted Stan).

They also suggested that perhaps my plumber didn't have the right tools or didn't know what he was doing! I replied that the plumber was highly experienced and did indeed have the correct tools. To which she responded that it may be that TW has some kind of 'special tools' that ordinary plumbers don't have access to (eh ?!?). I said that if that was indeed the case then they should definitely replace the tap with something that all plumbers could access in case there was an emergency that required the mains supply to be turned off. Honestly, can't believe how much money I have to hand over a year in rates to these twits.

 

[hydrotherm]

We have to deal with these twits all the time!

 

[WaterTight]

This throws some light onto the fact that a suspiciously high percentage of jobs I've been to where no work can proceed until the external stopcock is changed are ones where I never hear back. Some get changed and I get called back but perhaps the rest either get changed so far down the line that the person can no longer remember who they had out to look at the job or the water undertaker claims there's nothing wrong with the stopcock and so no work can proceed. It does appear that if you claim to have a leak you stand a better chance. That's what I tell everyone to say now.

 

[Barry98]

big boys trying to keep it for themselfs as always

 

[Larysa]

Well, I'll let you know what happens....but I am determined to make sure I have an external mains tap that does what it is supposed to! Hopefully without having to resort to springing a leak!

If they do refuse to do anything - do you think I would I improve my chances by mentioning ofwat? And if they call my bluff, does ofwat have any teeth to make them sort it?