No central heating...new boiler

[Murdoch]

He's away at the moment

For how long?

 

[Riley]

The fact that he’s “tidied” it doesn’t mean he hasn’t just shoved it all back in, as it was before. I suspect someone (previous homeowner) found that valve was causing electrical issue and removed head

 

[Leeccc]

The fact that he’s “tidied” it doesn’t mean he hasn’t just shoved it all back in, as it was before. I suspect someone (previous homeowner) found that valve was causing electrical issue and removed head

He tried to reconnect it in case it somehow miraculously fell off it was knackered. The previous owners didn't even have the system flushed before fitting new boiler

 

[Riley]

Again could be poorly wired meaning the motor burned out. Please don’t ignore the fact that there could be a wiring fault

 

[Leeccc]

Again could be poorly wired meaning the motor burned out. Please don’t ignore the fact that there could be a wiring fault

No definitely won't be, ill show the other guy on Friday exactly what has been done, so he can go through his process of elimination

 

[Leeccc]

Again could be poorly wired meaning the motor burned out. Please don’t ignore the fact that there could be a wiring fault

It's permantley in this position?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Does it move easy to the wall (you will have to move the lever) etc when the heating or hot water is on ?

 

[Leeccc]

Does it move easy to the wall (you will have to move the lever) etc when the heating or hot water is on ?

I'll have a go in the morning as the system SHOULD wake up (fingers crossed). I did just turn boiler on and it was doing it's usual...lights on ,making noise ,no hot rads. So we'll see in the morning ‍♂️

 

[Riley]

It's permantley in this position?

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And the award for idiotic installation position goes to .......

So you’ll be changing the whole valve every time then rather than just the actuator if that darker copper pipe is as close as it looks

 

[Leeccc]

Does it move easy to the wall (you will have to move the lever) etc when the heating or hot water is on ?

Yep it was loose when I moved it towards the wall, with the heat and water on

 

[Riley]

So it could be permanntly on. Please just get an experienced heating engineer in to wire it properly

 

[Leeccc]

So it could be permanntly on. Please just get an experienced heating engineer in to wire it properly

Ok

 

[Leeccc]

So it could be permanntly on. Please just get an experienced heating engineer in to wire it properly

Just had a look in the airing cupboard while I await the engineer I noticed that the wires from the central heating pump and cylinder thermo are touching hot piping...could this potentially be a reason for tripping out? Or just previous shoddy workmanship

 

[Harvest Fields]

Just had a look in the airing cupboard while I await the engineer I noticed that the wires from the central heating pump and cylinder thermo are touching hot piping...could this potentially be a reason for tripping out? Or just previous shoddy workmanship

Wait for the engineer

 

[Leeccc]

Wait for the engineer

I await patiently......Something new happened to the system yesterday, as well as tripping out it also took out the sockets around the house.

 

[Riley]

Just had a look in the airing cupboard while I await the engineer I noticed that the wires from the central heating pump and cylinder thermo are touching hot piping...could this potentially be a reason for tripping out? Or just previous shoddy workmanship

Unless they’re bare wires I’d say no chance

 

[Leeccc]

Unless they’re bare wires I’d say no chance

Ok.

 

[Leeccc]

Unless they’re bare wires I’d say no chance

Loose wires

 

[Leeccc]

Unless they’re bare wires I’d say no chance

Someone didn't do a good job installing the boiler.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

That would cause it to trip

 

[Leeccc]

That would cause it to trip

He's going to make a single connection. Into the socket

 

[Riley]

Does beg the question what the other engineer “tidied” up

 

[Leeccc]

Does beg the question what the other engineer “tidied” up

He suspects the 3 way is knackered. Testing another, without installing

 

[Leeccc]

He suspects the 3 way is knackered. Testing another, without installing

Valve seems working now, it was the junction box he suspects was the main problem....fingers crossed

 

[DAVE01]

Keep telling People to reed the boiler instructions when job is started first thing it says in instructions is do electric safety checks resistance to earth so on and so forth when you do a full install or a new boiler or change over Anyways first engineer could have checked components on boiler like pump so on and so forth to find if there was a fault in boiler and if a 12 way wireing junction box this made it all the better for me it just shows what type of engineers are out there all to do with guess work this goes on here in Ireland but I taught we were pass all this in UK just shows how wrong I was Hope you get boiler sorted