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Mark Hunter
Hi all.
We have had a few issues with our boiler over a couple of years, which I'll try to keep concise. We have a condensing boiler in the kitchen, cylinder in a bedroom and water tanks in the loft. A running problem is that when the heating and hot water are on at the same time the hot water really suffers whilst the heating is fine. A couple of times there has been no hot water at all, to the point where it is now on continuously in all weathers. Yesterday however, with no heating on, the hot water was incredibly cold and the boiler wasn't firing. Plumbers came to look, turned the heating right down and replaced the thermostat on the cylinder which seemed to do the job (radiators were tested before and they were fine), but only hours later the water in the cylinder had dropped to 27 degrees and again the boiler wasn't firing. The plumbers say we need a new, larger cylinder for the size of house and an immersion heater too, although we stressed that, given finances, we're not worried about heating for the moment, just hot water. They still say we need these new items, but I want to see if anyone out there can suggest anything else that may be causing the hot water to fail. Pump and boiler have been tested and are working fine.
Any advice greatly received as we can't afford these new items but naturally need hot water.
Thanks!
Mark
We have had a few issues with our boiler over a couple of years, which I'll try to keep concise. We have a condensing boiler in the kitchen, cylinder in a bedroom and water tanks in the loft. A running problem is that when the heating and hot water are on at the same time the hot water really suffers whilst the heating is fine. A couple of times there has been no hot water at all, to the point where it is now on continuously in all weathers. Yesterday however, with no heating on, the hot water was incredibly cold and the boiler wasn't firing. Plumbers came to look, turned the heating right down and replaced the thermostat on the cylinder which seemed to do the job (radiators were tested before and they were fine), but only hours later the water in the cylinder had dropped to 27 degrees and again the boiler wasn't firing. The plumbers say we need a new, larger cylinder for the size of house and an immersion heater too, although we stressed that, given finances, we're not worried about heating for the moment, just hot water. They still say we need these new items, but I want to see if anyone out there can suggest anything else that may be causing the hot water to fail. Pump and boiler have been tested and are working fine.
Any advice greatly received as we can't afford these new items but naturally need hot water.
Thanks!
Mark