What it says really.
I've just bought a flat and finally after getting the electric connected, I went to fire up the boiler. The water and gas was turned off so I turned the water on at the mains and also two leavers, one red, one grey, on the water inlet pipe to the boiler which seem to be on a loop.
I can hear water rushing through and then the next thing there is water rushing out through what I'm guessing is an outside overflow pipe. I'm on the second floor so it was pretty loud. If I shut the grey leaver off the overflow stops, but then so does the water to the taps.
I've never had mains gas before and whilst I'm quite practical, I can't figure what is happening. I can't find anything in either the owner's manual or the installation manual. I'm assuming it is broken somehow, but mindful that I have never used a gas boiler before, it is possible I'm just doing something stupid and not turning it on properly. So, am I being a doofus and just not turning it on right or do I need an engineer?
Thanks in anticipation
Liz
I've just bought a flat and finally after getting the electric connected, I went to fire up the boiler. The water and gas was turned off so I turned the water on at the mains and also two leavers, one red, one grey, on the water inlet pipe to the boiler which seem to be on a loop.
I can hear water rushing through and then the next thing there is water rushing out through what I'm guessing is an outside overflow pipe. I'm on the second floor so it was pretty loud. If I shut the grey leaver off the overflow stops, but then so does the water to the taps.
I've never had mains gas before and whilst I'm quite practical, I can't figure what is happening. I can't find anything in either the owner's manual or the installation manual. I'm assuming it is broken somehow, but mindful that I have never used a gas boiler before, it is possible I'm just doing something stupid and not turning it on properly. So, am I being a doofus and just not turning it on right or do I need an engineer?
Thanks in anticipation
Liz