Recent content by Goosedgranny

ok -final update, all is well. Finally discovered I could get hot water as long as heating was on (the demand for just hot water doesn't seem to fire up the boiler an issue for the warmer weather that can wait). So was left with the smell that plumber had said wasn't gas...got rather intense...

Update: Went up to get pic of boiler, ran the hot water in bathroom and it got hot! Real test will be if I can pour a hot bath for my arthritic pains later and not worry my tears will cool it down even more. Could it be a wee blockage has shifted and normal service is resuming? Is it the...

I'm hanging on to a bit of hope. The water is a bit warmer. No idea what is going on, but in principle things must be working for the water to be heating and flowing at all. Wondering if thermostat dodgy (coupled with the -5 weather temps meaning cold feed is cold -I did say I was being...

The pump is at boiler (in bedroom) and the white pipe runs between boiler and tank and was put in when boiler was installed due to silt in previous pipe.

There's no header tank, it IS a primatic cylinder, cursed by every plumber under 50 that has been in the property and the reason it took 3 plumbers to get someone familiar with system and willing to take the job. It is fed directly from cold tank in loft.

Thanks Terry -hopeful the plumber will be in touch again today, I can pretty much confirm with him it is pointless turning up thermostat on tank and leaving demand on (and can't take the smell much longer). Yeah, I got water pressure back up which was only when I realised just how cool the hot...

Is there any, any, any chance that an airlock is still a problem. If so, I'm happy to push more water back through but feel it's pointless now?

And then the wee grey box that the settings seemed to matter once upon a time in a land far,far away, where boilers didn't smell and baths were like lava...

So first pic shows pipes coming into tank. The stopcock on left pipe appears to be gubbed but was also apparently gubbed before repair (when everything was working). Second pic is pipe coming from tank. White pipe was replaced when boiler went in (due to sludge in old pipe) and runs from tank...

Thanks for chipping in here Terry -much appreciated. I don't have a multimeter but I remembered I did get a new fuse box since the last time I tried the immerser, so I've clicked it on just in case (doesn't light up but I will remain hopeful for my sanity). Sadly my phone almost died on me so...

It has never worked although I am just about to go check again. Thought I could rely on that a few years ago when pump needed replacing and sadly found out then the switch appears to be purely decoration now!

I may be a granny and I am definitely now goosed and really do now wish I did not have a primatic cylinder tank but I do. The house I bought is ex council and the system had always worked well with the exception of air locks every time it needed drained for any repairs. I had a new boiler...