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ok. hot water is ok. once i switch just the heating on boiler kicks up but the rads do not get warm. (so no heating) when i do switch to just the heating i could heat the actuator working (moving the valve). this i cannot hear the motor one bit. this tells me the actuator is broke ? once i sort...

hi all. looks like my honeywell 3 way valve actuator has packed in. i believe it has because it hasnt moved since i tried the central heating last week. (not used heating for a good 6 months) i have replaced these actuators in the past think its 3 now. poss does the actuator stick when not...

cheers had a look at that but its not that noise. its the rushing refilling sound from the tank this stops when the tank has refilled to the correct level. after a bit of research i think its something to do with the valve bits inside the new ball cock valve. the cone is a white one. ? if i was...

hi everyone. last week i fitted a new ball cock valve on the emersion tank because the old one was letting some water in so overflowing the tank. i also drained some water out to give the copper tank a wee clean. since then we have noticed that when we draw some hot water off from any tap u...

well i have fitted a new cylinder thermostat only 14 quid. the water did feel a touch hotter ? since then i have turned the boiler up to 78 deg it was 72 deg it modulates in and out as it always has. i have put the water on now for 3 hours in the morning instead of 2 hours. this has made the...

hi paul. there is no other gate valve on the return ?

no this is how it is, i thought this was a bye pass valve, its on a tee piece so the 15 mm pipe does return, the gate valve is in between the return and the pump ?

hi paul, we only use the hot water on its own. never when the heating is on. there is a gate valve on the pipe (return)this has always been closed ?

i will need to remove the flooring to get at the pump etc. the info i can give you if this helps. its a new glow worm flexicom hx boiler open vented system. hot water tank with a emersion heater 3 port danfoss valve and a satchwell sunvic tank thermostat. when i ask the boiler to heat the...

Yes the boiler kicks in and out. I put the hot water on for a set time of 2 hours every morning, this morning after 1 hour the temp of the water was 30 deg. After 1.30 hours was 33 deg. And after 2 hours it is 40 deg, maybe keep the water on for longer? The cylinder thermostat is set at max...

yes it is warm then gets hot i presume this is right. so what next ?

thank you i will check. should i replace the cylinder thermostat only cheap. afterall it is over 25 years old ?

so mr gigz. the water from the 3 way valve to the cylinder is as hot from the pump . so what now ?

we have a electric shower

ok whats the solution to that. please note the old boiler got the water alot hotter than now ?