Hi Guys,
Would be extremely grateful for urgent advice. My two grown up kids are coming home for Christmas and leaving a ‘modern’ flat empty in Edinburgh. Temperatures are going to be grim over the next few days. Draining down systems, etc. is not an option.
The boiler is a
BAXI POTTERTON POWERMAX HE 85 115 150
CONDENSING BOILER WITH INTEGRATED HOT WATER STORAGE
1. I have told them to leave the central heating permanently on at 20 which hopefully will kick in at some point and keep the water moving around the system.
2. The big questions are:
a) Is it okay to turn the water supply off at the stop cock? (The idea being that if the worst comes to the worst and there is a burst then the damage should be limited to loss of water in the pipes and from the internal 85 litre storage tank.)
b) If they turn off the stop cock does this have any implications at all for the central heating system?
They are leaving the flat mid afternoon so any quick replies would be so appreciated.
Many thanks in hope.
Would be extremely grateful for urgent advice. My two grown up kids are coming home for Christmas and leaving a ‘modern’ flat empty in Edinburgh. Temperatures are going to be grim over the next few days. Draining down systems, etc. is not an option.
The boiler is a
BAXI POTTERTON POWERMAX HE 85 115 150
CONDENSING BOILER WITH INTEGRATED HOT WATER STORAGE
1. I have told them to leave the central heating permanently on at 20 which hopefully will kick in at some point and keep the water moving around the system.
2. The big questions are:
a) Is it okay to turn the water supply off at the stop cock? (The idea being that if the worst comes to the worst and there is a burst then the damage should be limited to loss of water in the pipes and from the internal 85 litre storage tank.)
b) If they turn off the stop cock does this have any implications at all for the central heating system?
They are leaving the flat mid afternoon so any quick replies would be so appreciated.
Many thanks in hope.