Hello Forum,
I was hoping to get some advice for a problem we have with our central heating hot water. I'd just like to make doubly sure there isn't a quick/obvious fix before calling in a gas fitter/plumber as good (trustworthy) ones seem to be like hens teeth where we live. Anyway, the problem is that the hot water takes an age to heat up.
The system comprises a cylinder in airing cupboard, a baxi bermuda back boiler, tanks in the loft, a pump under the floorboards in the living room (I think as there's an access panel and I can hear it). I assume there's a diverter valve somewhere but I've not seen it. Both tanks in the loft have water in them. The central heating works fine and the radiators heat up nicely and quickly.
I've uploaded some photos of the tank in the airing cupboard as I think something isn't right here. Please take a look at these photos...
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...82&authkey=!AP3Trgt5JPAUm1Y&ithint=folder,jpg
The first photo shows the pipes into the tank (rear lower) and the return to the boiler (top front) [My assumption please advise if wrong]. The lower of these two pipes gets red hot when the hot water is ON. The other pipe comes out of the tank (see picture 4) but stays pretty much cold all the time. At the top of this pipe (see the 2nd picture) there is an air bleed valve [again please tell me if I'm wrong].
I'd expected for both the pipe into the tank and the return to get hot but this is not the case. Having read other forums I wondered whether air might be trapped in the system and so I un-screwed the air bleed valve shown in picture 2 - nothing happened, no air release and no water either.
So anyway, am I on the right track? Are my assumptions right or (as per norm) am I way off track. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Regards,
DD
I was hoping to get some advice for a problem we have with our central heating hot water. I'd just like to make doubly sure there isn't a quick/obvious fix before calling in a gas fitter/plumber as good (trustworthy) ones seem to be like hens teeth where we live. Anyway, the problem is that the hot water takes an age to heat up.
The system comprises a cylinder in airing cupboard, a baxi bermuda back boiler, tanks in the loft, a pump under the floorboards in the living room (I think as there's an access panel and I can hear it). I assume there's a diverter valve somewhere but I've not seen it. Both tanks in the loft have water in them. The central heating works fine and the radiators heat up nicely and quickly.
I've uploaded some photos of the tank in the airing cupboard as I think something isn't right here. Please take a look at these photos...
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?res...82&authkey=!AP3Trgt5JPAUm1Y&ithint=folder,jpg
The first photo shows the pipes into the tank (rear lower) and the return to the boiler (top front) [My assumption please advise if wrong]. The lower of these two pipes gets red hot when the hot water is ON. The other pipe comes out of the tank (see picture 4) but stays pretty much cold all the time. At the top of this pipe (see the 2nd picture) there is an air bleed valve [again please tell me if I'm wrong].
I'd expected for both the pipe into the tank and the return to get hot but this is not the case. Having read other forums I wondered whether air might be trapped in the system and so I un-screwed the air bleed valve shown in picture 2 - nothing happened, no air release and no water either.
So anyway, am I on the right track? Are my assumptions right or (as per norm) am I way off track. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Regards,
DD