My new baby is coming home today and the heatings packed up

[JonMc]

Help !!!!! My new baby is coming home from hospital today - and my heating system is doing strange things!!

We have a Baxi Solo boiler (VM 60/4 RS). When we put the system on the radiators and water seem to heat OK, but the boiler sounds like a kettle heating up and generally complains, and the header (?) tank in the loft heats up and starts to boil !!!

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

 

[masona]

You might have to wait a bit longer for a plumber to reply but in the mean time have you tried turning the boiler stat down if it's too high ? Does it settle down after a while ? Sounds like the water is overheating causing the water expansion back to the F & E tank.

ps:congratulation on the baby ! (don't name it Baxi after your boiler )

 

[boxster]

sounds like the heat exchanger or stat. you might need a new stat they dont cost much for solos. The stat doesnt seem to be cutting off. by turning the stat to 1 or 2 would be the same as a new stat at 3 or 4. Try as the last perosn said turn it down but start thinking about a new stat before you loose the stat cut off completly

supply n fit around £98-00

 

[renovator]

congratulations