just go steady a new 1 will turn thro 360 by hand 
rock it back and forth
rock it back and forth
No heating or Hot water.
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When I switch on the pump the hot water goes down to the boiler, through the valve. Then I switch the CH thermostat up. the lever moves and the third pipe (CH) gets the hot water.
I guess that means it is working.
PS. It is a Honeywell.
I guess that means it is working.
PS. It is a Honeywell.
s*it your right chris im thinking of the older paddle type
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Felt I had to get that in before the chap booggers his valve.
Only the valves with a D shaped shoe which moves round will rotate freely.The ones with rubber wedges (eg drayton) moving to and fro and the ones with a ball (eg Honeywell) only move about, as reported, about an eighth of a turn - if that.
What make is the valve - it'll be on the head. It obviously isn't a Honeywell cos the lever moves the wrong way. Whatever it is I may have one lying around somewhere..
Whatever, there's more than one problem here. The pumping over is obviously wrong, due to a design fault or a pipe blockage. The one way valve in the system vent, if it really is that, is illegal immoral fattening and downright dangerous. If it sludges up and blocks you could have a bomb.
The lack of ch - well if you put ch and HW on and leave the head off the valve and put it in the middle of its travel, or leave the head ON the valve and hook it in its "Man" position (as long as it stays there, some unhook themselves) then your HW and CH should get heat. A lot of systems send everything to the HW really because the resistance that way is so much less if there's no gate valve in the way.
It all depends on the layout of your pipes. Can you tell where the feed (usually 15mm) joins the system, and where the vent (usually 22mm) does. In relation to the boiler and pump, it might eg go boiler, vent, feed, pump, 3way valve and on to the rads...?
Only the valves with a D shaped shoe which moves round will rotate freely.The ones with rubber wedges (eg drayton) moving to and fro and the ones with a ball (eg Honeywell) only move about, as reported, about an eighth of a turn - if that.
What make is the valve - it'll be on the head. It obviously isn't a Honeywell cos the lever moves the wrong way. Whatever it is I may have one lying around somewhere..
Whatever, there's more than one problem here. The pumping over is obviously wrong, due to a design fault or a pipe blockage. The one way valve in the system vent, if it really is that, is illegal immoral fattening and downright dangerous. If it sludges up and blocks you could have a bomb.
The lack of ch - well if you put ch and HW on and leave the head off the valve and put it in the middle of its travel, or leave the head ON the valve and hook it in its "Man" position (as long as it stays there, some unhook themselves) then your HW and CH should get heat. A lot of systems send everything to the HW really because the resistance that way is so much less if there's no gate valve in the way.
It all depends on the layout of your pipes. Can you tell where the feed (usually 15mm) joins the system, and where the vent (usually 22mm) does. In relation to the boiler and pump, it might eg go boiler, vent, feed, pump, 3way valve and on to the rads...?
Lever....All off...lever in center(ish)...CH thermo on and lever moves left to man position.
System.....CW feed- cylinder- Lower pipe to boiler(tee to attic with one-way valve over header tank)- pump- 3 way valve- one to middle of cylinder.....one to CH.
The circuit to and from the boiler (inc pump) is connected with a stop cock?
System.....CW feed- cylinder- Lower pipe to boiler(tee to attic with one-way valve over header tank)- pump- 3 way valve- one to middle of cylinder.....one to CH.
The circuit to and from the boiler (inc pump) is connected with a stop cock?
can you post a pic(s) none of that made sense to me
you def want that valve off the expansion pipe
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