Hello and thanks for looking at this thread and I would much appreciate if you could help me with a boiler dilemma.
I have recently purchased a repossessed property so I can’t possibly know whether or not the combi boiler in the property is working/serviced. I can see I have a gas supply at the property through a conventional post paid meter (however the supply is not registered with any supplier yet and the main valve is turned off, I haven’t made any effort to turn it on just in case something explodes. lol).
I called a gas company today to come and service and possibly repair the boiler but they said they can’t do until I told them whether or not my central heating system is drained out and I also need to tell them whether the boiler is working or not because they can’t carry out repairs.
So after the initial googling of how to find if my system is drained out, I have been bamboozled by so many different things that I don’t even know.
First: I definitely have a combi boiler (5 pipes under the boiler), and there is no water tank in the loft and no expansion tank anywhere in the house. Does it mean I have a sealed central heating system as opposed to open-vented system?
Second: How do I find if my CH system is drained out? And if it is, how do I refill it?
Third: Assuming the system was drained out and I have now successfully refilled it, can I test the boiler to see if its working? How do I do this? Open the main gas valve and turn the boiler control on?
Please let me know if I have missed any info which may aid you to help me out.
Thanks.
I have recently purchased a repossessed property so I can’t possibly know whether or not the combi boiler in the property is working/serviced. I can see I have a gas supply at the property through a conventional post paid meter (however the supply is not registered with any supplier yet and the main valve is turned off, I haven’t made any effort to turn it on just in case something explodes. lol).
I called a gas company today to come and service and possibly repair the boiler but they said they can’t do until I told them whether or not my central heating system is drained out and I also need to tell them whether the boiler is working or not because they can’t carry out repairs.
So after the initial googling of how to find if my system is drained out, I have been bamboozled by so many different things that I don’t even know.
First: I definitely have a combi boiler (5 pipes under the boiler), and there is no water tank in the loft and no expansion tank anywhere in the house. Does it mean I have a sealed central heating system as opposed to open-vented system?
Second: How do I find if my CH system is drained out? And if it is, how do I refill it?
Third: Assuming the system was drained out and I have now successfully refilled it, can I test the boiler to see if its working? How do I do this? Open the main gas valve and turn the boiler control on?
Please let me know if I have missed any info which may aid you to help me out.
Thanks.