Thorn Boiler

We have a Thorn boiler in our rented house, and a water tank in the bathroom. This has NEVER been warm to the touch. The rads come on upstairs if you select to heat the water only, now you get hot water for seconds and then it runs cold, throughout the house, yet the heating fires up fine. The tank seems old, there is no immersion switch, just a brass tap on the right hand side of the tank, on a pipe, and another, larger tap at the back. I have not touched this tap, but have tried to turn the tap nearest to the boiler, to see if that will adjust the water temperature, but nothing works. Any suggestions, please? Thanks.

Phone the landlord perhaps

As you are in rented accommodation the responsibility is your landlords and the first thing to do would be to call them.
They are required by law to have any gas appliances which are owned by them, checked at least every twelve months.
Also if you mess with it and cause any damage you could be liable to pay for its repair.
Call your landlord or agent and let them deal with it

YAY

power to the tenant

kick his bourgeois ar se. Rise up tenant you have nothing to lose but... well your house really



Joking aside as these boys have said its the bleeding landlords boiler THEY have to sort it out pronto like

if not have a rent strike!