I have a Worcester 19/24 cbi boiler controlled by a Drayton Lifestyle timer.
Currently the timer is set to ONCE so heating/hw comes on at 6am and stays on till 10:30pm.
What seems to happen, intermittently but strangely on cold days is that the boiler keeps turning itself off. So at 6am the timer tells the boiler to come on: it does and the burner starts.
What then happens is between 10:30-11:30am the house reaches it's desired temperature (or at least the thermostat in the hall confirms the heating is at say 20-22 degrees as known by audible click).
The problem is that the temperature then drops and as an example right now the heating has been off for 3 hours and the temperature is about 16 degrees (thinking about putting gloves on). What usually happens is that after 3.5 to 4.5 hours of this the burner will come on on its own accord.
The Lifestyle shows as ON (ONCE) and the Boiler Demand light is on but the burner just doesn't come on despite moving the thermostat up. i also tried turning off/on - resetting the timer switch etc.
The problem is that this was installed about 2 yrs ago - last yr the installers came out and replaced the Drayton timer unit but this was at the beginning of Spring and the onset of warmer weather so we never knew whether it worked.
I've rung them again and aside from them going out of business (but still operating to some degree) they say I need to get the Boiler looked at and as its now out of warranty they can't help: I tried the "its hasn't worked properly since you installed it" to no avail. I rang Worcester and they quoted something like £200 to come and have a look at it.
Now I don't mind paying the money, especially as something needs to be done my kids are walking around indoors with ski gear on! However, I'd thought I'd ask on here if anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might be: it may not be the boiler hence £200 down the drain.
The radiators all have thermostats on them and as I mentioned the main thermostat is in the hall downstairs.
Any help or advice much appreciated.
Currently the timer is set to ONCE so heating/hw comes on at 6am and stays on till 10:30pm.
What seems to happen, intermittently but strangely on cold days is that the boiler keeps turning itself off. So at 6am the timer tells the boiler to come on: it does and the burner starts.
What then happens is between 10:30-11:30am the house reaches it's desired temperature (or at least the thermostat in the hall confirms the heating is at say 20-22 degrees as known by audible click).
The problem is that the temperature then drops and as an example right now the heating has been off for 3 hours and the temperature is about 16 degrees (thinking about putting gloves on). What usually happens is that after 3.5 to 4.5 hours of this the burner will come on on its own accord.
The Lifestyle shows as ON (ONCE) and the Boiler Demand light is on but the burner just doesn't come on despite moving the thermostat up. i also tried turning off/on - resetting the timer switch etc.
The problem is that this was installed about 2 yrs ago - last yr the installers came out and replaced the Drayton timer unit but this was at the beginning of Spring and the onset of warmer weather so we never knew whether it worked.
I've rung them again and aside from them going out of business (but still operating to some degree) they say I need to get the Boiler looked at and as its now out of warranty they can't help: I tried the "its hasn't worked properly since you installed it" to no avail. I rang Worcester and they quoted something like £200 to come and have a look at it.
Now I don't mind paying the money, especially as something needs to be done my kids are walking around indoors with ski gear on! However, I'd thought I'd ask on here if anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might be: it may not be the boiler hence £200 down the drain.
The radiators all have thermostats on them and as I mentioned the main thermostat is in the hall downstairs.
Any help or advice much appreciated.