No hot water - very old system

[samanthani]

Hi

I moved into an old farmhouse about a month ago. The central heating is fine (but heavy on oil), but doesn't heat the water very well, so I've been having to use the immersion heater or electric shower.

I've had a look at some of the other posts about this topic, but they all seem to refer to heating that was fine, then stopped heating the water. I don't know when this system last heated the water I've had a look at the cylinder, but couldn't find any kind of thermostat - unless they're sometimes not obvious. Surely, even an ancient system should have some kind of thermostat on the tank, but maybe I just don't know exactly what I'm looking for.

All help would be appreciated.

Samantha

 

[Armo74]

Have you any red wheeled valves (gate valves) inside your airing cupboard?

Some of the older systems just used the boiler thermostat to control the temperature.

 

[samanthani]

Have you any red wheeled valves (gate valves) inside your airing cupboard?

Hi

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, there's a red wheeled valve on one of the pipes near the cylinder in the airing cupboard.

Samantha

 

[Armo74]

Can you post a picture of the valve and where it is in the pipework.

 

[samanthani]

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Here is a picture of the cylinder. Obviously it's the wrong way up, but I was having a few difficulties uploading.

Hope this is useful to you.

Samantha