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My Valor central heating boiler, which came with the 1960's house I bought 5 years ago, decided to "play-up" 10 days ago
What happens is that initially the boiler works perfectly, with the rads getting very hot (a little too hot to my mind as the rads smell as if the paint is burning - which never happened previously). Once the house is warm and the thermostat stops calling for heat, the boiler cuts-off.....which is exactly as it should be, of course
But the boiler does not restart once the rooms cool down and the thermostat is requesting heat. To get the boiler running again, I have to turn the boiler off, and then turn it back on again. Once I've done this, it fires-up and works perfectly again....until the next time it cuts-out
My heating engineer has already attended 6 times during the past 10 days, and has replaced the pump and a few other components - but the boiler remains defective in exactly the same way, and the engineer is struggling to come up with a solution
Any ideas?
Also, as I would like to find a manual for this boiler, could anyone identify the model for me?
Thanks,
Tony
What happens is that initially the boiler works perfectly, with the rads getting very hot (a little too hot to my mind as the rads smell as if the paint is burning - which never happened previously). Once the house is warm and the thermostat stops calling for heat, the boiler cuts-off.....which is exactly as it should be, of course
But the boiler does not restart once the rooms cool down and the thermostat is requesting heat. To get the boiler running again, I have to turn the boiler off, and then turn it back on again. Once I've done this, it fires-up and works perfectly again....until the next time it cuts-out
My heating engineer has already attended 6 times during the past 10 days, and has replaced the pump and a few other components - but the boiler remains defective in exactly the same way, and the engineer is struggling to come up with a solution
Any ideas?
Also, as I would like to find a manual for this boiler, could anyone identify the model for me?
Thanks,
Tony