Having realised the three way valve was round the wrong way, and turned it round the right way, the whole thing is fine now. Thanks for all your help chaps
the immersion switch is off usually. we have been turning it on for about an hour a day amid the warm weather because that's the only way we could get hot water when the heating was off.
Also i know the new valve works as i heard it working yesterday morning, the fact it turns the hot water on is good, but it just kick starts the central heating now as well. for years it has been the other way round. Something is forcing the water to be constantly heated as the temperature was...
Thanks for the responses. Over the weekend i will write down makes and models of all the parts and take some photos of the wiring. Yes, he charged me £70 as that's how much the valve was from Screwfix. i saw the bill.
Thanks for that. Sadly four experts have been round so far and charged me each time. The first one, a lady, told me it was because of the room thermostat, fitted a new one which made no difference.
Three months later I called in another expert who told me it was not the Pom thermo, which...
Hello guys / girls,
I have scalding hot water and cannot get my central heating and hot water to come on independently. I have replaced the gauge which clamps onto the side of the hot water cylinder, fitted a new control panel and even put a new three way valve on in a bid to solve these two...
Hiya, it is a Veritas system. I have no other details, only a piece of paper with the code on which was left for us by the previous property owners. It has a box outside with a green light wjhich flickers along the bottom of the box usually, when it goes off a blue lights flashes. All it offers...