Recent content by pjc

A couple of questions: -Does the boiler switch on at all or does it switch on but not fire up? -Do you have a hot water cylinder thermostat fitted to your system? Basically, some combinations of programmer and boiler will not switch the boiler on for hot water only, unless a cylinder...

Thanks for all the advice. I should be able to alter the pipework without too much trouble. I will ensure that the return pipe from the cylinder joins the return from the radiators just before the boiler, making sure that it is the last junction. Hopefully, this should cure the problem.

Basically, we had a new boiler fitted. However, the old boiler had two separate systems for the hot water and the central heating system, whereas the new one makes use of a 3-way motorised valve. Consequently, the return pipe from the cylinder and from the radiators had to be joined. We did in...

My central heating system consists of a baxi condensing boiler, which has one flow and one return pipe, a pump, a 3-way motorised valve, a programmer and a cylinder thermostat. All these components appear to be working fine. However, the pipework has been altered recently and something strange...