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Got the answer! Had British Gas round today on the new Homecare contract and he discovered that the diverter switch in the cylinder cupboard was broken and so only sending water to the hot water system and not the heating system. He tried to mend the switch but couldn't and so now have a new...

I have always had the hot water on continuous. Does this tell you anything?

Yes, they're definitely on, to the maximum extent. But what is the purpose of turning all others off to heat one up, do you mean that it will clear some sort of problem and all work in future, or have to do it that way every time? Another one, is there going to be air in the system somewhere...

Right, here's the thing. I know v.little about central heating, so forgive me if I ask questions of the sucking eggs variety, but... I have a Glowworm boiler. It's old. It's not a condensing, combi, whatever you call it, and there is a hot water tank in the airing cupboard etc. I have...

I don't know, how do I tell? Like I said, my radiators came on last night and when they went off with the timer at midnight I expected to come home from work the next day and find them on again, having come on with the timer at 5pm, but not so.

The third one, the red one.

Well to be honest you're talking double Dutch and all Greek to me, can you split that down into thicko's English for me? What pumps, where, what do I look for?

My central heating system is a normal old fashioned one, ie not combi or condensing boiler. It's a glowworm boiler. I know nothing about how central heating works but I can see that there's the pop-out switch on the boiler and there's the on and off switch on the boiler (both under the slide...