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    Boiler heating hot water every 10-15 minutes?

    Hi again Just in case anyone's curiosity was piqued with this issue and someone wanted to know the outcome - and also the moral to the tale - read on... So, the plumber came round today and explained things to me. The reason the boiler was firing so often, even when the room stat was...
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    Boiler heating hot water every 10-15 minutes?

    Oh lawks.. No idea how I would know.. Pump is beside boiler.. Always has been. If a gravity system has no pump than I guess it can no longer be a gravity system? I'll call plumber on Monday...
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    Boiler heating hot water every 10-15 minutes?

    You say, "the zone valve fires the boiler without the pump"? That's the other difference since yesterday- the pump is on the whole time the timer is on. I.e. From when the timer turns the system on first thing till it turns it off at bed time the pump is running. Previous to yesterday the pump...
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    Boiler heating hot water every 10-15 minutes?

    I do have an older gravity system. And yes, as if yesterday I have the option of HW only or CH and HW. Before yesterday the former option was not there for me, because the ancient motorised valve (replaced yesterday) did not work. At least that is my understanding. Pervious to yesterday, the...
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    Boiler heating hot water every 10-15 minutes?

    Hi tibbot.. That was quick! Thank you A new 7 day timer has been added that can give me separate control of rads and HW.. And a motorised valve to enable said switch to heating HW only. The plumber said I could add another valve if I wanted to give me the option of CH only as well.. I...
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    Boiler heating hot water every 10-15 minutes?

    Hello everyone.... This is my first post :) I do hope you can advise me... We have had a lot of work on our oil fired CH system lately; the whole system was blocked with iron oxide sludge apparently. It is currently running with a sludge dissolver in its system for a while, after which it...
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