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ok. hot water is ok. once i switch just the heating on boiler kicks up but the rads do not get warm. (so no heating) when i do switch to just the heating i could heat the actuator working (moving the valve). this i cannot hear the motor one bit. this tells me the actuator is broke ? once i sort...

hi all. looks like my honeywell 3 way valve actuator has packed in. i believe it has because it hasnt moved since i tried the central heating last week. (not used heating for a good 6 months) i have replaced these actuators in the past think its 3 now. poss does the actuator stick when not...

cheers had a look at that but its not that noise. its the rushing refilling sound from the tank this stops when the tank has refilled to the correct level. after a bit of research i think its something to do with the valve bits inside the new ball cock valve. the cone is a white one. ? if i was...

hi everyone. last week i fitted a new ball cock valve on the emersion tank because the old one was letting some water in so overflowing the tank. i also drained some water out to give the copper tank a wee clean. since then we have noticed that when we draw some hot water off from any tap u...

well i have fitted a new cylinder thermostat only 14 quid. the water did feel a touch hotter ? since then i have turned the boiler up to 78 deg it was 72 deg it modulates in and out as it always has. i have put the water on now for 3 hours in the morning instead of 2 hours. this has made the...

hi paul. there is no other gate valve on the return ?

no this is how it is, i thought this was a bye pass valve, its on a tee piece so the 15 mm pipe does return, the gate valve is in between the return and the pump ?

hi paul, we only use the hot water on its own. never when the heating is on. there is a gate valve on the pipe (return)this has always been closed ?

i will need to remove the flooring to get at the pump etc. the info i can give you if this helps. its a new glow worm flexicom hx boiler open vented system. hot water tank with a emersion heater 3 port danfoss valve and a satchwell sunvic tank thermostat. when i ask the boiler to heat the...

Yes the boiler kicks in and out. I put the hot water on for a set time of 2 hours every morning, this morning after 1 hour the temp of the water was 30 deg. After 1.30 hours was 33 deg. And after 2 hours it is 40 deg, maybe keep the water on for longer? The cylinder thermostat is set at max...

yes it is warm then gets hot i presume this is right. so what next ?

thank you i will check. should i replace the cylinder thermostat only cheap. afterall it is over 25 years old ?

so mr gigz. the water from the 3 way valve to the cylinder is as hot from the pump . so what now ?

we have a electric shower

ok whats the solution to that. please note the old boiler got the water alot hotter than now ?

cheers paul if this is the case and it gets hot what is then the problem ?

cheers i will try ang get my hand to it. would i do all the length of the feed pipe. the header tank in the loft feeds (tops up the central heating) the hot water cylinder is in two parts (1 tank) top is a tank full of cold water it has a ball cock feed this is sat above the hot water tank ?

thanks its a 3 port valve. had a look at that i can hear the motor mech turn the valve ?

cheers dan can you elaborate ?

hi everone i have a little prob ? had a new boiler fitted approx 4 months ago a glow worm flexicom hx it was just a boiler install and i have kept the existing hot water tank etc now boiler works fine central heating fine the hot water does not get hot enough hit is about 38 deg i put the...