Hi,
My combi boiler won't light to produce hot water unless the CH is turned on. When CH is off, turning on hot water tap does nothing at all to the boiler except make water flow.
That is a more recent problem but for the 2 years I've lived in this (1 -bed) flat, there's been a general problem with the boiler firing, e.g. on CH it has to take several attempts to light before it finally seems to catch and gas starts burning.
The diverter valve was replaced about 9 months ago (to fix a different problem) and it also got a service, costing £400 all up. The main power switch also had to get bypassed some time ago when it stopped working.
My question is - are the current problems a fairly simple fix or should I stop throwing good money after bad and stump up for a new boiler? I'm worried it won't make it through another winter.
The CH works OK (other than the annoying sound of the boiler always trying to light) and hot water is hot, flow rate ordinary.
Any help most welcome, thanks for reading.
Brad
My combi boiler won't light to produce hot water unless the CH is turned on. When CH is off, turning on hot water tap does nothing at all to the boiler except make water flow.
That is a more recent problem but for the 2 years I've lived in this (1 -bed) flat, there's been a general problem with the boiler firing, e.g. on CH it has to take several attempts to light before it finally seems to catch and gas starts burning.
The diverter valve was replaced about 9 months ago (to fix a different problem) and it also got a service, costing £400 all up. The main power switch also had to get bypassed some time ago when it stopped working.
My question is - are the current problems a fairly simple fix or should I stop throwing good money after bad and stump up for a new boiler? I'm worried it won't make it through another winter.
The CH works OK (other than the annoying sound of the boiler always trying to light) and hot water is hot, flow rate ordinary.
Any help most welcome, thanks for reading.
Brad