Back boiler - new cylinder fitted no hot water
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I prefer to listen to an immersion as its so much easier!
To test its working, I would need to use my clamp on ammeter and then needs a loop of wire in the supply which is not usually available ( or desirable either ).
We dont know if the old cyl was on gravity. If it was then it seems very unprofessional not to convert to fully pumped.
Gravity may have worked in my grandma's days when they had a coke boiler on all day long. Not relevant now! Highly inefficient too.
Tony
To test its working, I would need to use my clamp on ammeter and then needs a loop of wire in the supply which is not usually available ( or desirable either ).
We dont know if the old cyl was on gravity. If it was then it seems very unprofessional not to convert to fully pumped.
Gravity may have worked in my grandma's days when they had a coke boiler on all day long. Not relevant now! Highly inefficient too.
Tony
Well guys the immersion is now working so I have hot water.
I still have the loud bang which they have not said is an air lock they have tried to vacuum it out but it didn't work so they will go to the tanks in the loft in the week however they think it may just gurgle its way out....
They have said the way to fix it is by having a service ideally and they will charge £70 for that...
I still have the loud bang which they have not said is an air lock they have tried to vacuum it out but it didn't work so they will go to the tanks in the loft in the week however they think it may just gurgle its way out....
They have said the way to fix it is by having a service ideally and they will charge £70 for that...
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He didn't say what was wrong with the immersion..
Everything is working now through the boiler ..just have this big bang every now and again...what a nightmare though...
Oh you coming up this way..I'm in Rugby where it's hard to find a decent plumber/heating engineer
Everything is working now through the boiler ..just have this big bang every now and again...what a nightmare though...
Oh you coming up this way..I'm in Rugby where it's hard to find a decent plumber/heating engineer
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skodaman007
good to hear you have hot water.
if the boiler noise started immediately after the new cylinder was fitted and no work was done to the back boiler then its a water related noise.
do you know what the thermostat on the boiler is set to,usually a round dial from 1-6 located under the boiler at floor level,usually.
try it half way.
without seeing the layout of your system/cylinder pipe arrangement its impossible for the learned guys here to give exact advice.
good luck.
if the boiler noise started immediately after the new cylinder was fitted and no work was done to the back boiler then its a water related noise.
do you know what the thermostat on the boiler is set to,usually a round dial from 1-6 located under the boiler at floor level,usually.
try it half way.
without seeing the layout of your system/cylinder pipe arrangement its impossible for the learned guys here to give exact advice.
good luck.
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You lead an exciting life Tony.
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Tony Said.
I prefer to listen to an immersion as its so much easier!
The crystal set must be in for repair.
I prefer to listen to an immersion as its so much easier!
The crystal set must be in for repair.
Arghhh!
Hot water from the boiler gone off now...so will have to use immersion. Plumber has said he will come back in the week and go to the tanks in the loft to see if the airlock is there, if its not that they said they won't be able to fix it so i'll need a combi boiler fiited.!!
Hot water from the boiler gone off now...so will have to use immersion. Plumber has said he will come back in the week and go to the tanks in the loft to see if the airlock is there, if its not that they said they won't be able to fix it so i'll need a combi boiler fiited.!!
Nonsense. Get someone else. They may need to convert hw to fully pumped. Not a huge job.
Have you paid yet?
OP, you may want to talk with trading standards as work you engaged this guy to carry out has not been concluded to your satisfaction.
It should not be difficult to diagnose the defect.
Does the bang happen during CH+ HE, CH only or during HW only
If he said he's coming back it isn't concluded so trading standards may not be appropriate just yet.
Have you paid him? If he can't sort it out when he comes back you will be entitled to ask him to pay someone who can.
Whatever happens don't pay him to rip your new cylinder back out and fit a combi.
Have you paid him? If he can't sort it out when he comes back you will be entitled to ask him to pay someone who can.
Whatever happens don't pay him to rip your new cylinder back out and fit a combi.
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Tony - you cannot keep using this site to promote your costs. Your way over the mark for a 36 18 anyway. You'll not find one with inch tappings as your not allowed to fit a new cylinder to gravity circs - unless you get gledhill to frabricate one for you or you have an old one in stock (illegal). Convert to fully pumped would be the only way.
The airlock won`t be
The " plumber" is a Fool . Just get a proper Registered Gas Installer to convert the system to fully pumped and service the back boiler/fire DIYnot Local
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