Hi
I am after a bit of advice on boiler temperature settings please.
We had our boiler serviced yesterday and the first thing the guy said when looking at the boiler was the boiler temp was on max and shouldn't be.
We have never touched the boiler itself only the thermostat. So he thinks it was left like this after the last service, as they test it on max setting.
So he has put it to where he says it should be, the only problem is, it came on this morning at a starting temp of 12 deg. and 2 hours later it had only got to 14.5 deg. the boiler ran continuously for the 2 hours and all the rads still get hot enough that you can't leave your hand on them (they feel no cold than they used to), but the house is not warming.
It used to warm to about 17 deg. In this time period (which to be honest we thought was a bit slow).
The thermostat is based in the hallway so the rooms generally get warmer.
The house is a detached house with loft insulation, new double glazing fitted 3 years ago, new heating system fitted 2 years ago (Worcester Bosch 32cdi boiler running 10 new rads and new copper pipework throughout)
My gut is saying it should not have been left on max as he said, but the house only heating 2.5 deg. in 2 hrs seems a bit slow.
He did say the lower settings would save on energy costs as well, which is great as we are spending far to much currently but at the same time we don't want issues of damp/mould due to the house not being heated well enough.
Has anyone got any advice?
How does this compare to other people's heating system?
Thanks
I am after a bit of advice on boiler temperature settings please.
We had our boiler serviced yesterday and the first thing the guy said when looking at the boiler was the boiler temp was on max and shouldn't be.
We have never touched the boiler itself only the thermostat. So he thinks it was left like this after the last service, as they test it on max setting.
So he has put it to where he says it should be, the only problem is, it came on this morning at a starting temp of 12 deg. and 2 hours later it had only got to 14.5 deg. the boiler ran continuously for the 2 hours and all the rads still get hot enough that you can't leave your hand on them (they feel no cold than they used to), but the house is not warming.
It used to warm to about 17 deg. In this time period (which to be honest we thought was a bit slow).
The thermostat is based in the hallway so the rooms generally get warmer.
The house is a detached house with loft insulation, new double glazing fitted 3 years ago, new heating system fitted 2 years ago (Worcester Bosch 32cdi boiler running 10 new rads and new copper pipework throughout)
My gut is saying it should not have been left on max as he said, but the house only heating 2.5 deg. in 2 hrs seems a bit slow.
He did say the lower settings would save on energy costs as well, which is great as we are spending far to much currently but at the same time we don't want issues of damp/mould due to the house not being heated well enough.
Has anyone got any advice?
How does this compare to other people's heating system?
Thanks