Boiler type help!!

[joeybabe84]

I know this is going to sound like a really dumb question, but i have only just recently brought my own house, and know nothing about boilers or CH! Can any one tell me what type of boiler i have as i am unsure weather it is a gravity fed system or a combi boiler!!
All i can say is that the boiler is in the kitchen, then in the lounge a thermostat on the wall for the room temperature and then upstairs in the bedroom is a control box where you switch the heating on. I have opened the attic door and there are pipes going from the bedroom to the loft. Would they be going to a tank? Is this where the hot water is stored?

Sorry to sound really dumb but could do with some help!!

Thanks jo!

 

[maka2k2]

do you have to wait for hot water or is it instant when ever you turn your tap on?

if you have to put hot water on for a while and have a cylinder, big tank full of water then you have a system boiler.

if its instant you have a combination boiler

if its a new house, 2/3 bedroom. its most probably a combination boiler

 

[joeybabe84]

i think it must be a system boiler because if the boiler hasnt been on then the hot water is cold. No the house was built in 1930!! So it is not new! Its a 2 bedroom terraced! Yes there must be a tank upstairs because thats where all the pipes are going. So im going to guess its a system boiler!! Thanks for getting back in touch you are really helpful!!

Thanks jo

 

[maka2k2]

i had it in my head that it was a new build lol, yes then it does sound like a system boiler. hope that helps

 

[chrishutt]

Not a system boiler, unless it includes a pump, expansion vessel, PRV etc. More likely to be a conventional boiler, but it might help if you read the name and model off the front of it! Also what options does the programmer have - just CH, or CH and/or HW? And is there a big HW cylinder in a cupboard somewhere?

 

[CastlePlumbingandHeating]

maka2k2 the fact that you are trying to help is great but as you are, by your own admision, unqualified and inexperienced it might not be a bad idea if you slowed down and thought sometimes before you post.

Please dont take this the wrong way but you have given a few really poor tips and you could land some poor old bugger in trouble.

 

[joeybabe84]

Hi all well on the control panel upstairs you can select weather to have HW or CH&HW and there is a tank upstairs, if i have the heating on for say a day and then switch it off the hot water lasts for a quite a few days! Hope this helps you to try and tell me what type it is!!

Thanks jo

 

[Gasguru]

Why don't you tell us the make and model number of the boiler