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Hi there,
I've posted before regarding my noisy motorised valve: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=154371
(which I've not done anything about yet) so this may be related.
Anyway, my boiler is an Ideal Classic FF350.
I've had some trouble with the CH before but it seemed to right itself on it's own: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=79636
The problem I have now is that the central heating takes a long time to fire up (if at all) when the system is cold. eg. When I get up in the morning and the heating has been off all night and the the house is cold, normally I would turn the thermostat up and the heating would come on and stay on until the thermostat temp was reached. Now, however, nothing happens when I turn the thermostat up (even to max 30C). It has sometimes come on if I keep turning the thermostat up and down but more often than not nothing happens. The heating will eventually come on anything from 10 minutes to 30 minutes later and work as normal. The other thing I have noticed is that the temp seems off. I tested this with a thermometer and the temperature is +5C out on the thermostat.
Any ideas as to what to check (bearing in mind I know nothing of plumbing!)?
Thanks for any help, it's much appreciated.
I've posted before regarding my noisy motorised valve: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=154371
(which I've not done anything about yet) so this may be related.
Anyway, my boiler is an Ideal Classic FF350.
I've had some trouble with the CH before but it seemed to right itself on it's own: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=79636
The problem I have now is that the central heating takes a long time to fire up (if at all) when the system is cold. eg. When I get up in the morning and the heating has been off all night and the the house is cold, normally I would turn the thermostat up and the heating would come on and stay on until the thermostat temp was reached. Now, however, nothing happens when I turn the thermostat up (even to max 30C). It has sometimes come on if I keep turning the thermostat up and down but more often than not nothing happens. The heating will eventually come on anything from 10 minutes to 30 minutes later and work as normal. The other thing I have noticed is that the temp seems off. I tested this with a thermometer and the temperature is +5C out on the thermostat.
Any ideas as to what to check (bearing in mind I know nothing of plumbing!)?
Thanks for any help, it's much appreciated.