Hi, I was wondering if someone might be able to give me some pointers. First off I'd better say that I'm not a plumber.
This is at the mother in laws house, so hopefully I can earn some brownie points. She has had plumbers out in the past, I think she'll have to get another, however...
The problem:
All the radiators in the house are cool/cold - the 2 pipes that connect to the radiators, one is boiling hot and the other is cold - this is on every radiator.
The cold pipe has a 'valve' on top with a plastic knob that I can turn, it has the word Cosmos on it with a + and - symbol. The Hot pipe has a plastic cover on it, if I take it off it has a 'valve' that looks like I can adjust with a screwdriver.
I've bled all the rads, water comes out of all of them. I've searched on here, and subsequently I've bled the pump (next to the hot water boiler) - water came out, and I've hit it with couple of times with a sharp bang (cut my knuckle in the process!!)
I'm not sure what type of central heating system it is - in the loft there is a cold water storage tank and next to that is a smaller tank, a feeder tank? Both tanks have water in them.
The boiler (in the kitchen) is a Baxi Solo 15HE - it has 3 lights, Lockout, Burner and Mains - the only light on is Mains - it's green. We've tried pressing the Reset button (for 20 seconds) - makes no difference.
Not sure if we have one problem (the rads) or 2 (the boiler).
Thanks
Mark.
This is at the mother in laws house, so hopefully I can earn some brownie points. She has had plumbers out in the past, I think she'll have to get another, however...
The problem:
All the radiators in the house are cool/cold - the 2 pipes that connect to the radiators, one is boiling hot and the other is cold - this is on every radiator.
The cold pipe has a 'valve' on top with a plastic knob that I can turn, it has the word Cosmos on it with a + and - symbol. The Hot pipe has a plastic cover on it, if I take it off it has a 'valve' that looks like I can adjust with a screwdriver.
I've bled all the rads, water comes out of all of them. I've searched on here, and subsequently I've bled the pump (next to the hot water boiler) - water came out, and I've hit it with couple of times with a sharp bang (cut my knuckle in the process!!)
I'm not sure what type of central heating system it is - in the loft there is a cold water storage tank and next to that is a smaller tank, a feeder tank? Both tanks have water in them.
The boiler (in the kitchen) is a Baxi Solo 15HE - it has 3 lights, Lockout, Burner and Mains - the only light on is Mains - it's green. We've tried pressing the Reset button (for 20 seconds) - makes no difference.
Not sure if we have one problem (the rads) or 2 (the boiler).
Thanks
Mark.