Hi
Our heating failed to work last night....
Symptoms:
- Boiler ok and heating the hot water
- Radiator pump pumping
- Valve at T joint in pipe is not doing its stuff....
There is a switch at the side of the valve which I can push up and feel like I'm driving some gears (dunno what's inside) and the radiators start to get warm.
So what is broken and how do I find out?
I figure it electrical fault as I can manually make it work. I don't really know how heating is wired up electrically though...
1) Obviously valve motor could be dead - is replacement a dry job?
2) What about wall thermostat? This feels old and doesn't give a positive click?
3) Something else?
How do I check without swapping things round? I'm not afraid of electrics and happy to buzz out mains if needed.
Hope someone can help
Andy
PS I've reduce the urgency by jamming a peg under the valve switch so it stays on...
Our heating failed to work last night....
Symptoms:
- Boiler ok and heating the hot water
- Radiator pump pumping
- Valve at T joint in pipe is not doing its stuff....
There is a switch at the side of the valve which I can push up and feel like I'm driving some gears (dunno what's inside) and the radiators start to get warm.
So what is broken and how do I find out?
I figure it electrical fault as I can manually make it work. I don't really know how heating is wired up electrically though...
1) Obviously valve motor could be dead - is replacement a dry job?
2) What about wall thermostat? This feels old and doesn't give a positive click?
3) Something else?
How do I check without swapping things round? I'm not afraid of electrics and happy to buzz out mains if needed.
Hope someone can help
Andy
PS I've reduce the urgency by jamming a peg under the valve switch so it stays on...