Help- no central heating or hot water for xmas

[paulrees26]

please can any one help?

My pressure has been rubbish of late, and kept having to top it up.. After A few days i checked and noticed water gushing from by the pump... the coil had come off and pin with it.. . i reattached it, but boiler wouldnt fire up... Topped up pressure, bled rads, pump spins, doesnt ignite, but still cant get any hot water or central heating.....


Please any one any ideas???

 

[mogget]

Make and model of boiler and pump would help.

 

[paulrees26]

Make and model of boiler and pump would help.

Vekora compact 24. Thermos pump

 

[mogget]

Hopefully one of our experts will be along soon to help you. Not sure what you mean by 'coil and pin'.

 

[Agile]

You seem to have been aware of a problem with your boiler for some while.

You could have called someone out yesterday and had it fixed for Christmas. If you lived in our area you could have called us and we would have been able to fix it today!

As you have not dealt with the problem then if you dont have it working over the holiday then I would say that you only have yourself to blame but its only a few days so I am sure you will survive.

Tony

 

[paulrees26]

You seem to have been aware of a problem with your boiler for some while.

You could have called someone out yesterday and had it fixed for Christmas. If you lived in our area you could have called us and we would have been able to fix it today!

As you have not dealt with the problem then if you dont have it working over the holiday then I would say that you only have yourself to blame but its only a few days so I am sure you will survive.

Tony

oh thanks for that Tony..

 

[gas4you]

You can always rely on Tony to state the bleed*n obvious in his usual own way

 

[EliteHeat]

Didn't the bloke on rogue traders say that he had to replace the coil? he turned up with a diverter valve which oddly did not solve the problem of a non firing boiler.

So, my guess is the OP is talking about the DV.

 

[Agile]

I cannot fully visualise this boiler but I still think that its probably a four pipe main HE with no diverter valve.

Tony

 

[paulrees26]

I cannot fully visualise this boiler but I still think that its probably a four pipe main HE with no diverter valve.

Tony

Eyup. a corgi man can Xmas eve and said it was the PCB. So got one of those and it worked. So now have hot water & GCH etc....

However the pressure keeps going up AND down.... Up- water ****es out of blow off pipe thingy (i know- im not techincal) and down- heating turns off......................

Any ideas what i can do before getting someone out???

Cheers People

 

[Agile]

Expansion vessel failed or needs repressurising.

See FAQ on this site!

Tony

 

[paulrees26]

Expansion vessel failed or needs repressurising.

See FAQ on this site!

Tony

Where is that then? ive looked....
Pressure just keeps going up and up.. Keep letting water out but keeps going up. argh!

 

[Agile]

The expansion vessel is at the back of the boiler against the wall.

The FAQ are a topic listing on this site in the plumbing section.

Tony

 

[hect]

Dont do it yourself - get someone in, cos that boiler I think needs to come off wall - all depends on clearances and how its situated on wall - think is ya could knacker ya prv up as well if its constantly passing!

 

[paulrees26]

Dont do it yourself - get someone in, cos that boiler I think needs to come off wall - all depends on clearances and how its situated on wall - think is ya could knacker ya prv up as well if its constantly passing!

Tecky dude, whats a PRV? nightmare is this boiler.. May sound daft, but if they move it from wall, can they put it back there, as apparantly new laws state you have to have em moved if going out into a passage......