Forgive me if my problem has already been covered elsewhere, but despite searching I can't seem to find the help I need... I will therefore relate the sorry tale of my Worcester Electronic 9.24 BF's gradual demise from the beginning. I know it's well past replacement date incidentally but am told that to benefit from the scrappage scheme it must be 'in working order', so that's partly the problem...
Anyway, having had this boiler and incredibly not having had a single problem with it since it was fitted about 20 years ago, I found that after I first turned the central heating back on last October, there were shrieking noises and the hot water pressure began to fall dramatically, eventually slowing to a scalding trickle. It was worst upstairs in the bathroom. However as I am married to a builder (and competent plumber I might add, except of course when it comes to fixing anything at home!) by withholding privileges for about a week I managed to persuade him to take a look at the system. I don't know quite what he did apart from fiddling with the taps, but the flow rate then seemed to right itself. But not long after this, the DHW temperature began to drop and drop until, as now, it is barely tepid even when the central heating is not operating, and is completely cold when the CH is on. For a while (whilst the heating is on) I was able to hear the boiler firing up when I turned the hot tap on hard, but now it isn't doing that either and only runs lukewarm for about a minute before going stone cold. Not even enough to wash-up a saucepan in other words. I am at the stage now where I would kill for a hot bath!
I still have the original manual for this boiler and have begged the other half to investigate the problem and go through the 'fault finding' procedure till I am blue in the face but as he isn't Corgi registered he refuses to even look at it and in any case he is out 6 days a week dealing with other peoples problems... The guy he uses for this kind of thing on building jobs is up to his eyes in other work and anyway charges a fortune. British Gas I am given to understand won't repair this model as they say the parts are no longer available. SO, can anyone please advise the next best course of action short of divorce. I should of course never had married a builder in the first place as the house is now falling down around my ears, but that's another story...!
If I could get an idea of what is causing the problem and if it involves a universal part or something which is relatively easily fixed, not involving the actual gas supply, maybe I could persuade my beloved husband to give up a few precious hours to deal with it, so hope someone can give a useful diagnosis.
The only other thing I can think of which might be of relevance is that back in the autumn we had trouble with the pilot light staying on for a while, but managed to fix that.
Anyway, having had this boiler and incredibly not having had a single problem with it since it was fitted about 20 years ago, I found that after I first turned the central heating back on last October, there were shrieking noises and the hot water pressure began to fall dramatically, eventually slowing to a scalding trickle. It was worst upstairs in the bathroom. However as I am married to a builder (and competent plumber I might add, except of course when it comes to fixing anything at home!) by withholding privileges for about a week I managed to persuade him to take a look at the system. I don't know quite what he did apart from fiddling with the taps, but the flow rate then seemed to right itself. But not long after this, the DHW temperature began to drop and drop until, as now, it is barely tepid even when the central heating is not operating, and is completely cold when the CH is on. For a while (whilst the heating is on) I was able to hear the boiler firing up when I turned the hot tap on hard, but now it isn't doing that either and only runs lukewarm for about a minute before going stone cold. Not even enough to wash-up a saucepan in other words. I am at the stage now where I would kill for a hot bath!
I still have the original manual for this boiler and have begged the other half to investigate the problem and go through the 'fault finding' procedure till I am blue in the face but as he isn't Corgi registered he refuses to even look at it and in any case he is out 6 days a week dealing with other peoples problems... The guy he uses for this kind of thing on building jobs is up to his eyes in other work and anyway charges a fortune. British Gas I am given to understand won't repair this model as they say the parts are no longer available. SO, can anyone please advise the next best course of action short of divorce. I should of course never had married a builder in the first place as the house is now falling down around my ears, but that's another story...!
If I could get an idea of what is causing the problem and if it involves a universal part or something which is relatively easily fixed, not involving the actual gas supply, maybe I could persuade my beloved husband to give up a few precious hours to deal with it, so hope someone can give a useful diagnosis.
The only other thing I can think of which might be of relevance is that back in the autumn we had trouble with the pilot light staying on for a while, but managed to fix that.
