Hi guys and girls..
Recently moved into a new house. It has a 'Baxi Solo' gas boiler, which does the hot water and central heating. I believe I have a indirect system, as there's lots of pipes into and out of the hot water cylinder. It is a generic looking hot water cylinder with a pipe leading off the top. In the loft there's single, small tank which I think is a header tank to top up the CH, as it doesn't drain/fill up when I turn on any taps (hot or cold). The thermostat on the boiler is at maximum, and the thermostat on the water cylinder is at 60.
The local gas engineer chap says that if we want hot water, we have to have both the CH and the HW on at the same time on the programmer - apparently that's just the way our system works. If we do that, the CH seems to be working fine. However, we have a couple of issues with hot water... it seems to take a LONG time to come through when I turn on the tap.. about two minutes sometimes. Then the flow of water reduces and it starts to get warm. But it never gets HOT.
How can I make the hot water get to the tap faster?
How can I get the general temperature of the hot water HOT instead of just warm? I understand about the mixer valve on the water cylinder and what that does, am I OK to adjust this is small increments till I get a acceptable temperature? It does seem hotter downstairs and cooler upstairs.
Any ideas much appriecated - I am a total newbie at plumbing and grateful for any advice you have.
Recently moved into a new house. It has a 'Baxi Solo' gas boiler, which does the hot water and central heating. I believe I have a indirect system, as there's lots of pipes into and out of the hot water cylinder. It is a generic looking hot water cylinder with a pipe leading off the top. In the loft there's single, small tank which I think is a header tank to top up the CH, as it doesn't drain/fill up when I turn on any taps (hot or cold). The thermostat on the boiler is at maximum, and the thermostat on the water cylinder is at 60.
The local gas engineer chap says that if we want hot water, we have to have both the CH and the HW on at the same time on the programmer - apparently that's just the way our system works. If we do that, the CH seems to be working fine. However, we have a couple of issues with hot water... it seems to take a LONG time to come through when I turn on the tap.. about two minutes sometimes. Then the flow of water reduces and it starts to get warm. But it never gets HOT.
How can I make the hot water get to the tap faster?
How can I get the general temperature of the hot water HOT instead of just warm? I understand about the mixer valve on the water cylinder and what that does, am I OK to adjust this is small increments till I get a acceptable temperature? It does seem hotter downstairs and cooler upstairs.
Any ideas much appriecated - I am a total newbie at plumbing and grateful for any advice you have.