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Hi, I'd be really grateful of some advice with regards a problem with my boiler. I have an Ideal Classic FF260 and whilst it's a bit old, seems to work reasonably well. We've noticed in the past couple of weeks though that hot water heats up really quickly - it used to take a good hour or so but now the cylinder stat is turning off the boiler in about 30mins and the water is properly hot! When the heating is on the rads are also pretty hot. I've heard some odd whooshing noises a few times so have checked the expansion tank but haven't noticed it dumping hot water from the vent.
I've have turned down the temp on the boiler, expecting it to immediately switch off the burner but it doesn't seem to switch it until you turn it right down to one.
With the boiler running on its normal setting, which is right up to about five, it does still cut out the burner periodically so I had sort of assumed that the thermostat was working but I don't know if these can just become temperamental or will always completely fail? I'm not a heating engineer and have no intention of touching it, but before getting in an engineer I'd like to if possible understand a bit more about what the fault could be ....any ideas would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks Brittas
I've have turned down the temp on the boiler, expecting it to immediately switch off the burner but it doesn't seem to switch it until you turn it right down to one.
With the boiler running on its normal setting, which is right up to about five, it does still cut out the burner periodically so I had sort of assumed that the thermostat was working but I don't know if these can just become temperamental or will always completely fail? I'm not a heating engineer and have no intention of touching it, but before getting in an engineer I'd like to if possible understand a bit more about what the fault could be ....any ideas would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks Brittas