Hi
We have this last week had a new heating system fitted.
As a quick overview,
We replaced 80% of the radiators, added a small rad to the downstairs WC and replaced all the heating pipe work with 15/22mm copper pipe throughout.
We removed the old Proton conventional boiler and water tank and put the new Worcester Bosch 32cdi combi boiler in the airing cupboard.
Its nice to finally have a warm house but there are a couple of niggling issues I wanted to ask about before I contact the installers and sound stupid.
1. The boiler is in the airing cupboard against our bedroom wall and when its on it sounds like a bus idling, it is not super loud but you can hear it in every room and it is loud enough to stop you getting back to sleep. I'm pretty sure I read beforehand the Worcester Bosch greenstar range is whisper quiet.
I just wondered if anyone else has experience with this boiler and is it normal to make a continuous hum noise when on?
2. We have a tower rail rad in the bathroom and when the heating is on it just seems to continuously tick. I have tried bleeding it but to no avail. Is there a way of stopping this?
3. We have also noticed our gas usage has pretty much doubled since the installation, I thought it with all the new energy efficiency settings on modern boilers it would save gas.
Thanks for any advice that anyone can give.
Carl
We have this last week had a new heating system fitted.
As a quick overview,
We replaced 80% of the radiators, added a small rad to the downstairs WC and replaced all the heating pipe work with 15/22mm copper pipe throughout.
We removed the old Proton conventional boiler and water tank and put the new Worcester Bosch 32cdi combi boiler in the airing cupboard.
Its nice to finally have a warm house but there are a couple of niggling issues I wanted to ask about before I contact the installers and sound stupid.
1. The boiler is in the airing cupboard against our bedroom wall and when its on it sounds like a bus idling, it is not super loud but you can hear it in every room and it is loud enough to stop you getting back to sleep. I'm pretty sure I read beforehand the Worcester Bosch greenstar range is whisper quiet.
I just wondered if anyone else has experience with this boiler and is it normal to make a continuous hum noise when on?
2. We have a tower rail rad in the bathroom and when the heating is on it just seems to continuously tick. I have tried bleeding it but to no avail. Is there a way of stopping this?
3. We have also noticed our gas usage has pretty much doubled since the installation, I thought it with all the new energy efficiency settings on modern boilers it would save gas.
Thanks for any advice that anyone can give.
Carl