Hi All, first post(!)
I've just moved into my first owned house, and the boiler is constantly running hot to cold.
It heats up, then seems to hit a max temp or something, then cuts out, then heats up again, obviously leading to the loss of temp.
In addition, it seems to be losing pressure slowly (about 0.5 bar over 3 days)
I've tried everything from running the heating at the same time, trying different temperatures on the boiler, increasing the pressure etc, but nothing makes a difference.
I know that the previous owners had issues with it, tho not this particular one apparently (we asked), and it was apparently serviced only a few months ago. They said that over the last 2 years it's basically had everything replaced as they had some issues that couldnt be nailed down. It's an Ariston Micro Genus something...
Basically, my questions is given the above, do you guys think it's worth me initially paying £200 for someone to come look at it and try and repair, or should i try and replace it? If repair, can anyone suggest what may be wrong? If replace, can you advise how easy this is? Also, could the problems be elsewhere in the system (i.e the loss of pressure)
Thanks in advance, Andy
I've just moved into my first owned house, and the boiler is constantly running hot to cold.
It heats up, then seems to hit a max temp or something, then cuts out, then heats up again, obviously leading to the loss of temp.
In addition, it seems to be losing pressure slowly (about 0.5 bar over 3 days)
I've tried everything from running the heating at the same time, trying different temperatures on the boiler, increasing the pressure etc, but nothing makes a difference.
I know that the previous owners had issues with it, tho not this particular one apparently (we asked), and it was apparently serviced only a few months ago. They said that over the last 2 years it's basically had everything replaced as they had some issues that couldnt be nailed down. It's an Ariston Micro Genus something...
Basically, my questions is given the above, do you guys think it's worth me initially paying £200 for someone to come look at it and try and repair, or should i try and replace it? If repair, can anyone suggest what may be wrong? If replace, can you advise how easy this is? Also, could the problems be elsewhere in the system (i.e the loss of pressure)
Thanks in advance, Andy