Hi all
Can I ask you experts out there for some help again please. I have just moved into a property and have no hot water. I have an oil fired system. (Potterton Boiler) When I switch the water on from the timer both water and heating come on even though the heating is switched off. The rads heat up but no hot water. I managed to get a plumber out at the weekend who said it could be the valve which is stuck causing the flow to go to the rads and not the boiler. He bought a new valve but only changed the electronic part (bear with me I'm a woman!) as the valve was working on the old one OK. He switched the water on again, said leave it for a couple of hours and it'll be fine. I'll email you the bill! Still no hot water and rads still heating up when only water switch is on. I have been up into the loft, header tank has water in and ball is working. The tank next to it (expansion tank?) has water in and working OK. Only a little brown discolouration at bottom of tanks. Back to the water tank in the airing cupboard. When I have the water switched on all of the pipes areoung the tank become boiling hot except for the pipe going into the top of the tank and the pipe going into the bottom part of the tank. This bottom pipe is linked to the valve that was changed. AL the pipework to the valve box and the box itself gets hot but the pipe going from the box to the tank is cold. Sorry have tried to explain as best as I can. (By the way I have phoned another plumber and he said it sounds like the pump) What I can't understand is the pipework before and after the pump is boiling hot when touched and there is a noise coming from the pump so it seems to be working - then again I am no plumber. Reason I am posting is I can't get a plumber until 26th May!
Thanks for your help
Can I ask you experts out there for some help again please. I have just moved into a property and have no hot water. I have an oil fired system. (Potterton Boiler) When I switch the water on from the timer both water and heating come on even though the heating is switched off. The rads heat up but no hot water. I managed to get a plumber out at the weekend who said it could be the valve which is stuck causing the flow to go to the rads and not the boiler. He bought a new valve but only changed the electronic part (bear with me I'm a woman!) as the valve was working on the old one OK. He switched the water on again, said leave it for a couple of hours and it'll be fine. I'll email you the bill! Still no hot water and rads still heating up when only water switch is on. I have been up into the loft, header tank has water in and ball is working. The tank next to it (expansion tank?) has water in and working OK. Only a little brown discolouration at bottom of tanks. Back to the water tank in the airing cupboard. When I have the water switched on all of the pipes areoung the tank become boiling hot except for the pipe going into the top of the tank and the pipe going into the bottom part of the tank. This bottom pipe is linked to the valve that was changed. AL the pipework to the valve box and the box itself gets hot but the pipe going from the box to the tank is cold. Sorry have tried to explain as best as I can. (By the way I have phoned another plumber and he said it sounds like the pump) What I can't understand is the pipework before and after the pump is boiling hot when touched and there is a noise coming from the pump so it seems to be working - then again I am no plumber. Reason I am posting is I can't get a plumber until 26th May!
Thanks for your help