Hi
The Potterton Profile 80e boiler is 9 years old. It was serviced 1 month ago but last week boiler was cutting off after coming on for 2 to 5 minutes. Call to Home Emergency and engineer came and replaced the Circulation pump on the first floor landing. When he changed the pump, he showed me sludge on the pump and suggested that I need a Power flush. So I authorised the flush . Two days later powe flush guy came from same company and looked at the hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard which had a red jacket on it and said that as it is very old cylinder he cannot take risk to do power flush as cylinder may leak! Two guys from same company. The power flush guy was ****ed off as he came all the way from Luton 20 miles journey. I said to him you guys do not talk to each other! I have now got a quote of over £1000 to change the Cylinder? Is it a rip off? I checked the pip work to Pump and when the boiler is on for 3 to 4 minutes, the pipe up to Hot Water Cylinder in/out is hot and also near the pump but the pipe after the Mid Position 3 port valve is not hot. Is it the case that the Valve is faulty and closed off thus not circulating the water? Room thermostat is on to full.
Please advise. This is fully pump system with F&E tank in the loft.
Another problem I have is that when the boiler was working, when you put the programmer on Hot water only, all the radiators comes on and we have to close the RADs in the summer. This may say something about the current problem?
Reply ASAP as we have been without the CH /HW for a week, although the immersion heater on the HW works so we still get hot water through electric but not through CH System.
The Potterton Profile 80e boiler is 9 years old. It was serviced 1 month ago but last week boiler was cutting off after coming on for 2 to 5 minutes. Call to Home Emergency and engineer came and replaced the Circulation pump on the first floor landing. When he changed the pump, he showed me sludge on the pump and suggested that I need a Power flush. So I authorised the flush . Two days later powe flush guy came from same company and looked at the hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard which had a red jacket on it and said that as it is very old cylinder he cannot take risk to do power flush as cylinder may leak! Two guys from same company. The power flush guy was ****ed off as he came all the way from Luton 20 miles journey. I said to him you guys do not talk to each other! I have now got a quote of over £1000 to change the Cylinder? Is it a rip off? I checked the pip work to Pump and when the boiler is on for 3 to 4 minutes, the pipe up to Hot Water Cylinder in/out is hot and also near the pump but the pipe after the Mid Position 3 port valve is not hot. Is it the case that the Valve is faulty and closed off thus not circulating the water? Room thermostat is on to full.
Please advise. This is fully pump system with F&E tank in the loft.
Another problem I have is that when the boiler was working, when you put the programmer on Hot water only, all the radiators comes on and we have to close the RADs in the summer. This may say something about the current problem?
Reply ASAP as we have been without the CH /HW for a week, although the immersion heater on the HW works so we still get hot water through electric but not through CH System.