Hello, i'm looking for some advice please, I have a sime 80c combi which is approx six years old. For the last few months i've been having problems. At first when i turned the hot water on it would knock the central heating off and it wouldn't come back on for a few hours, more recently the central heating takes anything between 10-30 mins to come on and the boiler makes a "groaning" noise.
The same applies to the water - between 10-30 mins before the water gets hot. Unfortunately now I can't get heating or hot water, the boiler is making a very quiet "ticking noise" as if something is trying to happen and you can hear water flowing through it. Is it worth calling an engineer out or has the boiler died? I don't really want to pay for someone to look at it unless the problem is fixable.
Many thanks in advance for any replies recieved.
The same applies to the water - between 10-30 mins before the water gets hot. Unfortunately now I can't get heating or hot water, the boiler is making a very quiet "ticking noise" as if something is trying to happen and you can hear water flowing through it. Is it worth calling an engineer out or has the boiler died? I don't really want to pay for someone to look at it unless the problem is fixable.
Many thanks in advance for any replies recieved.