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Please help!! I recently built a new house (moved in July 09). I've only recently started consistently using the heating and I'm having some problems. My system is as follows:
Oil burning condensing boiler in the garage.
Stove with back boiler in the sitting room.
All rads have thermostatic valves.
12 rads downstairs
5 rads upstairs
Automatic valves in hotpress allow for zones up and downstairs.
3 coil cylinder in downstairs hotpress (as I've solar panels also)
Problems:
1. My stove (the actual stove body, the sides and back) heats up when i turn on the central heating. it gets scaldy hot and the pump on the stove seems to come on immediuately when I turn on the central heating. My (so called!!) plumber is blaming the pipe stat (which is on the hot pipe from the back of the stove) but access is difficult to that.
2. 3 of the downstairs rads need to be bled every 3/4 days
3. Another one of the upstairs rads (its in a storage room that we hardly use) draws a blank when I tried to bleed it - no water, no air..
What I've tried:
1. Shooting the plumber...
2. Turned pump on boiler and stove to level 2 setting. Then left one at level 2 the other at 3 and vice versa but all this did was stopped the rads from heating at all (well after 2 hours of sitting in the cold they hadn't heated)
3. Removed and cleaned affected rads for sludge / grime that may have got in during building.
I've done some research and read alot about balancing and pressure. Could this be the cause? Should I get the plumber to do this? I want anything but to dig up my lovely new floors looking for a leak....
Oil burning condensing boiler in the garage.
Stove with back boiler in the sitting room.
All rads have thermostatic valves.
12 rads downstairs
5 rads upstairs
Automatic valves in hotpress allow for zones up and downstairs.
3 coil cylinder in downstairs hotpress (as I've solar panels also)
Problems:
1. My stove (the actual stove body, the sides and back) heats up when i turn on the central heating. it gets scaldy hot and the pump on the stove seems to come on immediuately when I turn on the central heating. My (so called!!) plumber is blaming the pipe stat (which is on the hot pipe from the back of the stove) but access is difficult to that.
2. 3 of the downstairs rads need to be bled every 3/4 days
3. Another one of the upstairs rads (its in a storage room that we hardly use) draws a blank when I tried to bleed it - no water, no air..
What I've tried:
1. Shooting the plumber...
2. Turned pump on boiler and stove to level 2 setting. Then left one at level 2 the other at 3 and vice versa but all this did was stopped the rads from heating at all (well after 2 hours of sitting in the cold they hadn't heated)
3. Removed and cleaned affected rads for sludge / grime that may have got in during building.
I've done some research and read alot about balancing and pressure. Could this be the cause? Should I get the plumber to do this? I want anything but to dig up my lovely new floors looking for a leak....