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Wondering if anyone can tell me if this is normal behaviour, I'm assuming no.
Bit of a back story, we are based in military accommodation, there is a company who deal with all maintenance requests, they are useless will half a job anything and I just need some confirmation this is an actual problem to get it escalated.
We've just had a new EcoFIT fitted and having a magnitude of issues, the main issue of this thread which could very well be the result of another issue is that when heating the water the boiler will go up and down in temperature for over 5 minutes until it eventually gets to the target temp for the flow of water, for example, the target is set to 70, the boiler will get to say 65, drop down to 43, slowly work its way back up to 55, drop to 50, and eventually hit 70 but on occasion well overshoot and go all the way to 76. This does not seem correct or efficient for a new boiler.
Secondly, with the old boiler I would have to bleed 1 radiator in the kids room monthly, now it is almost daily as well as my office rad, both empty within a few days. previous visits mention could be a leak but there is no visible signs of leaking from the pipes unless it is under the floor but is it normal for the same rad to have air in it all the time, Obviously air rises to the top but the entrance and exit to each rad is at the bottom so if there was a leak downstairs the downstairs rads would capture some air but they never need bleeding. I mention this as you can hear the boiler seemingly struggle to pump water due to the air in the system, none of the previous engineers even the guys that fitted it seemed to notice or care.
I also noticed today lots of clicking sounds instead of water sounds, which were followed by F23 errors, so I am assuming a massive air pocket formed and it was not heating water at all, I bled the rads again, both empty and the sound of water could be heard again and now more errors.
I would expect the boiler to heat to 70 and hold it until the house was up to level set by the thermostat, possible drop 1 or 2 degrees as it cycles etc, but the way it is happening does not seem great.
Bit of a back story, we are based in military accommodation, there is a company who deal with all maintenance requests, they are useless will half a job anything and I just need some confirmation this is an actual problem to get it escalated.
We've just had a new EcoFIT fitted and having a magnitude of issues, the main issue of this thread which could very well be the result of another issue is that when heating the water the boiler will go up and down in temperature for over 5 minutes until it eventually gets to the target temp for the flow of water, for example, the target is set to 70, the boiler will get to say 65, drop down to 43, slowly work its way back up to 55, drop to 50, and eventually hit 70 but on occasion well overshoot and go all the way to 76. This does not seem correct or efficient for a new boiler.
Secondly, with the old boiler I would have to bleed 1 radiator in the kids room monthly, now it is almost daily as well as my office rad, both empty within a few days. previous visits mention could be a leak but there is no visible signs of leaking from the pipes unless it is under the floor but is it normal for the same rad to have air in it all the time, Obviously air rises to the top but the entrance and exit to each rad is at the bottom so if there was a leak downstairs the downstairs rads would capture some air but they never need bleeding. I mention this as you can hear the boiler seemingly struggle to pump water due to the air in the system, none of the previous engineers even the guys that fitted it seemed to notice or care.
I also noticed today lots of clicking sounds instead of water sounds, which were followed by F23 errors, so I am assuming a massive air pocket formed and it was not heating water at all, I bled the rads again, both empty and the sound of water could be heard again and now more errors.
I would expect the boiler to heat to 70 and hold it until the house was up to level set by the thermostat, possible drop 1 or 2 degrees as it cycles etc, but the way it is happening does not seem great.
