Hi,
I'm hoping someone can tell me what is going on with my boiler before I end up spending a fortune.
I wanted to get an Ariston as they came with a 5 yr guarantee but my installer recommended a Vaillant. The Valliant Ecomax 835/2e was installed 3 years ago and never really heated the property to be honest. I should have dealt with this sooner but never got around to it. It has rarely been used, maybe 3-4 month per year at 12 hours per day.
The problems I am having are:
1) from when it was installed has has been making loud noises like a helicopter taking off (I didn't realise it was the boiler- I kept looking out the window), now it still makes loud banging noises. These noises only occur when the CH is on, when the HW system is functioning, it is very quiet.
2) Never really heats up the radiators. I have a 5 bedroom house with 11 radiators, the one in the hallway is quite hot, but the one in the living room does not get that hot. Same for upstairs, the one in the bathroom is OK, the ones in the attics only get lukewarm. 2 of the 11 radiators are fitted in the cellar which we never use.
What could be causing these loud noises? I have searched for old thread for the Ecomax 835 and there are only a few, one of which looked like a heat exchanger fix after lack of system flush?
Thanks in advance
PS: If there is anyone in the Leeds/Bradford area who offers reasonable servicing/repairs, please let me know.
I'm hoping someone can tell me what is going on with my boiler before I end up spending a fortune.
I wanted to get an Ariston as they came with a 5 yr guarantee but my installer recommended a Vaillant. The Valliant Ecomax 835/2e was installed 3 years ago and never really heated the property to be honest. I should have dealt with this sooner but never got around to it. It has rarely been used, maybe 3-4 month per year at 12 hours per day.
The problems I am having are:
1) from when it was installed has has been making loud noises like a helicopter taking off (I didn't realise it was the boiler- I kept looking out the window), now it still makes loud banging noises. These noises only occur when the CH is on, when the HW system is functioning, it is very quiet.
2) Never really heats up the radiators. I have a 5 bedroom house with 11 radiators, the one in the hallway is quite hot, but the one in the living room does not get that hot. Same for upstairs, the one in the bathroom is OK, the ones in the attics only get lukewarm. 2 of the 11 radiators are fitted in the cellar which we never use.
What could be causing these loud noises? I have searched for old thread for the Ecomax 835 and there are only a few, one of which looked like a heat exchanger fix after lack of system flush?
Thanks in advance
PS: If there is anyone in the Leeds/Bradford area who offers reasonable servicing/repairs, please let me know.