Hi if anyone could help would be very grateful, we have 2 little ones and they need a good scrub !!!!
When we run h/w it runs hot for 2 seconds then stays warm, so we cant get a shower etc...if however we put the central heating on say to 22 on thermostat, we get hot water.. not piping hot but hotter than luke warm...
I called out corgi eng.. friend of a friend...he had a quick look and asked has this co-incided with all the gas works in your street (new gas pipes going in) i said we had a new gas pipe installed about 3 days ago, my problem with boiler has been going on for about 6 days say, but the work in the street has been going on in street for about a month....
He advised he will take a look at gas valve, it might have crap in the filter, he advised there does't appear to be any crap in filter, he advised he tested gas supply and it's not as strong as at should be, i dont know what the reading was or was what piece of equipment he used to ascertain this, but he advised you need a new gas valve.... i can ring around for you tom and get back to you with a price..... fair enough if that's what it is, so be it, he did'nt charge for that call out diagnosis which seems very fair, so i am currently waiting for him to get back to me, i've just had a browse and they are £80-£120, bit steep...i was'nt expecting that, anyway my dad is a pipefitter and installs industrial boilers for a living he's currently working away and i told him my problem and straight away he said check your diverter valve ... it might have a bit of crap in..me i knowa nothink !!! but he seemed very asertive that it could be that.. anyway after reading alot of the similar posts on this site...all the engineers seem to conclude that its the diverter valve...so i am wondering should i mention this to engineer when he rings me back..but i dont want to undermine him in any way, he might not take well to that...or he might have already done that...
but my question is ...if the central heating is working when i turn it on,, i mean within short period of time the rads are very hot...then how can it heat the water up that fast to rads if the gas supply is not what it should be ..hence the need for a new gas valve...surely it would take a long time to heat rads if gas supply was low...and how come when heating is on...i can get a fairly hot shower for as long as i want..isnt the water being instantly heated by the boiler...so how can the gas valve be faulty ? or am i completely barking up the wrong tree gents?
Any help would be greatly appreciated gents to clarify problem.
take care
Boc
When we run h/w it runs hot for 2 seconds then stays warm, so we cant get a shower etc...if however we put the central heating on say to 22 on thermostat, we get hot water.. not piping hot but hotter than luke warm...
I called out corgi eng.. friend of a friend...he had a quick look and asked has this co-incided with all the gas works in your street (new gas pipes going in) i said we had a new gas pipe installed about 3 days ago, my problem with boiler has been going on for about 6 days say, but the work in the street has been going on in street for about a month....
He advised he will take a look at gas valve, it might have crap in the filter, he advised there does't appear to be any crap in filter, he advised he tested gas supply and it's not as strong as at should be, i dont know what the reading was or was what piece of equipment he used to ascertain this, but he advised you need a new gas valve.... i can ring around for you tom and get back to you with a price..... fair enough if that's what it is, so be it, he did'nt charge for that call out diagnosis which seems very fair, so i am currently waiting for him to get back to me, i've just had a browse and they are £80-£120, bit steep...i was'nt expecting that, anyway my dad is a pipefitter and installs industrial boilers for a living he's currently working away and i told him my problem and straight away he said check your diverter valve ... it might have a bit of crap in..me i knowa nothink !!! but he seemed very asertive that it could be that.. anyway after reading alot of the similar posts on this site...all the engineers seem to conclude that its the diverter valve...so i am wondering should i mention this to engineer when he rings me back..but i dont want to undermine him in any way, he might not take well to that...or he might have already done that...
but my question is ...if the central heating is working when i turn it on,, i mean within short period of time the rads are very hot...then how can it heat the water up that fast to rads if the gas supply is not what it should be ..hence the need for a new gas valve...surely it would take a long time to heat rads if gas supply was low...and how come when heating is on...i can get a fairly hot shower for as long as i want..isnt the water being instantly heated by the boiler...so how can the gas valve be faulty ? or am i completely barking up the wrong tree gents?
Any help would be greatly appreciated gents to clarify problem.
take care
Boc
