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Title: heating Post by: Bennett on Monday, October 1, 2012, 06:41:10 hello gang
whenever i try to get the heating on it the combi boiler fires up for 30-60 seconds then goes off, almost as if the thermostat has had enough and thinks it's 30 degrees already (it isn't). hot water works fine though, so i am thinking it's to do with the thermostat... anyone had anything similar or can you recommend a heating engineer? ta x Title: Re: heating Post by: magicroundabout on Monday, October 1, 2012, 07:02:36 you got enough pressure in the system?
at cold it should sit around 1bar Title: Re: heating Post by: Ardiles on Monday, October 1, 2012, 07:53:45 hello gang whenever i try to get the heating on it the combi boiler fires up for 30-60 seconds then goes off, almost as if the thermostat has had enough and thinks it's 30 degrees already (it isn't). hot water works fine though, so i am thinking it's to do with the thermostat... anyone had anything similar or can you recommend a heating engineer? ta x Crap answer alert. I did have this exactly problem a couple of years ago. I'm afraid heating isn't really my thing, and when the engineer called in to fix it, the explanation he gave went straight over my head. However, he did fix it - and it didn't involve any major replacements. Just a couple of hours of his time and a few £100s from me. Sorry I can't be more specific. Title: Re: heating Post by: Nomoreheroes on Monday, October 1, 2012, 08:14:11 Get a British Gas Homecare Service contract. Your annual premium easily covers the cost of a service every year and then they come out and fix any problems you have for free afterwards.
Title: Re: heating Post by: nevillew on Monday, October 1, 2012, 09:40:52 hello gang whenever i try to get the heating on it the combi boiler fires up for 30-60 seconds then goes off, almost as if the thermostat has had enough and thinks it's 30 degrees already (it isn't). hot water works fine though, so i am thinking it's to do with the thermostat... anyone had anything similar or can you recommend a heating engineer? ta x I had a similar problem early this year. Had to have a new part (think it was a valve but I'm a bit pericard on this sort of stuff). Cost about £250 as I recall. I use CV Goodheart and had no problems and quite a quick response, but I understand some people have had issues with them. Title: Re: heating Post by: 4D on Monday, October 1, 2012, 10:08:08 What bar pressure is it showing? Do you have the timer control switched on or set correctly? Best to get a pro in.
Title: Re: heating Post by: Batch on Monday, October 1, 2012, 10:20:30 It may just need a clean, but one of the reasons heating can turn off like that is because it has hit a fail safe - i.e. something considered safety critical is wrong (or the thing measuring it has failed).
It may not have, it could be something extremely trivial, but if you have checked the obvious but is it worth taking the risk? Obviously check water pressure, etc as already mentioned. Does it run on constant (i.e. is it possible to bypass the 'stat' and run)? Title: Re: heating Post by: Bob's Orange on Monday, October 1, 2012, 10:28:57 What bar pressure is it showing? Do you have the timer control switched on or set correctly? Best to get a pro in. 4D giving advice? Whats going on here then!! Title: Re: heating Post by: Bennett on Monday, October 1, 2012, 16:25:29 the pressure is good when off and (albeit briefly) on.
eurgh, stupid money. i'll call someone in Title: Re: heating Post by: axs on Monday, October 1, 2012, 20:01:35 the pressure is good when off and (albeit briefly) on. eurgh, stupid money. i'll call someone in Without wishing to point out the obvious, you are talking about the boiler pressure gauge and not the pressure of water coming out of the tap, aren't you? Title: Re: heating Post by: magicroundabout on Monday, October 1, 2012, 20:51:29 Without wishing to point out the obvious, you are talking about the boiler pressure gauge and not the pressure of water coming out of the tap, aren't you? ha ha ha Title: Re: heating Post by: Bennett on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 06:11:42 both are as they should be
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