Central Heating System problems

karen310

I have been told by plumbers that my microbore pipes and radiators have furred up with age , different plumbers have given me different solutions , one says a complete new system , another says flush it out , but it may cause leaks , another says replace a couple of radiators to allow space for the heat to go through and another suggestion was to replace my existing boiler with a combi boiler as it will have the pressure to push the water and the heat through. The question is , who is right , bearing in mind my house is up for sale and I am reluctant to spend more than I need to. The boiler is only six years old , new pump fitted last month also a new change over valve fitted two days ago. Heating not working at all now , neither is the hot water , no heat in any radiators at all now.

Canucklehead

Hi

As you have no heating or hot water I wonder, is the boiler working at all?
If it is how long does it fire for?


GSR.

karen310

Boiler is working , but it keeps tripping out as the plumber says there is nowhere for the heat to go , it is just building up in the boiler he says. It fires for a minute or two.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

karen310 wrote: »

Boiler is working , but it keeps tripping out as the plumber says there is nowhere for the heat to go , it is just building up in the boiler he says. It fires for a minute or two.

I think you may have the wrong idea of what they are saying.

karen310

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

I think you may have the wrong idea of what they are saying.

Maybe I have misinterpreted it but the plumber said by changing a radiator it would give somewhere for the heat to go (rather than struggling through my very furred up ones some of which which barely get hot) then the button in the boiler would not keep blowing.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

How long have you lived there?

Has the pump gone before?

Have you or anyone else been playing with anything (any valves/levels/handles etc in the airing cupboard, by the boiler or rads) ?

Canucklehead

Hi

Boiler fires for a couple of minutes every hour or so? (Something like that.)
There's no circulation. Is the pump working ? Is the 'change over valve' an electrical one?


GSR

arfurrrr

what is the make of boiler and model number ?

karen310

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

How long have you lived there?

Has the pump gone before?

Have you or anyone else been playing with anything (any valves/levels/handles etc in the airing cupboard, by the boiler or rads) ?

Lived here 20 yrs , so system is at least 21 yrs , have no airing cupboard , tank in loft. only plumbers touched anything.

karen310

Canucklehead wrote: »

Hi

Boiler fires for a couple of minutes every hour or so? (Something like that.)
There's no circulation. Is the pump working ? Is the 'change over valve' an electrical one?


GSR

Boiler only fires when I push in the trip button , but it pops back out very shortly after (30 seconds to 1 min ), change over valve replaced yesterday by plumber , not sure if its electrical

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Put the make & model of the boiler on here like the above person asked.


There are a couple of pros on here.