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Help from someone who knows about boilers please!
fragola
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I have a Worcester Bosch Highflow 3.5 BF combi boiler, dating probably from the mid 90’s.
The temperature control for the hot water doesn’t work and it used to trip out quite frequently and needed the “Domestic hot water high limit thermostat reset button”(!) resetting, before relighting the pilot light.
For some reason, it’s stopped tripping out, but now the hot water isn’t working properly. When I turn the shower on, the water’s hot for about a minute and then goes vaguely luke warm. The heating seems to be working fine.
Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong, and how much it would cost to fix? Is it a case of the boiler just being old and needing replacing? I can’t afford to replace the boiler, but I don’t want to spend large amounts on repairs, only to find that I need a new boiler in a year’s time (which happened at my last house).
Thanks in advance!
The temperature control for the hot water doesn’t work and it used to trip out quite frequently and needed the “Domestic hot water high limit thermostat reset button”(!) resetting, before relighting the pilot light.
For some reason, it’s stopped tripping out, but now the hot water isn’t working properly. When I turn the shower on, the water’s hot for about a minute and then goes vaguely luke warm. The heating seems to be working fine.
Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong, and how much it would cost to fix? Is it a case of the boiler just being old and needing replacing? I can’t afford to replace the boiler, but I don’t want to spend large amounts on repairs, only to find that I need a new boiler in a year’s time (which happened at my last house).
Thanks in advance!
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Could be the diverter valve stuck in ch mode.
Could be the HW tank scaled up.
Would need someone in front of it to diagnose it. Worcesters aren't cheap to fix though0
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