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Help! What kind of heating setup do I have?
schminky_pinky
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Ello,
I'm a new tenant in an oldish house and don't understand how the heating works - neither does the landlord
In the kitchen is a Beko boiler with a timer switch on the wall below it. There are no buttons or dials that I can see on the boiler itself. It turns over and produces luke-warm water when the timer switch is off, and it's a bit warmer when the switch has been on for a while. Switching it 'on' also produces moderate heat from the radiators in the house (all of which have been bled).
However, upstairs in a bathroom closet is a large tank with the label 'Servowarm', which has a lever with a graduated balance between 'Hot Water' and 'Heating'. It's controlled by a switch on the wall and, when turned on in conjunction with the downstairs boiler, seems to make the radiators and hot water even warmer.
Basically, I need to know what kind of system this is and how to get the best out of it in the coming winter months. Should I be 'boosting' the Beko boiler with this second tank? Is there a guide to this kind of setup? If the Beko boiler is only producing moderate heat alone is this a fault?
Cheers in advance for your help. Apologies if this was posted in the wrong place.
Chris
I'm a new tenant in an oldish house and don't understand how the heating works - neither does the landlord
In the kitchen is a Beko boiler with a timer switch on the wall below it. There are no buttons or dials that I can see on the boiler itself. It turns over and produces luke-warm water when the timer switch is off, and it's a bit warmer when the switch has been on for a while. Switching it 'on' also produces moderate heat from the radiators in the house (all of which have been bled).
However, upstairs in a bathroom closet is a large tank with the label 'Servowarm', which has a lever with a graduated balance between 'Hot Water' and 'Heating'. It's controlled by a switch on the wall and, when turned on in conjunction with the downstairs boiler, seems to make the radiators and hot water even warmer.
Basically, I need to know what kind of system this is and how to get the best out of it in the coming winter months. Should I be 'boosting' the Beko boiler with this second tank? Is there a guide to this kind of setup? If the Beko boiler is only producing moderate heat alone is this a fault?
Cheers in advance for your help. Apologies if this was posted in the wrong place.
Chris
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