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Boiler advice - mid position valve?
ddh76
Posts: 15 Forumite
Hi there,
Can anyone explain to me what a "mid position valve" does on a boiler? We recently moved in to a property with a fairly old boiler and it seems that we can only get Central Heating when the Hot Water is on? Is this right? I have noticed some paperwork from the previous owner that mentions "freeing up the mid position valve" as there were obviously problems with it in the past.
I have resorted to setting the HW on to "ON" the whole time on the timer to enable the CH to stay on.
In addition, for one day, we had NO central heating at all and it almost seemed as if we needed to use some of the water in the tank to then release the CH? Does that sound right?
Any advice appreciated before I get someone in to have a look?
Dave
Can anyone explain to me what a "mid position valve" does on a boiler? We recently moved in to a property with a fairly old boiler and it seems that we can only get Central Heating when the Hot Water is on? Is this right? I have noticed some paperwork from the previous owner that mentions "freeing up the mid position valve" as there were obviously problems with it in the past.
I have resorted to setting the HW on to "ON" the whole time on the timer to enable the CH to stay on.
In addition, for one day, we had NO central heating at all and it almost seemed as if we needed to use some of the water in the tank to then release the CH? Does that sound right?
Any advice appreciated before I get someone in to have a look?
Dave
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