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Water Off - Can I use Central Heating?

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I've had to switch off my water as the stopcock is leaking. (landlord has arranged for someone to come tomorrow to fix this)

Can I still use the central heating?

Thank-you

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    What sort of boiler do you have? If it's a combi, it's fine, as it's a sealed system. If it's a conventional boiler with a header tank in the loft, then theoretically it could run dry-but unlikely to do so overnight if it's full now.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • JT100
    JT100 Posts: 127 Forumite
    macman wrote: »
    What sort of boiler do you have? If it's a combi, it's fine, as it's a sealed system. If it's a conventional boiler with a header tank in the loft, then theoretically it could run dry-but unlikely to do so overnight if it's full now.

    Thank you for your help. It's an old style one with a tank in the loft.
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    JT100 wrote: »
    Can I still use the central heating?
    As you have a landlord, ask him and do as he says. In my own house, I would run it if I could open the stopcock at least once every 24 hours.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    A couple of years ago, I went away for several weeks over the winter and took the advice of my heating engineer.

    He advised that I turned off the water at the stopcock and left the heating on 24/7 at a low temperature to protect against frost.

    It worked fine.
  • macman
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    JT100 wrote: »
    Thank you for your help. It's an old style one with a tank in the loft.

    A conventional boiler is not 'old style'. You can have a new install with a conventional set up, or a combi.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • Ectophile
    Ectophile Posts: 7,975 Forumite
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    With a conventional system with a header tank, I can't see any problem running the system for a few days. If the header tank runs dry in that time, then there's a serious leak somewhere in your heating.
    If it sticks, force it.
    If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
  • JT100
    JT100 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Thanks for all your replies.
    Stopcock is fixed and I have a warm house.
    Thanks for all the advice.
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