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Water Off - Can I use Central Heating?
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JT100
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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
Can I still use the central heating?
Thank-you
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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 laptop0
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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.
Thank you for your help. It's an old style one with a tank in the loft.0 -
Can I still use the central heating?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'0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
Thanks for all your replies.
Stopcock is fixed and I have a warm house.
Thanks for all the advice.0
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