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Am I worried about nothing? Central heating
lesae
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I have a 6 year old Viessmann boiler with a hot water tank. In the summer we had an issue in that the central heating was coming on with the hot water. Plumber came out and sorted that by replacing the 3 port aculater.
When it came to turning the heating on a couple of weeks back, i noticed that it doesn't turn off even when at temperature . The only way I can get it to stop is to turn the boiler off and on again. Plumber has been out and says it's something to do with the voltage and Hive and not the 3 port aculater he changed. Hive says it's off when it's very much not. He came again the other day and then mentioned the valve and I think he's planning on trying a different one. I'm a bit lost with what he is saying too be fair.
In the meantime my radiators are scalding hot when I turn the central heating on, thermostats on them don't work. It's set to 66 on the boiler so this shouldn't be happening. The other day when I turned it back on after having the heating on for just over an hour it said it was at 78 when it came back on although 66 when I turned it off. Pressure tonight after an hour or so was 1.4.
I've read some things online and now I'm in a complete panic that it might explode or I'm going to have bigger issues. Getting the plumber back is hard as he's busy but I'm too scared to have my heating on for long.
Am I right to be concerned about having it on for long?
The hot water doesn't seem much hotter than normal when I've had it on for 45 mins, just the radiator apart from one upstairs which is barely warm.
Many thanks in advance
When it came to turning the heating on a couple of weeks back, i noticed that it doesn't turn off even when at temperature . The only way I can get it to stop is to turn the boiler off and on again. Plumber has been out and says it's something to do with the voltage and Hive and not the 3 port aculater he changed. Hive says it's off when it's very much not. He came again the other day and then mentioned the valve and I think he's planning on trying a different one. I'm a bit lost with what he is saying too be fair.
In the meantime my radiators are scalding hot when I turn the central heating on, thermostats on them don't work. It's set to 66 on the boiler so this shouldn't be happening. The other day when I turned it back on after having the heating on for just over an hour it said it was at 78 when it came back on although 66 when I turned it off. Pressure tonight after an hour or so was 1.4.
I've read some things online and now I'm in a complete panic that it might explode or I'm going to have bigger issues. Getting the plumber back is hard as he's busy but I'm too scared to have my heating on for long.
Am I right to be concerned about having it on for long?
The hot water doesn't seem much hotter than normal when I've had it on for 45 mins, just the radiator apart from one upstairs which is barely warm.
Many thanks in advance
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