Please help, no hot water or heating - combi boiler problems.

hewhoisnotintheknow

did it work, i only joined as i thought i had the answer!

Canucklehead

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

did it work, i only joined as i thought i had the answer!

That's good,but also..vent the pump by loosening the large silver screw on the front,air followed by water hopefully.
Beware !! hot water when venting pump, the screw is quite short.
Corgi Guy.

Triker

Hi, bear with us, full of dust but still trying......no glamour in this crawling in cupboards malarky. Will update soon.

Triker

Boo sob, no joy. Could not locate the valve at the back, OH tried everywhere round the boiler but no joy.

Managed to loosen the large silver screw, out dribbled out a bit of water, system was supposed to be turned off right when we did that?

Anyway, switched everything on again, and when I turned on central heating main burner did it's usual and switched itself off, pipe from burner v.v. hot. Pilot light stayed lit.

Thanks so much for your helpful suggestions, now at a loss really, never mind, always worth a try.

Canucklehead

Hi

I assume this is a sealed system and you fill the system with a filling loop?
If so then the item you are looking for is within the boiler where only Corgis should venture.
Having said that, try this first.
With the system, off take out the large screw from the pump ,put a small flat blade screwdriver in the hole and you'll find it will turn the impeller of the pump you'll find the slot in the end of the impeller by turning the screwdriver . Keep going until it is free.
Turn your boiler stat down to minimum, run the boiler and switch from c/h to hot water a few times .(give it 30 seconds or so to allow it to move.) This will move the divertor back and forth and might shift your air lock.
I generally leave system pressure at 1 bar cold.
Edit. system is generally off when venting pump.

Corgi Guy.

Triker

Canucklehead wrote: »

Hi

I assume this is a sealed system and you fill the system with a filling loop?
If so then the item you are looking for is within the boiler where only Corgis should venture.
Having said that, try this first.
With the system, off take out the large screw from the pump ,put a small flat blade screwdriver in the hole and you'll find it will turn the impeller of the pump you'll find the slot in the end of the impeller by turning the screwdriver . Keep going until it is free.
Turn your boiler stat down to minimum, run the boiler and switch from c/h to hot water a few times .(give it 30 seconds or so to allow it to move.) This will move the divertor back and forth and might shift your air lock.
I generally leave system pressure at 1 bar cold.
Edit. system is generally off when venting pump.

Corgi Guy.

:j :T :hello: _party_ :dance: :wave: :happylove :iloveyou: :kisses3: Guess what it worked, thank you soooo much, I'd offer to name my first born after you but she's 15 and quite used to her given name:D .

We are warm and have hot water, thanks to everyone who helped.:T :j

chilli_dog

be fair triker,

if you were that grateful, you would have another baby and name it Canuklehead!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad your all working

Triker

chilli_dog wrote: »

be fair triker,

if you were that grateful, you would have another baby and name it Canuklehead!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad your all working

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Can I get a cat instead........it's soooo much easier.;)

chilli_dog

No,

Poor old Canucklehead,

he's gone from being good enough to have a new born named after him to having a moggy named after him.

We want a baby, We want a baby, We want a baby, We want a baby.

Triker

chilli_dog wrote: »

No,

Poor old Canucklehead,

he's gone from being good enough to have a new born named after him to having a moggy named after him.

We want a baby, We want a baby, We want a baby, We want a baby.

Well you ain't gonna get one.....so there.:rotfl: