OP
OP
Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
Absolutely wonderful (formerly absolutely useless) housing association
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swee'pea99
Squire
I can't quite see it from your picture, but I reckon your first port of call ought to be the system pressure gauge. I have a Worcestor Bosch - similar vintage to yours - and on mine, it looks like this:
If yours is basically the same, there'll be two pointers - a red one and a black one. The red one shows you where your water pressure needs to be, the black one shows where it actually is. If that black needle is way below the red one, you need to let more water into the system. Somewhere close to your boiler you'll find the water pipes connected to it. Mine look like this:
Find that tap - yours will be similar - and turn it anti-clockwise, while you watch the dial. The black needle should start moving up. When it's level with the red one, or just a tad below, turn the tap off. (Do this carefully...the pressure can change quickly.) Then use the reset button, as per irw's diagram above, and if you're lucky, you might be in business.
None of which changes the fact that the housing association should not be leaving people calling an emergency number for an hour.
If yours is basically the same, there'll be two pointers - a red one and a black one. The red one shows you where your water pressure needs to be, the black one shows where it actually is. If that black needle is way below the red one, you need to let more water into the system. Somewhere close to your boiler you'll find the water pipes connected to it. Mine look like this:
Find that tap - yours will be similar - and turn it anti-clockwise, while you watch the dial. The black needle should start moving up. When it's level with the red one, or just a tad below, turn the tap off. (Do this carefully...the pressure can change quickly.) Then use the reset button, as per irw's diagram above, and if you're lucky, you might be in business.
None of which changes the fact that the housing association should not be leaving people calling an emergency number for an hour.
irw
Quadricyclist
- Location
- Liverpool, UK
Thanks,but i ain't gonna mess with it now!I probably won't mess with it at all. I'll phone the er hum! emergency (wait an hour for no one to answer) number later today and hope someone actually does answer it!
Fair do's...Wrap up warm tonight then!
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
My boiler completely conked out when the pressure was lost. I repressurised it twice and it lasted 4-5 weeks both times. This 3rd time I am on 7+ weeks and it is holding up.
I don't leave the loop in place after repressurising because I read somewhere that you are not supposed to in case contaminated water leaks back into the domestic supply.
That's warmer than I have it here with the CH on!
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
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- Location
- The hills of Accrington
How come? Is yours a big house? I had electric central heating in my first post married life flat, neatly 4 years ago. I was there from April till July,so not winter months,but the walls were about 14ft high,so the little heat those radiators gave out went up in the air.
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
Well, i suppose having a frozen corpse as one of their tenant's isn't up in their priorities. But then the media would love it... 🤪
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
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It's so tempting,but i'll wait to hear their response and of course how long it takes them to respond.
https://housingdisrepairhelpline.co...emG3-aaxfQLqmaoRkgfX418yuqeHyLuRoCPyYQAvD_BwE
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
I was with a housing association for 18 years. I occasionally gave them a list of repairs and exercised my "rights" listed in my contract repeatedly. I can't say they were too enthusiastic to come out when my old gas back boiler stopped working on a Friday night but i made sure it was less hassle to tend to my request than to simply tell me that me freezing to death was more preferable than paying a call out charge of £50 to one of their engineers... They're just playing hardball with you...
@Accy cyclist - follow post 32 - it's what i would have done first.
My guess is the pressure has gone too low, let water into the system and a good chance it will fire up
My guess is the pressure has gone too low, let water into the system and a good chance it will fire up
OP
OP
Accy cyclist
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Ok,thanks for that,it gives me hope! I'm not going to try it now,but tomorrow,as in later today i'll attempt it.👍
lazybloke
Today i follow the flying spaghetti monster
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Not sure boilers have had pilot lights for at least 20 years. Too wasteful.
I've got a very similar Worcester CDI boiler, and would say almost definitely just to top up the water (to about 1.5 bar), then switch off/on again.
Very much a DIY task as long as you can find and operate the filling loop.
It's a bit strange, however, for the pressure to suddenly drop to zero.; it could indicate a plumber is worth a call. So before doing anything else I'd have a quick look around inside for leaks - eg wet carpet or sudden excessive condensation on cold surfaces. If no sign, then check whether water escaped outside through a small pipe below the flue. This would indicate a pressure release from the boiler, perhaps from an overheat.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Because I don't like it too warm and can't afford it anyway! (My fuel bills are about £1,000/year and I don't want to spend more than that.)
It isn't a huge house but it is end terrace so I have an extra wall to let heat out through. The big attic bedroom does have insulation in the ceiling but it feels like it could do with another layer. If I owned the property I would suspend a second ceiling below the current one with extra insulation in between - there is plenty of headroom for that. I've also got an unheated cellar directly under this floor so that doesn't help...
I would like a really well-insulated house that didn't really need much heating but I don't suppose that I will ever be able to afford one.
Anyway - good luck getting your heating sorted out. I hate fan heaters - every one I have ever owned has made far too much noise.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
I think another reason for leaving the loop disconnected is to avoid any chance of leaving the inlet tap on.
Worth having a go at re-pressurising it, I've done that in my similar Worcester boiler in the caravan a couple of times.
It should come up to pressure swiftly if it's going to.
Don't try for very long because if there's a leak all you will be doing is pumping water through the hole.