Shiva Grows

[shiva82]

my boiler has stopped working so i have no hot water or heating . i need to try and work out what is wrong. i'm useless with plumbing and heating

 

[revegeta666]

my boiler has stopped working so i have no hot water or heating . i need to try and work out what is wrong. i'm useless with plumbing and heating

Fuck. I'm even more useless so can't help at all. Good luck

 

[goingrey]

Boilers are a bitch, once they go they like to go and go and go, start saving up for a replacement sooner rather than later. That's what everyone says at least but maybe they're all getting scammed.

 

[shiva82]

i think i have a leak and i'm not sure where. i sussed out the error code , and got to valves, and two of them are back to front. jokers. i opened them and got the pressure in range and it is working again, but i notice it dropped to low again, so there must be a problem with feed or a leak

 

[shiva82]

just in rage. i left it low so if it switches off again to fault setting then i know i have a leak . in theory

 

[goingrey]

Leak in the network? That's rough hope not fortunately you are a builder

 

[shiva82]

all these valves are shut. wtf . i open two and then don't know what position they start in . they should all line up . imo. i'm not a plumber and i'm clueless, but i think that's the case. pipework is fine. its just the valves position . i will get a plumber round asap to give it all a once over

 

[shiva82]

 

[goingrey]

Heh should have taken the photo beforehand greets from the 20/20 hindsight dept.

 

[shiva82]

saved myself 120 quid call out cost. pressure is holding

 

[shiva82]

 

[shiva82]

 

[goingrey]

 

[revegeta666]

120 quid

woah I'm glad I don't live in England.

 

[zaprjaques]

man thats wack as fuck.
where i'm at theyre either too stupid to fix things or dont want to do it so they can sell you a new one.
after years and years of expensive halfassed repairjobs that costed me more than a new one, i opted for a new one.

 

[zaprjaques]

oh, i see you fixed it.

 

[shiva82]

man thats wack as fuck.
where i'm at theyre either too stupid to fix things or dont want to do it so they can sell you a new one.
after years and years of expensive halfassed repairjobs that costed me more than a new one, i opted for a new one.

it is the first time it has needed any attention in 4 years since it was new. usually you get 10 years out of a boiler before replacing parts becomes common. once one part fails, the rest will follow. i think pressure drop once in 4years is quite good. i'm not too sure. we all can do anything and fix anything. often i take the easy route and get the pros in , but i did not want to be using my oven to finish drying my boxing clothing in the morning

 

[shiva82]

old school back boiler systems and fires were best

 

[goingrey]

Wood burning stoves have their benefit alright grow your own fuel but if everyone does it the air ain't too good in densely populated areas that is

 

[shiva82]

an example would be say one of my brothers. he does not do hard work or dirty work. he can afford to pay people . if he had no money and his roof was leaking , i'm sure he would find the courage and basic human skills to fix it eventually

and then you get bone idle people that refuse to even try lol