Central heating problem
 

Hi there I am a total novice, and would like some help please my problem is

we have just moved into a house and have a backboiler ( the fire doesn't work the landlord says it is due to a flue problem, I don't think this can be right cos if it was then the central heating and hot water would not work either) am I right in my thinking please?

second, we have an overflow pipe that is dripping, The landlord put this down to the power shower, put we have noticed that if we turn the hot tap on the dripping stops for a while. also when the central heating is switched to off and the hot water is on, the three rads & towel rail upstairs come on, and if we turn them off the three rads down stairs come on.

Any ideas what can be causing this problem.

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 04:18:11 +0100, asante wrote:


Hi there I am a total novice, and would like some help please my problem
is

we have just moved into a house and have a backboiler ( the fire
doesn't work the landlord says it is due to a flue problem, I don't
think this can be right cos if it was then the central heating and hot
water would not work either) am I right in my thinking please?

second, we have an overflow pipe that is dripping, The landlord put
this down to the power shower, put we have noticed that if we turn the
hot tap on the dripping stops for a while. also when the central
heating is switched to off and the hot water is on, the three rads &
towel rail upstairs come on, and if we turn them off the three rads
down stairs come on.

Any ideas what can be causing this problem.

The Landlord.

Seriously this is the sort of landlord who gives all the others a bad
name. The gas appliances have to inspected and certified as safe annually.
The Landlord is obligated to provide you with a copy of the safety
certificate. If there is a 'problem with the flue' then the appliance will
have (should have) been turned off and labelled as unsafe. The boiler
shares the flue with the fire.

A responsible landlords does things right and maintains things that way.

--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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we have just moved into a house and have a backboiler ( the fire
doesn't work the landlord says it is due to a flue problem, I don't
think this can be right cos if it was then the central heating and hot
water would not work either) am I right in my thinking please?

Basically, you should have a copy of the Gas Safety Certificate. If there
was a problem with the flue, then the certificate would not be issued. He is
probably committing a criminal offence.

second, we have an overflow pipe that is dripping, The landlord put
this down to the power shower, put we have noticed that if we turn the
hot tap on the dripping stops for a while.

A leaking ballvalve in the loft tank. Using water reduces the level below
the overflow until the drip from the valve replenishes the tank up to the
overflow level again.

Christian.