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Hot water not staying hot
Yesterday afternoon my mother noticed a problem with her hot water - it wasn't hot, it was stone cold. Soon after that the boiler came on and the heating and hot water were fine (note: whenever her boiler comes on the heating and hot water heat simultaneously - it's one of those boilers where you can't ONLY turn on the heating (manually or via the timer) instead you need to turn on the hot water first THEN the heating a split second later)). All was well this morning, but she's been out during the day and came back in to find the hot water is stone cold again. This is not normal - there is usually some hot water left in the tank and, as mentioned, this only started yesterday. I can't check it myself as I live a few hours drive away. No taps are on or dripping, there's apparently no sign of any damp patches on the ceiling. My gut instinct says it's perhaps a leak underneath the floor somewhere (she lives in a house with a ground and upper floor, plus an attic). But she hasn't had any really really hard frosts in her area (unlike some) and even if she had I can't imagine pipes with warm water in them freezing that easily. But what else could it be? It's rather worrying. Thanks -- |
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Hot water not staying hot
Matt wrote:
Yesterday afternoon my mother noticed a problem with her hot water - it wasn't hot, it was stone cold. Soon after that the boiler came on and the heating and hot water were fine (note: whenever her boiler comes on the heating and hot water heat simultaneously - it's one of those boilers where you can't ONLY turn on the heating (manually or via the timer) instead you need to turn on the hot water first THEN the heating a split second later)). All was well this morning, but she's been out during the day and came back in to find the hot water is stone cold again. This is not normal - there is usually some hot water left in the tank and, as mentioned, this only started yesterday. I can't check it myself as I live a few hours drive away. No taps are on or dripping, there's apparently no sign of any damp patches on the ceiling. My gut instinct says it's perhaps a leak underneath the floor somewhere (she lives in a house with a ground and upper floor, plus an attic). But she hasn't had any really really hard frosts in her area (unlike some) and even if she had I can't imagine pipes with warm water in them freezing that easily. But what else could it be? It's rather worrying. Thanks does she actually HAVE a hot water tank? |
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Hot water not staying hot
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
does she actually HAVE a hot water tank? Blowed if I know. :-) However, she managed to get the plumber in and the problem was ........ a dripping hot water tap in the bath! She hadn't noticed that it had a fast drip (plumber says it was losing about a pint of water every few minutes) so he's replaced the washer. So that's that I hope! Thanks for all your help folks. :-) -- |
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