I appear to have fixed it. I'm not sure whether it was the bleeding or the flushing but it is working, although I'm not convinced yet. I'll give it a week before I celebrate but this morning I had a lovely hot shower.
Good afternoon Marrtin, I've given the valve a whack or two (more out of frustration than anything else) it made no difference. As far as I can see the boiler (a Potterton Netaheat 10-16 MK 11 F) is connected separately to the hot water. The fault as far as I can see is either air (have tried to ble...
Thanks for the reply marrtin, yes I have blown down the expansion tank overflow pipe as I originally suspected air in the system but I have used this method several times now and although it has usually started the hot water, when I tried this yesterday it made no difference. Could I try a sharp tap...
Hello all, my first post so please be gentle. My central heating system is an older gravity system (installed 1979ish) where the hot water temp is controlled by the boiler regulator. I should always have hot water but I don't have any hot water at the moment. The heating is fine. There is a one way ...