The heat is on

[cia260895]

well it should be as we have now moved into the heating season

how many I wonder haven't run there heating over the summer only to find now that they want it on it doesnt work?

have had 3 calls today all the same awww my heating isnt working......

[TightEnd]

what can one do if one finds oneself in such a situation, without seeking costly professional advice?

Any measures one can take to minimise this risk?

[AndrewT]

what can one do if one finds oneself in such a situation, without seeking costly professional advice?

Any measures one can take to minimise this risk?

Turn it on for a bit every month throughout the summer.

[cia260895]

what can one do if one finds oneself in such a situation, without seeking costly professional advice?

Any measures one can take to minimise this risk?

Turn it on for a bit every month throughout the summer.

this

+ do what the clever people do and get gas board cover FTW (even I have it)

otherwise if it has broken down then don't get a call out engineer,just phone around and ask if someone can fit it in for cash

[Josedinho]

what can one do if one finds oneself in such a situation, without seeking costly professional advice?

Any measures one can take to minimise this risk?

Live with a plumber

[cia260895]

what can one do if one finds oneself in such a situation, without seeking costly professional advice?

Any measures one can take to minimise this risk?

Live with a plumber

Gas Safe registered engineer

[Claw75]

I put my heating on for the first time on Tuesday. Fine then, fine Wednesday, but as of yesterday doesn't want to know. Any advice?

[cia260895]

combi boiler?

[Claw75]

combi boiler?

yes

[cia260895]

hot water working?

[kinboshi]

Put mine on yesterday for the first time.  Works fine, but didn't realise I'd need a PhD to be able to fathom out the control panel and the instruction manual that goes with it.  Got to be the least intuitive thermostat/timer control I've ever seen.  It's a Glow-worm one for anyone who has had the pleasure.  Once I sussed it though, it works well, and the house is toasty.

[cia260895]

Put mine on yesterday for the first time.  Works fine, but didn't realise I'd need a PhD to be able to fathom out the control panel and the instruction manual that goes with it.  Got to be the least intuitive thermostat/timer control I've ever seen.  It's a Glow-worm one for anyone who has had the pleasure.  Once I sussed it though, it works well, and the house is toasty.

lol @ glow-worm wd on sussing it

I have got a wireless combined time clock and thermostat and i'm buggered if i can set it up properly even after 5 years with the thing,main switch on boiler FTW

[Claw75]

hot water working?

yes (although that stopped working for a while last night, but I found the button thingymijig on the top of the wotsit and that sorted the water out

[kinboshi]

Put mine on yesterday for the first time.  Works fine, but didn't realise I'd need a PhD to be able to fathom out the control panel and the instruction manual that goes with it.  Got to be the least intuitive thermostat/timer control I've ever seen.  It's a Glow-worm one for anyone who has had the pleasure.  Once I sussed it though, it works well, and the house is toasty.

lol @ glow-worm wd on sussing it

I have got a wireless combined time clock and thermostat and i'm buggered if i can set it up properly even after 5 years with the thing,main switch on boiler FTW

Mine's the wireless combined one.  Completely threw me to start with, but with dogged determination, a bottle of beer, and the instructions (which sound as though they've been translated into English on babelfish), I managed to work it out. 

It's actually more like climate control for the house, rather than the way normal central heating controllers work (well, all the ones I've ever seen in the past).  Set the temperature for the 'comfortable' setting, and then programme when you want the comfortable setting to kick in.  There's no button to whack the heating on for an hour quickly or anything either.  Glad it's not just me that find them confusing .

[cia260895]

hot water working?

yes (although that stopped working for a while last night, but I found the button thingymijig on the top of the wotsit and that sorted the water out

can you over ride the timeclock to have heating on constantly?
 and are rad valves open?
is there pressure in the system(you should have a gauge on the front of the boiler what does it read?) you should have some pressure in heating as hot water normally wont come on with heating system detecting pressure