I need advice on my boiler please.
My Combi boiler has started making a really loud ‘scraping’ type sound when the hot water is running. It sounds like something is scratching or scraping.
The hot water then turns cold and only goes back hot if you turn the tap slightly so that the water runs much slower - then it runs very very hot. The pressure gauge on the boiler fluctuates up and down when the hot water is run.
Since this happened I also have problems with my radiators. It started with the radiator in the living room not working, but the rest in the house are fine.
My partner bled all the radiators to remove the air and repressurised the boiler. This did nothing to help.
As time has gone on, my 2nd downstairs radiator has now stopped coming on. (We have 2 downstairs and 3 upstairs).
The boiler doesn’t make the scraping noise when the heating is on.
I have also noticed that when the heating fires on, the boiler fires up as normal. The temperature builds up to around 80 (on the digital display on the boiler) and then it switches off and quickly loses heat dropping to around 44. Then it will fire back up and repeat over and over.
I’m now really struggling to get the house warm, I’m pregnant and have a 5 year old. I’m waiting for my landlord to get a plumber out but it’s going to be at least another month before this happens.
Can you help me identify the problem and give an idea of the size of the job to repair?
Just to add, the boiler was fitted brand new in 2015.
Thank you
My Combi boiler has started making a really loud ‘scraping’ type sound when the hot water is running. It sounds like something is scratching or scraping.
The hot water then turns cold and only goes back hot if you turn the tap slightly so that the water runs much slower - then it runs very very hot. The pressure gauge on the boiler fluctuates up and down when the hot water is run.
Since this happened I also have problems with my radiators. It started with the radiator in the living room not working, but the rest in the house are fine.
My partner bled all the radiators to remove the air and repressurised the boiler. This did nothing to help.
As time has gone on, my 2nd downstairs radiator has now stopped coming on. (We have 2 downstairs and 3 upstairs).
The boiler doesn’t make the scraping noise when the heating is on.
I have also noticed that when the heating fires on, the boiler fires up as normal. The temperature builds up to around 80 (on the digital display on the boiler) and then it switches off and quickly loses heat dropping to around 44. Then it will fire back up and repeat over and over.
I’m now really struggling to get the house warm, I’m pregnant and have a 5 year old. I’m waiting for my landlord to get a plumber out but it’s going to be at least another month before this happens.
Can you help me identify the problem and give an idea of the size of the job to repair?
Just to add, the boiler was fitted brand new in 2015.
Thank you
