Can I pick your brains min?

 

I'm having trouble with my boiler here in Budapest.

I know it's not a very good one, we had an entire central heating system put in (7 radiators in large rooms) for less than our optician at the time paid for her boiler.

It's a Saunier Duval therma classic F25e

 

I've always thought it was possibly not powerful enough to heat the whole flat but I'd rather not replace it right now.

 

Of course we are not here all of the time but it's pretty important that I can rely on it to keep the flat at a certain temperature during the winter.

 

When it was newly installed we were advised to keep the pressure at 1.8 bar and set the temperature at 56c for the hot water and 50 for the heating.

I had a major service done in January ( long story but loads of dust and bits of plaster everywhere including in the boiler)

 

Anyway the temperature control is all to fuck and when I arrived here yesterday the boiler had turned itself off and the red light was on. I put in some water and it worked but Ive been topping up and bleeding water continually.

Cheers Buc, will hae a look ower the weekend.

Hmmm... nae luck with the bleeding it seems. Is it normal that no water comes out when you bleed it? That happened on a few of them, which seemed strange. Specifically the ones causing me issue too. I'm considering just burning down my house and taking the insurance. It seems the most logical next step.

Its its a pressurized system once you take air out a radiator you need to top it up again to 1 bar until the system is full of water.

 

That's more than likely the problem.

 

Post a pic of your boiler with the dial that has the pressure rating on it.

 

Either that it could be a tank fed system and its not refilling due to a blockage more likely on the cold feed.

Its its a pressurized system once you take air out a radiator you need to top it up again to 1 bar until the system is full of water.

 

That's more than likely the problem.

 

Post a pic of your boiler with the dial that has the pressure rating on it.

 

Either that it could be a tank fed system and its not refilling due to a blockage more likely on the cold feed.

 

Pressure was near 2 bar lastnight when I checked it. A blockage in the cold feed sounds likely. Should I start hacking up pipes and shit?

Won't be a blockage in the cold feed if its a pressurized system.

 

I think you have a problem needed to be looked at from a professional.

I'd help but I'm so busy doing loads of stuff just now.

Won't be a blockage in the cold feed if its a pressurized system.

 

I think you have a problem needed to be looked at from a professional.

I'd help but I'm so busy doing loads of stuff just now.

 

Aye, that's what I thought. Cheers for yer advice though, I will get someone in to check it oot. Probably a Hungarian, there pretty cheap.