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Boiler Firing but radiators not heating up

loveisdivine · 2016-10-12 13:10:48

Hi, Our heating stopped working on Saturday, the radiators just didn't get hot. So I had someone come out on Monday to check it and they said there just wasn't enough oil in the tank. They opened some valve and just air came out. We knew it was low but this is our first house and first time with an oil boiler so we were a…

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#32 17-10-2016 02:16PM

loveisdivine

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After having a different guy out, it turned out that the ball cock thing in the tank that supplies the heating was stuck at the top so the tank wasn't refilling and obviously no water getting to the rads!

Unfortunately after he freed it, it worked for a bit but then got stuck in the down position so water continued to gush out of the over flow pipe.

He's replacing the ball thing today and that should be it Rads we're nice and hot while it was on.

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