Last seen: Jan 2, 2023
Hello again @derek-m. Happy New Year!! I am home and have tried the actuators now, as per your suggestion. On the metal valve box which is lower dow...
We only moved into this house in July 2022 and due to hot weather and good insulation, we didn't need to have the heating on at all until October. Ev...
😆 And I'll mention it to my landlord, thanks.
You're a star @derek-m. A very patient one!! 😊
I get the impression that our landlord was guided by a company rep before purchase, but has not had particularly good after care from the company. For...
Thank you very much indeed for your consideration and patience @derek-m and @hughf I'm away from home today but will be brave and try adjusting th...
@derek-m thank you for the explanation and suggestion. To be honest, I'm very wary of doing anything to the system. It's completely unfamiliar (and in...
"Something very wrong"!! Yes! I'm so relieved to hear that we aren't imagining it. We have Honeywell thermostats, one upstairs and one downstairs.
Hi again @derek-m, Further photos. Port AB is the curved pipe in the centre of the valve, which curves down and then out through the wall. It is the...
I guess what I'm saying is, this huge bill would be easier to bear if we'd actually had heat as a result! Instead, we were running the system as sugge...
@derek-m I will check and take another photo without the vacuum in the way. Sorry about that. I don't know what the flow or return pipes are, nor how ...
@hughf I know all fuel bills have risen exponentially lately, but during that time period, the hottest our radiators ever got was 13 degrees, and usua...
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