Dellboy
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Hi,
Just wondering if we have any plumbers/boiler engineers here. I’m having a problem with our boiler. It’s a Worcester boiler (Greenstar 27cdi combi) and 3-4 years old, or so I’m told, only moved into the house 7 months ago.
Heating works fine, no problem with that; it’s the hot water, which is playing up.
Trying to take a shower is almost impossible, it takes a while to come through hot (due to boiler is at the other end of house), but then we only get 2-3 minutes (max) of hot water before it runs cold. So you have to run it again for another 4-5 minutes to get your next short burst of hot water.
It did work fine when we first moved it but has been getting worse. Had one chap round and told us we needed a new boiler, £1,100 + labor, a second chap said boiler was fine, must be the shower!! (Even though the same happens to the hot water in the kitchen)
I called Worcester; they said sounds like the Diverter valve and could send someone out to look but not for a while (not sure how long a while is?)
Now I did tell the last chap this info (diverter vave) but he said Combi boilers don’t have one.
So does anyone here know if I do have a Diverter valve with this boiler? And if so, does it sound like it would cause this fault?
I know it’s going to cost me, but so far I have not had much luck in sorting this and would just like an honest answer or advice.
Cheers
Dellboy
Just wondering if we have any plumbers/boiler engineers here. I’m having a problem with our boiler. It’s a Worcester boiler (Greenstar 27cdi combi) and 3-4 years old, or so I’m told, only moved into the house 7 months ago.
Heating works fine, no problem with that; it’s the hot water, which is playing up.
Trying to take a shower is almost impossible, it takes a while to come through hot (due to boiler is at the other end of house), but then we only get 2-3 minutes (max) of hot water before it runs cold. So you have to run it again for another 4-5 minutes to get your next short burst of hot water.
It did work fine when we first moved it but has been getting worse. Had one chap round and told us we needed a new boiler, £1,100 + labor, a second chap said boiler was fine, must be the shower!! (Even though the same happens to the hot water in the kitchen)
I called Worcester; they said sounds like the Diverter valve and could send someone out to look but not for a while (not sure how long a while is?)
Now I did tell the last chap this info (diverter vave) but he said Combi boilers don’t have one.
So does anyone here know if I do have a Diverter valve with this boiler? And if so, does it sound like it would cause this fault?
I know it’s going to cost me, but so far I have not had much luck in sorting this and would just like an honest answer or advice.
Cheers
Dellboy