It could only happen to us Boiler has shut down E110 I think

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Nowt wrong with some decent thermal capacity the summer heat will see you through to Autumn f.o.c.

[ST1100]

True, keeps the heat in BUT takes 6 months to warm up in the first place!

Indeed 
I think at first that "rock" never came over 12°C during the summer... 
Methinks British' castles won't be much different... 

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Just when I thought it was all sorted the central heating stopped working this morning no fault code displayed  on the boiler just a temperature on the boiler panel saying 32 deg C.
Did the ON/OFF & tried reset trick no change,  changed the batteries in the Room Stat - no change.
Started to run out of ideas so as a last resort had a look in the airing cupoard to see if the pump was working its a fancy Grundfos pump with green LED bars on it - everything was flashing on & off.
Switched off the power supply to the controller/programmer then back on - all returned to normal so heating now working.
Advised Baxi by e-mail they are attending on Wednesday.
The pump was new in 2014 our previous Grundfos was over 35 years old and still working but replaced when we had the new boiler.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Pump replaced this afternoon with another Grundfos unit  but different model - smaller impeller I was informed but higher speed with fewer indicator lights on it. The old unit had some sort of built in speeding up & shutting down program iirc.
I would be amazed if it's any better than the old unit but fitter said it was more efficient.

[taysidedragon]

Pump replaced this afternoon with another Grundfos unit  but different model - smaller impeller I was informed but higher speed with fewer indicator lights on it. The old unit had some sort of built in speeding up & shutting down program iirc.
I would be amazed if it's any better than the old unit but fitter said it was more efficient.

They always say that sir!

[Sesman]

If your old pump is more than say 5 years old the new pump will be more efficient. Legislators ensure it has to be. But by what margin I’m unsure. Look on the pump, it probably states IE2 if it exceeds 120w duty.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

I've resurected this old post as last week the boiler stopped working  (again) - managed to reset & get it going but decided Baxi ought to have a look at it. They came today by an appointment made last week.

Yesterday wife noticed some paint peeling off the fireplace wall, switched off the heating and reverted to a couple of electric fires. Repair man came today  - needs a new condensate tank as it has rotted out causing water to spill into the back of the hearth - hence the damp patch.

Big job as he needs to take the boiler out of the fireplace to fit the new tank - full drain down - if parts are in stock coming on Wednesday to fix it.

I think it's all as a result of our house fire as from 2014-2018 it never faulted .

[davidcumbria]

Hope you get it sorted Ted. Why do these things always happen January 😧

[Oddjob]

Why have I got dragged into this conversation ? 

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Had a phone call this evening he has the parts - Baxi Engineer will be starting at 8.00 am - he tells me the manual time is four and a half hours to fit the new condensate tank.

[davidcumbria]

Why have I got dragged into this conversation ? 

Apologies Keith🤣

[royhall]

Had a phone call this evening he has the parts - Baxi Engineer will be starting at 8.00 am - he tells me the manual time is four and a half hours to fit the new condensate tank.

That's about the right time Ted, it's a real bitch of a job to do. I hate those modern back boilers, always try to be too busy when one of those pops up. Fortunately Baxi didn't sell many so they don't come up often. One more year to go and I can wave them goodbye for ever.

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[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Had a phone call this evening he has the parts - Baxi Engineer will be starting at 8.00 am - he tells me the manual time is four and a half hours to fit the new condensate tank.

That's about the right time Ted, it's a real bitch of a job to do. I hate those modern back boilers, always try to be too busy when one of those pops up. Fortunately Baxi didn't sell many so they don't come up often. One more year to go and I can wave them goodbye for ever.

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Yes you know what a difficult task it is  Roy - Baxi man  says he does not need to remove the upper Granite effect hearth so that will make getting at the unions more difficult. Baxi man says he does not know how to remove it - two man job anyway.

I believe the fireplace surround is basically retained by four bracket & it lifts off looking at some old photos when the builders stripped our house out after the fire. Only the Hearth is stuck down with some sort of adhesive. Hopefully it will be sorted today the house is pretty cold even though its mild outside.

[royhall]

Big expense as well to change that for a standard wall mounted, plus you then need a new fire and surround.

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[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

As we live in a so called Dorma style bungalow aside from the loft there were few options available for replacing the old lounge back boiler.
I did not want the kitchen to look even smaller by fitting one in there.  The BBU was an expensive but easy option.
We have never used the front electric fire, it's an ornament really to cover the boiler plus the black granite fireplace feature made Wendy happy.