Please help- Boiler, no hot water or heating. Ideal Mini

[Tea]

Hi all,

Help please! Advice and/or recommendations much appreciated.

Our boiler (Ideal Mini S24) used to provide lovely hot water (constant) and heating (on thermostat), although for a few weeks now the heating came on a good few minutes after we turned up the thermo dial. Now, it sounds like it will fire up but then fails to. It provided hot water without CH but now we don't get either.

We called a local Gas Safe engineer when we stopped getting hot water. He said it was the fan but when he replaced it, it didn't work so he said he'd replaced the components to the divert valve. He didn't give me a receipt for the work so can't be sure of the details. The CH and HW worked for one day before packing up again. The engineer says that we need a new pump, as that's the problem.

I've done quite a bit of Googling and going mad. We've checked the rads for air and increased the pressure. What else can we do before forking out more ???? What could it be? Is it worth getting repaired? Help please!

Many thanks,

Tea (cold)

[Sue]

Tea Wrote:

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> Hi all,

>

> Help please! Advice and/or recommendations much

> appreciated.

>

> Our boiler (Ideal Mini S24) used to provide lovely

> hot water (constant) and heating (on thermostat),

> although for a few weeks now the heating came on a

> good few minutes after we turned up the thermo

> dial. Now, it sounds like it will fire up but then

> fails to. It provided hot water without CH but now

> we don't get either.

>

> We called a local Gas Safe engineer when we

> stopped getting hot water. He said it was the fan

> but when he replaced it, it didn't work so he said

> he'd replaced the components to the divert valve.

> He didn't give me a receipt for the work so can't

> be sure of the details. The CH and HW worked for

> one day before packing up again. The engineer says

> that we need a new pump, as that's the problem.

>

> I've done quite a bit of Googling and going mad.

> We've checked the rads for air and increased the

> pressure. What else can we do before forking out

> more ???? What could it be? Is it worth getting

> repaired? Help please!

>

> Many thanks,

>

> Tea (cold)

Sorry I can't help, but have you tried googling the model and the problem?

Have you tried phoning the manufacturer and asking them? (I've done that in the past and found them very helpful indeed).

ETA: Sorry, I've just noticed you said you'd done loads of googling, but have you tried googling the specific model?

Another thought - there are plumbers' forums online, you might be able to post a question on one of them?

[Tea]

Many thanks Sue!

But I've now signed on to British Gas (they have an offer) so it's covered.

Take care,

Tea