Hot water
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Topic: Hot water
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Hot water
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 8:24pm
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DH discovered at 5pm tonight (yes, a Friday night LOL) that our [ETA: gas] HW cylinder has stopped working. It seems that some HRV install guys were here yesterday banging around on the floor with a hammer etc and since then it has got cooler and cooler until finally, tonight, no HW at all!
Is it just a coincidence about the floor being whacked yesterday or is our cylinder just got too old perhaps? The trouble seems to be that the gas won't relight - it will ignite but not stay on. Does this mean a new cylinder? does anyone know? -------------  |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 8:26pm
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I have no idea sorry, but hope you get some soon. I think times like this I am so glad I heat my own water and don't have to rely on the electricity to do that. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 8:38pm
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My parents had DVS put in a while ago and they did something to their gas heating? Mum called them and got them to come back and fix it.
------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 9:32pm
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the HW at our old place was gas and in the 12 years I was there we had something similar twice - it was to do with the ignition bit, so not a major deal to fix. Fingers crossed yours is the same -------------   
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 9:41pm
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So do we get hold of a plumber or electrician then? ------------- |
Posted By: ellen
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 10:09pm
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I would say a plumber since it's gas.
Just in case you have to replace it I would recommend going for an infinity. Our hot water cylinder gave up the ghost last year and we installed an infinity - the BEST thing we've ever done! Never run out of hot water and now have extra cupboard space where the cylinder was. Trouble is we paid through the nose as we had no time to make choices as we had no hot water. |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 31 January 2009 at 10:19am
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Argh, what a pain! It sounds like they have knocked some of the piping. This is very small in comparison but our gas heater does the same at the beginning of winter, it will ignite but not stay on. It's because it gets caked in crap over summer and the dust clogs inside where the flame comes out. Maybe they have managed to jiggle some dust into your one? I don't know much about gas heating (ok, nothing!) is there anyway you can reach the "fire hole" and clean it out with a cotton bud?
Idea's anyway, sorry if they are completely useless! ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 31 January 2009 at 9:34pm
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yep teresa - that's what happened with our hot water cylinder. we could relight it and it would go out again not too long afterwards... had to be replaced. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 12:35pm
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Do you have any other appliances on gas that work? Are all the appliances doing it or just the hot water? The only thing you can really do is check that the gas meter is fully on, other than that you'll need to get a gas fitter. If it needs replacing, get an infinity as it is 90% more efficient than storage. ------------- 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 3:02pm
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It's our only gas use - no heater or anything here.
The guy whose team we think knocked it is coming to look at it sometime tomorrow. ------------- |