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Thermostat destroyed and replacement fitted. Water temprature issue now resolved. Thanks for the advise guys.

Just to clarify, the thermostat is set to 50, but the water temperature is scalding.

Thanks again for the replys. The tank is gravety feed from what I can work out as there is one cold pipe feed in the bottom of the tank and one hot feed out the top. I haven't had the heating on and the boiler hasen't fired so I know it's not heating the water by the gas. There is only 1 boiler...

The heating system has been in the house since it was built 40 odds years ago, so is a little on the old side and we are assuming it will need replacing at some point in the future. From what I can work out the water is only heated by the electricity/immersion system. The boiler looks like it...

Hi Snoopy,    Thanks for the quick reply and the welcome. I have tried changing the temprature, which was set to 50 when I first checked it (new house) so assume the seller knew about the fault. I can hear it click at 55 but the water temprature is much hotter hense my assumption its faulty...

Firstly hello, and thanks for ready my question/thread. I believe my thermostat is faulty as the water is far too hot. There in not enough room to remove the thermostat as it hits the roof of the airing cupboard. Only idea I’ve had (other than removing the tank) is to cut the thermostat tube...