Hi
Tthis is my first post. Im sorry that it might look like a rant, but it is simply what has been going on with my hot water over the last few years:
3 years ago my hot water tank stopped heating water. It took a week for the housing association to send out a contractor because it was the Christmas holidays and they didn’t class having no hot water as urgent.
When the contractor arrived he discovered that the element had failed in what was a 20 year old un-insulated tank. This apparently was a very good innings for such an old tank.
Anyway, the tank was replaced as was the dual top loading immersion.
After that I was only getting half a tank of hot water over night. The boost only gave me ¼ of a tank.
Eventually another of the housing associations contractors came out and replaced the dual element for a longer one, although he managed to crease the tank at the same time, which meant another new hot water tank had to be fitted.
Over the next few years I have called out numerous electricians (some the housing associations and some privately) because I was waking up to no hot water due to stats burning out and or tripping over night.
As it stand for the last few years I have been setting my alarm for 1am every night so that I can check if the water is heating up, and if not, trying to reset the over night stat. This usually results in a few sparks coming off the stats as well as a serious lack of sleep and becoming very down on myself having put up with this problem for so long.
Last week the housing association contracted out electricians to completely rewire our homes. The contractor were amazing: brand-new heating, extractors and they even installed a shaving light and heated towel rail that I had purchased.
Sadly when it came to the hot water, things went bad yet again. The following day after they finished I had no hot water. Neither the boost or over night stats worked, even though the contractors showed me that power to both stats was live. The contractor came out again the following day to rewire the heating controller and the stats.
As it stands, the boost works and the over night stat fires up, but only when I push the reset button on the stat itself, again resulting in a few sparks.
So far I have had 2 water tanks, 2 dual elements and countless stats fitted. Plus I am constantly worried about waking up to no hot water before I go to work each day.
So, if the problem isn’t the tank, the element or the stat, what the hell is going wrong?
I always used to think that hot water was a basic necessity, but apparently it’s a luxury.
What is my next move, because I love my home and am very house proud, but this one problem is effecting my life, which I guess to some people will think is an overreaction?
Is it normal for me to be fiddling around with stats at 1o’clock in the morning everyday for so long?
Calling out an electrician also involves having to take leave from work, and of course they only ever turn up when they say they will about half of the time, and when they do decide turn up to carry out the work, the problem is never properly dealt with!
I’m no expert but I didn’t it would take a rocket scientist to make hot water flow from my taps.
Please can anyone guide me?
Thank you
Tthis is my first post. Im sorry that it might look like a rant, but it is simply what has been going on with my hot water over the last few years:
3 years ago my hot water tank stopped heating water. It took a week for the housing association to send out a contractor because it was the Christmas holidays and they didn’t class having no hot water as urgent.
When the contractor arrived he discovered that the element had failed in what was a 20 year old un-insulated tank. This apparently was a very good innings for such an old tank.
Anyway, the tank was replaced as was the dual top loading immersion.
After that I was only getting half a tank of hot water over night. The boost only gave me ¼ of a tank.
Eventually another of the housing associations contractors came out and replaced the dual element for a longer one, although he managed to crease the tank at the same time, which meant another new hot water tank had to be fitted.
Over the next few years I have called out numerous electricians (some the housing associations and some privately) because I was waking up to no hot water due to stats burning out and or tripping over night.
As it stand for the last few years I have been setting my alarm for 1am every night so that I can check if the water is heating up, and if not, trying to reset the over night stat. This usually results in a few sparks coming off the stats as well as a serious lack of sleep and becoming very down on myself having put up with this problem for so long.
Last week the housing association contracted out electricians to completely rewire our homes. The contractor were amazing: brand-new heating, extractors and they even installed a shaving light and heated towel rail that I had purchased.
Sadly when it came to the hot water, things went bad yet again. The following day after they finished I had no hot water. Neither the boost or over night stats worked, even though the contractors showed me that power to both stats was live. The contractor came out again the following day to rewire the heating controller and the stats.
As it stands, the boost works and the over night stat fires up, but only when I push the reset button on the stat itself, again resulting in a few sparks.
So far I have had 2 water tanks, 2 dual elements and countless stats fitted. Plus I am constantly worried about waking up to no hot water before I go to work each day.
So, if the problem isn’t the tank, the element or the stat, what the hell is going wrong?
I always used to think that hot water was a basic necessity, but apparently it’s a luxury.
What is my next move, because I love my home and am very house proud, but this one problem is effecting my life, which I guess to some people will think is an overreaction?
Is it normal for me to be fiddling around with stats at 1o’clock in the morning everyday for so long?
Calling out an electrician also involves having to take leave from work, and of course they only ever turn up when they say they will about half of the time, and when they do decide turn up to carry out the work, the problem is never properly dealt with!
I’m no expert but I didn’t it would take a rocket scientist to make hot water flow from my taps.
Please can anyone guide me?
Thank you