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We moved into our new home yesterday (1999 build) and found there was no hot water. In the end we contacted the previous owners who informed us the heating is ran by the boiler (working fine) and the hot water is ran by the immersion heater which they left swotched constantly on.
We turned on the immersion heater (top part, as there is a top switch and bottom switch). A short time later we had hot water - yey!
However, at 2am, there was loud bubbling noises coming from the tank and the loft. I immediately turned off the immersion heater and found:
1. Pipe coming from top of immersion too hot to touch.
2. In loft the tank was bubbling like a boiling kettle and steam was coming from it.
3. When i turned on the hot water, it was scalding hot - no kidding, i couldn't touch it (you could have made a cup of tea with the water!)
I drained off some of the water through the taps and fortunatley we are all still alive this morning. I cannot find a thermostat anywhere, so can anyone advise what has happened? Do we need to get an engineer out?
(sorry for questions, but previous owner has not left any instruction manuals for system!)
Here are some pics of the system:
We turned on the immersion heater (top part, as there is a top switch and bottom switch). A short time later we had hot water - yey!
However, at 2am, there was loud bubbling noises coming from the tank and the loft. I immediately turned off the immersion heater and found:
1. Pipe coming from top of immersion too hot to touch.
2. In loft the tank was bubbling like a boiling kettle and steam was coming from it.
3. When i turned on the hot water, it was scalding hot - no kidding, i couldn't touch it (you could have made a cup of tea with the water!)
I drained off some of the water through the taps and fortunatley we are all still alive this morning. I cannot find a thermostat anywhere, so can anyone advise what has happened? Do we need to get an engineer out?
(sorry for questions, but previous owner has not left any instruction manuals for system!)
Here are some pics of the system:
