Central heating pump not working after returning from holiday

The pump has probably jammed, give it a bit of a tap whilst it should be running and it should go free

 

here Brenweb, hope this helps,,,

 

Nice clip as usual TP. My experience of old pump valves though is that 50% of them don't work very well and the rest let reasonable quantities of water past even when screwed right down. So taking the pump head off could result in a lot of (dirty) water going everywhere. Be warned BrenWeb! Maybe you could set up a webcam and post what happens......good luck

 

Check your roomstat Brenweb.
Tappy,

 

Brenweb said he had got power to it....
But good call, turn the stat up to maximum.

 

If you have hot water pump must be running unless immersion is on, select HW demand only, take bleed screw right off pump ( you may want to acquire a water catching device i.e bucket )
Put a screwdriver in the hole slowly, if it's working you will feel it vibrate,
Then put htg demand on see if valve moves over, if not remove head & see if motor moves on/off demand, if it does & pump runs, turn valve body spindle manually to see if stuck. Are you sure you had htg prior to holiday?
Then do htg only etc etc,

 

When doing hw demand run hot tap enough to bring cyl stat on incase satisfied. Check power to stat & out etc etc

 

Yes your pump sounds knackered.

 

Your welcome, see I was right...it was knackered.

 

Wayy hayyy well done Bren, and thanks for coming back to let us know,

 

Knackered, but a happy family.

 

Its a doddle,sometimes.

 

and sometimes its a night mare, I went to a leak coming through the ceiling today, the bathroom is above and after checking all the obvious things i sussed it was a copper pipe leaking, the bathroom floor was plastic clad covered, once that stuff is down it won't come up without ruining it, so i went from underneath and cut out a square of ceiling, the leak was a copper pipe with a flaw in the copper and it was dripping constantly, it was between 2 joists too close to get in and fix from below so i had to inform the customer the bathroom floor will have to come up, So i was all day taking out the toilet,ripping up the floor and the boards underneath being carefull not to cut through any other pipes just to cut out the section of pipe that was leaking, it took 10 miutes to cure the leak but all day getting to it and putting things back, but the bathroom floor is now ruined, and I'm knackered, I've been running up and down like a two year old all day carrying tools,drills,saws, and all sorts of stuff, then fixing the floor as best as i could then cleaning up and carrying stuff back to the van 20 yards up the street cos she would't move her 2 cars off the drive and after all that said " what about my floor and cieling, are you gonna fix it"

 

I know where your coming from Tom some customers and jobs test you to the limit,I hope my key ring kept a smile on your face.