I live in Ireland. We have just bought a new house. In our old house our gas boiler (which was Vokera I think) heated both the radiators the water. However, in this house, the boiler does not appear to be heating the water. It will only heat when we switch on the emmersion. Are we missing a switch that can be turned to allow our gas boiler to heat both the water the radiators?
boiler systems are set up in zones. If the installer and/or previous owner did not set up a zone for heating domestic water, that would be the problem. If that is the case, you will have to have your plumber install a tank made for this purpose and have him make the tank one of your heating zones.
This boiler may still heat both. Firstly go to your water cylinder and check how many pipes come off of the cylinder. There will be one at the top and one at the bottom on the side. If you have two other pipes entering on the same side at different heights then your boiler is designed to do the hot water but you may have a fault. If this is not the case then to convert it the best idea would be to get a combination boiler which would comfortably do both. expect between ?1200 and ?2000 and this would also free up your airing cupboard
