Medium
S.54 on Glow-worm Easicom 24

Your boiler is pausing because it either has too little water pressure or is struggling to move the water around your heating system effectively.

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This fault should be looked at by a Gas Safe engineer within the next week or two. It may get worse if left.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Waiting cycle: lack of water in the installation/temperature rise between heating flow and return is too high.

From this model's manual
Verified against the Glow Worm Easicom 24 installation & service manual, page 25.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

DIY fix possible

Check the pressure gauge on the front of the boiler; if it is below 1 bar, top up the pressure using the filling loopEnsure all radiator valves are fully openCheck your radiators for air and bleed them if they feel cold at the top

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