the pressure guage being low is a different problem. below your boiler you would normally find a silver braided hose between 2 of the pipes, on one end of the will be a small tap, opening this will increase the boiler pressure, recharge this to between 1-1.5 bar.
if this does not work then I would look at a stop cock being closed somewhere.
Knowing the model of the boiler would help though.
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March 2008