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It's a Potterton Combi 80 boiler.

I recently drained my system by opening up one of the drain cocks downstairs, then repressurised my expansion vessel to just over 1 bar and then refilled the system up to 1 bar using the filling loop. I then bled the rads and topped back up to 1 bar again. It generally works fine now except...

Thanks for your replies so far. It seems my problem has got worse before I even had the chance to replace the PRV and recharge the expansion vessel. Maybe related to the pressure going too low, a noise was heard in one of the downstairs rads and then the boiler tripped the circuit breaker in the...

Thanks for your prompt reply. Can you please tell me what this sealant is called and where I can get it from? Is it essential to drop the pressure in the boiler to change the PRV and/or recharge the expansion vessel? Thanks, Steve

My Potterton Combi 80 boiler loses pressure quickly and I expect the reason for this is that water is currently constantly dripping out of the pressure relief pipe. Reading numerous posts on this forum I reach the conclusion that my Pressure Relief Valve needs replacing. This has been happening...