I'm a complete plumbing novice so please forgive me if I don't explain this quite correctly.
In my loft are two tanks. Going into the larger is a fairly thick pipe that rises above the tank and then enters the tank, from above, through a hole in the lid. I am guessing this was once connected to a water boiler (we have a combi now).
Going into the larger and the smaller (and I'm guessing the smaller feeds my radiators) are thinner pipes, each with a brass tap-like attachment which, I assume allows me to prevent water leaving the tanks.
The problem I have is that the overflow pipe that comes out of the loft just below my roof drips quite rapidly. This evening my wife took a shower and, rather than decrease the drip, water just flowed out of that pipe onto the flat roof below. It went back to a rapid drip once she had finished.
I assume the solution might lie with the water control valve inside the big tank but two things concern me:
1. I can't get the bleedin' lid off because the boiler pipe goes into the tank through a hole in the lid preventing the lid from lifting off. I'll probably have to slice the lid with a stanley knife so I can remove it. Unless I'm missing a trick here...
2. But I baffled as to why the flow through the overflow pipe increased when my wife was drawing water out of the tank for her shower. I expected the dripping to stop - not become a free flow!
Anyway, could any knowledgable person offer their two pennies' worth and tell me what they think is happening with my overflow and what they reckon I need to do to cure it.
Many thanks,
Jack
In my loft are two tanks. Going into the larger is a fairly thick pipe that rises above the tank and then enters the tank, from above, through a hole in the lid. I am guessing this was once connected to a water boiler (we have a combi now).
Going into the larger and the smaller (and I'm guessing the smaller feeds my radiators) are thinner pipes, each with a brass tap-like attachment which, I assume allows me to prevent water leaving the tanks.
The problem I have is that the overflow pipe that comes out of the loft just below my roof drips quite rapidly. This evening my wife took a shower and, rather than decrease the drip, water just flowed out of that pipe onto the flat roof below. It went back to a rapid drip once she had finished.
I assume the solution might lie with the water control valve inside the big tank but two things concern me:
1. I can't get the bleedin' lid off because the boiler pipe goes into the tank through a hole in the lid preventing the lid from lifting off. I'll probably have to slice the lid with a stanley knife so I can remove it. Unless I'm missing a trick here...
2. But I baffled as to why the flow through the overflow pipe increased when my wife was drawing water out of the tank for her shower. I expected the dripping to stop - not become a free flow!
Anyway, could any knowledgable person offer their two pennies' worth and tell me what they think is happening with my overflow and what they reckon I need to do to cure it.
Many thanks,
Jack