drips from overflow when hot water is turned off...

[kap]

Hi,

I've noticed that when the hot water is turned on (i.e. Boiler is running) there's no dripping, but when the boiler is off, it drips. So during the day when i'm at work it drips all over my patio, but when i get home and switch on the water, its fine.........any ideas/ explanations

I have a floor mounted potteron boiler and cylinder tank.

I'd really appreciate some pointers.

Thanks,

Kap

 

[gas4you]

Just guessing, but I would think that it is the cold feed tank to the hw cylinder that is the problem. Change the ball valve. When you are at work it is probably still dripping and as you are not using any water during the day it is overflowing.

 

[kap]

Thanks, i'll check that, but what really bugging me is that it stops dripping when the boiler is heating the water (i.e. stops when the boiler is on and is heating the water), so no drips when its on, but only drips when the hot water (boiler) is off.

Any ideas?

would appreciate any suggestions/ explanations

Thanks in advance

 

[Dan Robinson]

Depending on which overflow is dripping, it could be that you come home from work, flush the loo, wash your hands; therby loweringthe water level and stopping the overflow.

It could be a good couple of hours before it starts to overflow again - which happens to coincide with the hot water being on.