Glowworm Flexicom 30CX Boiler losing pressure
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Hi all
Just thought Id post an update for the people who have replied to the thread before.
Last Tuesday I called in a company called ADI Leak Detection and they came in with thermal cameras and nitrogen gas to try and find the leak.
After about 3 or 4 hours of testing he managed to locate what he thought could be a leaking pipe under the concrete floor in the bedroom by the radiator and, after we pulled up my new laminate flooring and rolled back the underlay, hey presto! a patch of very damp looking concrete! Couldn't believe it. He was spot on first time.
He dug up the concrete, found the leak and repaired it.
I now have a nice hole in my bedroom floor to fill in but the pressure on the boiler has not dropped since he left, even after a couple of days of being left off, so it looks like the problem is finally resolved!
It seems as though the builders who built the flat got the line wrong for the run of the pipe under the floor as it did not line up with the pipe coming out of the radiator. They must have pulled the rad tail pipe slightly to get it to line up with the pipe in the floor as when the guy cut through it the whole thing sprang up. The tension that was in it over time had obviously caused the pipe to crack and leak.
He replaced the section with a mixture of copper and plastic pipe to relieve the tension and it seems good as new now.
Thanks again to everyone who offered help in this thread, much appreciated! If anyone has any hints on filling in the hole though then that would be great!
Cheers
Just thought Id post an update for the people who have replied to the thread before.
Last Tuesday I called in a company called ADI Leak Detection and they came in with thermal cameras and nitrogen gas to try and find the leak.
After about 3 or 4 hours of testing he managed to locate what he thought could be a leaking pipe under the concrete floor in the bedroom by the radiator and, after we pulled up my new laminate flooring and rolled back the underlay, hey presto! a patch of very damp looking concrete! Couldn't believe it. He was spot on first time.
He dug up the concrete, found the leak and repaired it.
I now have a nice hole in my bedroom floor to fill in but the pressure on the boiler has not dropped since he left, even after a couple of days of being left off, so it looks like the problem is finally resolved!
It seems as though the builders who built the flat got the line wrong for the run of the pipe under the floor as it did not line up with the pipe coming out of the radiator. They must have pulled the rad tail pipe slightly to get it to line up with the pipe in the floor as when the guy cut through it the whole thing sprang up. The tension that was in it over time had obviously caused the pipe to crack and leak.
He replaced the section with a mixture of copper and plastic pipe to relieve the tension and it seems good as new now.
Thanks again to everyone who offered help in this thread, much appreciated! If anyone has any hints on filling in the hole though then that would be great!
Cheers
thanks for letting us know the result! not many people do tbh!
glad you got it sorted. now you have a joine there, it would be a good idea to form a channel with a lid for access in the future. (just in case)
glad you got it sorted. now you have a joine there, it would be a good idea to form a channel with a lid for access in the future. (just in case)
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