Hello, I've recently moved into a flat with an old Potterton Lynx 2 boiler. I've had a gas safety check & all was fine.
This morning while I was using the shower (bath tap mixer type), water starting coming through the bathroom ceiling, dripping down over a halogen ceiling light fitting. It stopped shortly after I turned the shower off. Switched the lights off & haven't dared switch them back on since!
I won't be trying to mend this one myself, and have an appointment for an all round plumbing check in a couple of weeks, but I was hoping to shed some light on where the water could be coming from all the same.
I had a look through a hatch in the bathroom ceiling & there is a cold water tank up there, roughly above where the bath is, but I couldn't see what the connections to it are. This doesn't seem to make much sense with a combi boiler heating system, but I don't really know anything about plumbing. Any ideas? Do you think it will be safe to use the shower (very briefly) before it's all checked out? It's only happened once in the week I've been using it.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated
This morning while I was using the shower (bath tap mixer type), water starting coming through the bathroom ceiling, dripping down over a halogen ceiling light fitting. It stopped shortly after I turned the shower off. Switched the lights off & haven't dared switch them back on since!
I won't be trying to mend this one myself, and have an appointment for an all round plumbing check in a couple of weeks, but I was hoping to shed some light on where the water could be coming from all the same.
I had a look through a hatch in the bathroom ceiling & there is a cold water tank up there, roughly above where the bath is, but I couldn't see what the connections to it are. This doesn't seem to make much sense with a combi boiler heating system, but I don't really know anything about plumbing. Any ideas? Do you think it will be safe to use the shower (very briefly) before it's all checked out? It's only happened once in the week I've been using it.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated