Hello,
Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong place, I'm new here!
The boiler in my grandparents house is losing pressure probably about once a month from 2 - 2.5 bar down to 0, causing them to have no hot water until someone can get there to go up into the attic where the boiler is situated.
We have taken the laminate flooring up in the hallway 5times now due to lifting and bubbling.
The first time we had a plumber come and look, he dug up a section of the concrete flooring (the pipes run through the floor, unlagged!!!) revealing a t section of pipes where the supposed leak was coming from and replaced this section. He also poured a leak sealer into the system.
New flooring was laid but it happened again.
A second, different plumber came and did exactly the same but in a differ part of the floor, about 3ft away from the last time.
New flooring laid again...
The third time, we lifted the floor (each time the concrete has been wet and dark coloured but has been worked on straight away) we allowed it to dry out. Surely if it was a leak, it wouldn't of dried?
Gold backed underlay suggested by the flooring shop was laid under the next lot of flooring...
It happened again, we lifted, let the floor dry out totally, had the heating system on, no wet spots. Laid a DPM this time and new floor.
The new floor is lifting again!
I really don't know what to do anymore, could it be condensation from the heat in the pipes? But surely the DPM shouldn't let that much moisture through to make the floor bubble and lift?
Could it still be a leak as the boiler is still losing pressure, but the floor dries out when exposed...
Any help at all would be very appreciated as its beginning to cost a small fortune!
Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong place, I'm new here!
The boiler in my grandparents house is losing pressure probably about once a month from 2 - 2.5 bar down to 0, causing them to have no hot water until someone can get there to go up into the attic where the boiler is situated.
We have taken the laminate flooring up in the hallway 5times now due to lifting and bubbling.
The first time we had a plumber come and look, he dug up a section of the concrete flooring (the pipes run through the floor, unlagged!!!) revealing a t section of pipes where the supposed leak was coming from and replaced this section. He also poured a leak sealer into the system.
New flooring was laid but it happened again.
A second, different plumber came and did exactly the same but in a differ part of the floor, about 3ft away from the last time.
New flooring laid again...
The third time, we lifted the floor (each time the concrete has been wet and dark coloured but has been worked on straight away) we allowed it to dry out. Surely if it was a leak, it wouldn't of dried?
Gold backed underlay suggested by the flooring shop was laid under the next lot of flooring...
It happened again, we lifted, let the floor dry out totally, had the heating system on, no wet spots. Laid a DPM this time and new floor.
The new floor is lifting again!
I really don't know what to do anymore, could it be condensation from the heat in the pipes? But surely the DPM shouldn't let that much moisture through to make the floor bubble and lift?
Could it still be a leak as the boiler is still losing pressure, but the floor dries out when exposed...
Any help at all would be very appreciated as its beginning to cost a small fortune!