worcester sbi leak

[jamieboy1]

water leak on the isolation valve it self on return pipe worcester 15 sbi. looking at it its not possible to disconnect the fitting without taking off the entire boiler in order ro get at connection to manifold . is this the case? cany see anyway around this. waited hour for worcester on help line and gave up waiting. !!! thanks

 

[nickso]

you can do it by removing the flue then undoing the relevant fittings and the plate that holds them on. pull the bottom of the boiler from the wall and wedge it there. remove and refit iso valve.

i would normally advise you to solder the isolation valve so it cant leak but sometimes it destroys the o-ring that is inside the iso valve.

you could try to put some lsx on it. works sometimes and might save you the hassle or expense.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

you can do it by removing the flue then undoing the relevant fittings and the plate that holds them on. pull the bottom of the boiler from the wall and wedge it there. remove and refit iso valve.

i would normally advise you to solder the isolation valve so it cant leak but sometimes it destroys the o-ring that is inside the iso valve.

you could try to put some lsx on it. works sometimes and might save you the hassle or expense.

BG solder and lsx isolation valves? surprise surprise another bodge.

 

[gremlin16]

i would normally advise you to solder the isolation valve

PMSL

Its a cracker

 

[jamieboy1]

uhhh i thought so. what a cr--p boiler to maintain. why they cant make manifold connections accessible i dont know. thanks anyhow. sod it will prob give it a miss. thats an awful lot of trouble just for a drip. !!!!

 

[gremlin16]

Dont be so selfish pass it on to WB. The built the carp let them get wet fixing it

 

[nickso]

you can do it by removing the flue then undoing the relevant fittings and the plate that holds them on. pull the bottom of the boiler from the wall and wedge it there. remove and refit iso valve.

i would normally advise you to solder the isolation valve so it cant leak but sometimes it destroys the o-ring that is inside the iso valve.

you could try to put some lsx on it. works sometimes and might save you the hassle or expense.

BG solder and lsx isolation valves? surprise surprise another bodge.

PMSL

Its a cracker

oh please girls have some imagination.

if its a lasting repair how does it become a bodge? the lsx i grant you is the last thing i would do, but its an option for a hard up diyer who probably wont have the skills to remove them himself, might give him some time to get it done properly. if you two cant even solder an isolation valve if you need to it just shows how limited you are.

i notice neither of you had any constructive suggestions, im not surprised by the louse but gremlin is usually fairly helpful.