Pressurised hot water system overflow

[charliewarlie]

Hi everyone,

we basically me and my other half have noticed the over flow pipe outside has been constantly dripping and is now getting faster and creating a puddle in the garden. Knew we had to sort it but we come home today to find a damp patch on the ceiling and its dripping through now underneath where the hot water system is.
W have looked online but we just need some advice on it really we have noticed that the tundish has quite a fast flow of water going through and its seems to be the valve we reckon and there is a damp patch surrounding itself. we dont want to touch or play with it ourselves as its a pressurised hot water system.

would be really grateful for any advice given THANKS!

 

[silverback]

So you have water dripping through your ceiling and you decide to ask a question on a DIY forum hoping for someone to give you a solution and you are prepared to wait for a correct answer, all this time you have water dripping through your ceiling, what constitutes an emergency these days?, try calling a plumber out to resolve your issue, before your whole ceiling comes down

 

[Dan Robinson]

Some pertinent information might be helpful too

If you have a Megaflow have you tried following the instructions on the side of the tank?

 

[picasso]

And turn the water off to the cylinder while you decide what to do.

 

[charliewarlie]

We turned the water off straight away. I thought that there might some advice that could maybe be.given other than the obvious ones

 

[silverback]

The best advice is get a local reputable plumber in to sort it for you, as you have said you do not intend touching it yourself, there are a few things that could cause what you describe, but without been on site to diagnose the problem, any suggestions to recitty the issue would just be guess work