Worcester Boiler only 18 months pressure guage dropping ever

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Hi
Basically the pressure guage is dropping to zero every day.

I have been round all the rads and cant find any that are leaking from the seals etc etc.

The boiler is in the garage and it feeds a storage tank above it.Its not a fast leak and doesnt seem to take alot of water to put the pressure back is there any easy way to find the leak or is it just rip up all the laminate flooring create a right mess in every bedrooom till we find it ( dreading this ) .

In away wish it would get worse that way we know where it is.

Any advice MUCH appreciated please.

Alan
 
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First call someone out to make sure its not boiler related or cylinder related. If it is not call insurer and ask for a check and trace to be done due to a leak.
 
Also : with radiators cold refill system to 1 bar and turn on heating. Stand in front of boiler and monitor system pressure for 10 or 15 minutes.
If it shoots up rapidly above say 1.5 bar and on to 2 bar and above your pipework is OK and you need an engineer in to deal with an expansion vessel issue. Cheaper than a repipe!
 

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