Expantion Cistern overflows

ironfist4628 · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:03 pm Post Subject: Expantion Cistern overflows

My expantion cistern in the loft keeps overflowning. I've replaced the ball valve and it shuts off ok but it still overflows. Is there another explanation to this problem? Any advice would be appreciated thanks.

Lagerkhan · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:21 pm Post Subject: Re: Expantion Cistern overflows

ironfist4628 wrote:

My expantion cistern in the loft keeps overflowning. I've replaced the ball valve and it shuts off ok but it still overflows. Is there another explanation to this problem? Any advice would be appreciated thanks.

Could be this is the problem in your cylinder

namsag · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:25 pm Post Subject:

What he means is if coil in cylinder is holed or split it allows the water in your large tank in loft and the small tank to mix and find it`s own level which is usually above the level of the overflow thus it drips

Lagerkhan · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:29 pm Post Subject:

namsag wrote:

What he means is if coil in cylinder is holed or split it allows the water in your large tank in loft and the small tank to mix and find it`s own level which is usually above the level of the overflow thus it drips

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ironfist4628 · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:36 pm Post Subject:

Thanks for your quick replies. I'll look into that later and let you know how I get on. Thanks again

Bamber gaspipe · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:48 pm Post Subject:

ironfist4628 wrote:

Thanks for your quick replies. I'll look into that later and let you know how I get on. Thanks again

Or quickly open your Hot taps & check colour. If your coil is split your Hot water is normally a murky brown colour & may smell especially if inhibitor has been added.

Softus · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:16 pm Post Subject:

Bamber gaspipe wrote:

If your coil is split your Hot water is normally a murky brown colour & may smell especially if inhibitor has been added.

Nonsense.

bab · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:35 pm Post Subject:

if its the heating f/e thats over flowing then its clean water entering the heating not causeing smell or contamination. if the heating tanks the higher of the tanks & its the domestic hot water cold tank over flowing the hot water could be contaminated but a drip drip drip ould probably go undetected in a large volume of water.

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namsag · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:59 am Post Subject:

Although it doesn`t happen everytime a split coil will give dirty water out of hot taps because your getting all the crap pumped out of heating circuit into the cylinder

ironfist4628 · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:19 am Post Subject:

Hot water is coming out clean at the moment. I'll drain the cylinder later and see if the level drops in the heating cistern. I think that's the only way I'll know for sure.

defonarival · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:19 pm Post Subject:

you can tell if the coil is faulty in the cylinder as the Feed and expansion tank would be constantly topping up, I would be more inclined to investigate any monobloc/mixer taps that you have as its more likely to be one of these at fault.

namsag · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:28 pm Post Subject:

Its his heating expansion tank over flowing so why would it be a mixer tap

Lagerkhan · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:33 pm Post Subject:

defonarival wrote:

you can tell if the coil is faulty in the cylinder as the Feed and expansion tank would be constantly topping up, I would be more inclined to investigate any monobloc/mixer taps that you have as its more likely to be one of these at fault.

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ironfist4628 · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:42 pm Post Subject:

I drained the cylinder today by opening all of the hot water taps and shutting of the ball valves in both tanks in loft. If I'm right, this would normally empty just the big expantion tank, but it also emptied the small expantion tank. This must prove what Largerkhan and namsag said about a hole or split in the coil.

Lagerkhan · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:47 pm Post Subject:

ironfist4628 wrote:

I drained the cylinder today by opening all of the hot water taps and shutting of the ball valves in both tanks in loft. If I'm right, this would normally empty just the big expantion tank, but it also emptied the small expantion tank. This must prove what Largerkhan and namsag said about a hole or split in the coil.

New cylinder then

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