Opinions much appreciated...
We've had a combi conversion done on the 4 bed house we recently moved into. We have had 5 seperate leaks and have a really loud noise in the property that sounds like water being restricted in a specific part of the piping.
The noise is a bit more complex... but we've been told by a few non-plumbers that we should have had a PRV fitted while the system was installed given the mains pressure is 6 bar. The pressure was excessive - turning on the taps even half way made water spray out of the wash basins... (there are now 2 PRVs but this is a bit of a long story... happy to provide more details for anyone interested!).
Our concern is that this may have been a vital part of the install that was overlooked by our plumber and perhaps we could have avoided the leaks and associated damage from this massive mains pressure blasting through a house with old piping and fittings.
So, I'm looking for a consensus from actual plumbers on whether this was just unfortunate or completely avoidable if a standard and vital part of the install - i.e. fitting a PRV - had been properly done. Need to know what is industry standard and if we should be taking this up with the plumber.
Thanks very much.
We've had a combi conversion done on the 4 bed house we recently moved into. We have had 5 seperate leaks and have a really loud noise in the property that sounds like water being restricted in a specific part of the piping.
The noise is a bit more complex... but we've been told by a few non-plumbers that we should have had a PRV fitted while the system was installed given the mains pressure is 6 bar. The pressure was excessive - turning on the taps even half way made water spray out of the wash basins... (there are now 2 PRVs but this is a bit of a long story... happy to provide more details for anyone interested!).
Our concern is that this may have been a vital part of the install that was overlooked by our plumber and perhaps we could have avoided the leaks and associated damage from this massive mains pressure blasting through a house with old piping and fittings.
So, I'm looking for a consensus from actual plumbers on whether this was just unfortunate or completely avoidable if a standard and vital part of the install - i.e. fitting a PRV - had been properly done. Need to know what is industry standard and if we should be taking this up with the plumber.
Thanks very much.