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    Leaking Ideal boiler

    That's interesting :shock:, I would hope not though, it's wall mounted in the kitchen, conventional flue (going up the old chimney), with one dual-brick size vent and two single-brick size vents in the outside walls.
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    Leaking Ideal boiler

    Thanks too Compheat, I have not yet been able to find info on what kind of seal it is or a source of material/parts. Most boiler parts websites seem to be awful - fine if one has a part number - and have pages and pages of parts with poor description, eg, 'Seal kit' (cheap price) for what?? or...
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    Leaking Ideal boiler

    Thanks Gas2Air Can you still get the heat exchangers for these old boilers? I suspect the work involved in changing it would be only slightly less than splitting it and renewing the seal.
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    Leaking Ideal boiler

    Can you believe it, the day after I drain down the system and replace the inhibitor and noise additives the boiler starts leaking! We didn't even go near the boiler during the draining, flushing and refilling. I guess some gunge was happily sealing the potential leak till it got washed away...
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