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I have a leak at the connection between 32mm waste and soil boss. It is a solvent joint. Whats the best way to tackle it? I have had to cut away the ceiling to access it. (please see photo)

Absolutely great help guys . I manage to get everything going. Turned off all upstairs rads and sll downstairs apart from 1. then switched in boiler low setting and turned the pump on and alternated setting from 1 to 3 a few times. Went down stairs and bled radiators one at a time then worked...

Here is a picture of the pipework around the pump

Thanks for the reply Pete. I will post a pic tonight of the pipework around the pump which is located underneath the hot water cylinder. There are 2 gate valves which in not sure if they should be open or closed. I'm not just going by noise on the pump . I opened flat head screw and made sure it...

BTW I made sure i refilled the system before switching on the boiler

I realise this problem has been posted before but you never seem to get the outcome at the end if the thread. I have a vented heating / hot water system in a 2 storey house with tanks in the loft and hot water cylinder on 1st floor, boiler on ground. The house was a reposession and heating...

Thanks for all the responses guys.. Spot on . It was a sludge cock like the one in the photo. A quarter turn and the water stopped draining allowing me to fill the cylinder and finally get hot water.

I presume the overflow comes from the tank in the loft. I have looked again at the outside. There are 2 pipes coming out. A plastic white one and a copper 15mm. It is the copper one that is leaking . When I turn in the flow to the cylinder . In the Cylinder tank cupboard There are 2 gate valves...

Thanks for your reply John. The water only comes out the pipe when the gate valve to the hot water cylinder is opened and water goes in to the cylinder ! I have tied the ballcock up so no more mains water is entering the header tank .

Just moved in to a repossessed house. The whole system had been drained. Switched on the mains so that I could fill header tank . It seems like the water is going straight from header tank in to hot water cylinder then straight out overflow pipe to exterior . I have shut off gate valves at the...

Great stuff mate, i will probably go down that route as i dont want to start cutting the waste pipe as i only have a small hacksaw. Here is another picture of where the pipe exits the side of the bath as someone was asking me if I had any more photos