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Hi, Cottage hot water flow through downstairs hot taps is dreadfull. 1 min 40 secs to get hot water from the kitchen tap. Upstairs in an airing cupboard there is a cold water header tank, there is no loft so the tank is not very high up. The hot water cylinder below it is heated by the oil...

Hi, It is not a problem with the expansion vessel, that is quite accesible and has no sign of any leak. There is no sign of any leak anywhere inside the boiler case but there is water seeping out of the bottom of the case somewhere. I will have to take the complete boiler housing out to...

hHi, I have found the mystery leak at last! After pressurising the system and leaving it go cold a puddle started to form underneath the back of the boiler. The excess water is draining outside through the brickwork at the back so never became visible at the front of the boiler. There are no...

Hi, Thanks for the advice, there system was installed in 2004 when the whole house was rebuilt (long story). Only vent to outside is from the boiler overpressure line. There is nothing at all under the downstairs floor, all pipework for the system is either visible or in the walls or ceiling...

Hi Jonjb, Thank you for the info. Red Cap and Valve now positioned as per your suggestions. As you say my system seem to be loosing a lot of water, I am getting nightmares of walls splitting open and family drowning in the ensuing flood! Is a fault in the hot water tank coil a common...

Boiler make / model = Oil Fired Eurocal Ambassador Problem= Sealed System still Loosing Pressure with no leaks now apparent. Initial Symptoms= Heating packed up and pressure in CH system found to have dropped to 0. Evidence of damp found on ceiling, this involved cutting a hole to...

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