Dear all, after seeing the appearance of a dreaded water mark on the living room ceiling I traced the fault to a leak where the fill valve unit goes through the cistern to join the inflow pipe (apologies if I’ve got the names wrong). I emptied the cistern and installed a new fill valve unit...
Vaillant service agent came out today and; changed the fill loop valves, changed the PCB which failed just before he arrived and replaced an internal flexible pipe which had a worrisome bulge! All back up and running. Many thx to all for your support and feedback.
Regards, Kevin.
As per advice unscrewed the grey plastic knobs and checked tightness with a small spanner, sadly all well so I suspect it may well be internals. I'll back brief when I know more. Regards, Kevin.
How bloomin annoying, after releasing the pressure before going to bed I popped down to check it roughly 6 hours later and you guessed it pressure has climed once again from 1.2bar up to 2.5bar. Something has clearly failed :(. A call on Monday then and a frequent use of the radiator key until...
Thanks for your speedy and informative replies. I checked the fill loop valves, two in number and both firmly in the closed position, well one was ever so slightly open I noticed bur both now facing me with the word closed on each clearly visible. Previous boiler was a storage tank unit, how I...
Dear all I have the following problem and would welcome your support. I have a combo boiler as described in the title. This morning I noticed that it was wet below the boiler and I then noticed dripping water from the underside of the boiler. I opened the access panel and saw that the pressure...
Never paint when the missus has annoyed you! I painted the surrounding woodwork of the patio doors & unfortunately I've given the very edges of the brickwork a loupe White scarf in a few areas. I won't comment on the wifes assessment :(. Anyway I tried using a rag with White spirit - no real...
Replacement service valve fitted earlier today, all seemed to go well just leaving it a few days to check for leaks. Noticed that the old valve, pictured in the first post, where the screwdriver head is pointing is actually a threaded joint and it was that that was leaking. The replacement unit...