Hello Forum!
I hope you're all well and good in this New Year so far.
I think I have a leak and I would like some help from you all building a diagnostic pathway; with, I presume, "No leak and a misunderstood easy fix" at one end and "dig up 45m2 of kitchen floor to replace underfloor heating" at the other.
There are a few variables and I'm not totally knowledgable about all of this.
Our system is a sealed one, most of it has been replaced in the last 5 years due to lots of building work and the boiler was replaced about 2 years ago for a WB. Our loft extension is 2nd floor (Ground, 1st, 2nd) in the loft, fed with plastic piping. The rad in the bathroom in this level needs bleeding every month or so and there's probably a 500ml of air coming out, or less.
The boiler pressure then has to be topped up from .5b to 1.5b and pulling the refill tap under the boiler takes a long time to fill up.
So, I am concluding that there's water coming out somewhere and air going in. Is this the only conclusion?
I have heard that fast pumps cavitate Hydrogen out of the water. The CH pump was on the highest setting for a while, now it's on 1.
I cannot see any leaks from rad valves above the floor. We cannot see any wet patches on any ceilings or floors or walls.
I recently borrowed a FLir Pro One Infra Red camera that attaches to the iPhone. This morning i traced the flooring in the kitchen and it's massively uneven, but I couldn't find a bloom of heat that looked like it shouldn't be there. I have no experience with viewing leaking heating pipes, so I'm not sure if this is correct.
What can I do to help diagnose the problem?
Can i catch the air from the radiator and measure it's volume? Do people do that? Is there an attachment for it or do i need to make one?
If I knew how much air, I would now how much leak per month and then I would know how much water I'm looking for.
I could also test that leaked air for Hydrogen; can I light it?
Then what? I could chop in to some ceilings that are old lathe/plaster that will come down anyway eventually, that might get me below some of the new rads that were put in.
Has anyone used a snake camera to look through a ceiling without taking the whole thing down?
After that, is my only other option to get a leak detection company in?
Many many thanks for any advice or input you can give!!!
Mr. Tickle.
I hope you're all well and good in this New Year so far.
I think I have a leak and I would like some help from you all building a diagnostic pathway; with, I presume, "No leak and a misunderstood easy fix" at one end and "dig up 45m2 of kitchen floor to replace underfloor heating" at the other.
There are a few variables and I'm not totally knowledgable about all of this.
Our system is a sealed one, most of it has been replaced in the last 5 years due to lots of building work and the boiler was replaced about 2 years ago for a WB. Our loft extension is 2nd floor (Ground, 1st, 2nd) in the loft, fed with plastic piping. The rad in the bathroom in this level needs bleeding every month or so and there's probably a 500ml of air coming out, or less.
The boiler pressure then has to be topped up from .5b to 1.5b and pulling the refill tap under the boiler takes a long time to fill up.
So, I am concluding that there's water coming out somewhere and air going in. Is this the only conclusion?
I have heard that fast pumps cavitate Hydrogen out of the water. The CH pump was on the highest setting for a while, now it's on 1.
I cannot see any leaks from rad valves above the floor. We cannot see any wet patches on any ceilings or floors or walls.
I recently borrowed a FLir Pro One Infra Red camera that attaches to the iPhone. This morning i traced the flooring in the kitchen and it's massively uneven, but I couldn't find a bloom of heat that looked like it shouldn't be there. I have no experience with viewing leaking heating pipes, so I'm not sure if this is correct.
What can I do to help diagnose the problem?
Can i catch the air from the radiator and measure it's volume? Do people do that? Is there an attachment for it or do i need to make one?
If I knew how much air, I would now how much leak per month and then I would know how much water I'm looking for.
I could also test that leaked air for Hydrogen; can I light it?
Then what? I could chop in to some ceilings that are old lathe/plaster that will come down anyway eventually, that might get me below some of the new rads that were put in.
Has anyone used a snake camera to look through a ceiling without taking the whole thing down?
After that, is my only other option to get a leak detection company in?
Many many thanks for any advice or input you can give!!!
Mr. Tickle.