I'm helping someone sort out problems with their boiler. Basically
1) Losing pressure in a day or two.
2) Engineer, based on what he found in condensate trap, diagnosed leak in the heat exchanger
That seems right, no argument with the diagnosis. My question is:
How urgent a problem is this? The system runs fine at low pressure and is easy to top up. The condensate trap is feeding directly into a drainpipe (Loft installation) and isn't causing any issues. Any idea on whether or not this is a problem that might worsen, cause some kind of leak from the boiler, cause damage elsewhere? As far as I can figure out it's been happening for a year, so it's currently stable at least.
While technically still in warranty period (installed 6 years ago) the boiler has unfortunately not been serviced for years, so we'll ask for a repair under warranty but not hopeful. On the assumption we don't get any joy there, it's liable to go unrepaired for financial reasons and as it's 'working fine at the moment'. I'm trying to figure out if there are any pitfalls to this.
Thanks.
1) Losing pressure in a day or two.
2) Engineer, based on what he found in condensate trap, diagnosed leak in the heat exchanger
That seems right, no argument with the diagnosis. My question is:
How urgent a problem is this? The system runs fine at low pressure and is easy to top up. The condensate trap is feeding directly into a drainpipe (Loft installation) and isn't causing any issues. Any idea on whether or not this is a problem that might worsen, cause some kind of leak from the boiler, cause damage elsewhere? As far as I can figure out it's been happening for a year, so it's currently stable at least.
While technically still in warranty period (installed 6 years ago) the boiler has unfortunately not been serviced for years, so we'll ask for a repair under warranty but not hopeful. On the assumption we don't get any joy there, it's liable to go unrepaired for financial reasons and as it's 'working fine at the moment'. I'm trying to figure out if there are any pitfalls to this.
Thanks.