hi,
Boiler (about 1yo, replacement of a backboiler) lost pressure (zero) few days ago, (zero day)
I checked around the pipes of the rads and even the overflow pipe no sign of water leak.
I re-pressurised it and all ok for one day. Then next day (day-1): water leak on the kitchen's floor (concrete). I left the boiler on (no CH, just for Hot water), day-2 we mopped the kitchen
floor from time to time, then during evening the boiler's pressure went to zero again, at that
point I turned off the boiler. Now the weird thing: next days: "day-3" and "day-4"
no leak from the kitchen floor...
First thought was the water pipe (under kitchen's floor) (unfortunately is being shared with a very problematic neighbour, I did not try to isolate the main (on the road) valve)
I know the darn pipe under the kitchen's floor is lead (1930's house) but how could that
possible -its under concrete anyway- and why that happened when the boiler was filled (pressurised). my plumber is a bit busy those days, just I am scratching my head trying to understand this.
Boiler (about 1yo, replacement of a backboiler) lost pressure (zero) few days ago, (zero day)
I checked around the pipes of the rads and even the overflow pipe no sign of water leak.
I re-pressurised it and all ok for one day. Then next day (day-1): water leak on the kitchen's floor (concrete). I left the boiler on (no CH, just for Hot water), day-2 we mopped the kitchen
floor from time to time, then during evening the boiler's pressure went to zero again, at that
point I turned off the boiler. Now the weird thing: next days: "day-3" and "day-4"
no leak from the kitchen floor...
First thought was the water pipe (under kitchen's floor) (unfortunately is being shared with a very problematic neighbour, I did not try to isolate the main (on the road) valve)
I know the darn pipe under the kitchen's floor is lead (1930's house) but how could that
possible -its under concrete anyway- and why that happened when the boiler was filled (pressurised). my plumber is a bit busy those days, just I am scratching my head trying to understand this.
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