I was told it was a Primatic by a plumber with 30 yrs plus experience who ripped it all out and fitted a new system. 
Definitive answer needed I think.
Definitive answer needed I think.
Central heating water seams to be leaking into hot water sys
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I was told it was a Primatic by a plumber with 30 yrs plus experience who ripped it all out and fitted a new system.
Definitive answer needed I think.
HE was not as experienced as me then
This guy has an indirect combination cylinder with a small header inside the larger domestic header and one ball valve.
The water overflows into the small header and fills the primary circuit.
He needs to adjust his ball valve then he won't have to fill it with a cup
Bob The Bender you are correct in your description of the tank. I can not find any primatic word stamped anywhere and the only reason I am asuming that it is an "Indirect combination tank with header tank" is that it has got a large sticker on the side with it wrote on. Another sticker says "Stanley cylinders limited".
I have drained the water system from the drain valve on the tank itself and the weird thing was, was that it was running clear. I have also noticed that the hot water is only discoloured upstairs, so I thought it is a problem with the pipes but we only had a new bathroom done about 3 months ago and all the copper piping was changed because we had it running under the floor.
Little bits have started to come out in the water and to be honest it looks a bit like copper, well the same colour as anyway. So I thought, I wonder if a bit of crap has come from the tank and into that pipe and it is now breaking up aswell?
Finally, speaking to a bloke at work he said he had the same problem and it ended up being an airlock. This does'nt sound right to me but then again I am no expert.
I really can not afford to have a plumber come out at the moment and I am dreading the cost this side of Christmas. Could anyone let me know if what I have mentioned above are possibilities.
Thank you all for taking the time out to read through this and reply with suggestions, much appreciated.
I have drained the water system from the drain valve on the tank itself and the weird thing was, was that it was running clear. I have also noticed that the hot water is only discoloured upstairs, so I thought it is a problem with the pipes but we only had a new bathroom done about 3 months ago and all the copper piping was changed because we had it running under the floor.
Little bits have started to come out in the water and to be honest it looks a bit like copper, well the same colour as anyway. So I thought, I wonder if a bit of crap has come from the tank and into that pipe and it is now breaking up aswell?
Finally, speaking to a bloke at work he said he had the same problem and it ended up being an airlock. This does'nt sound right to me but then again I am no expert.
I really can not afford to have a plumber come out at the moment and I am dreading the cost this side of Christmas. Could anyone let me know if what I have mentioned above are possibilities.
Thank you all for taking the time out to read through this and reply with suggestions, much appreciated.
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