Just wondered if any can offer some help with our problem.
We own a house, lived in til 2009, then rented out. In 2005 we had a complete new heating system installed - Gloworm combi boiler and Acove column radiators from B&Q.
Over the years we've had several pressure issues, but always got working again. Then before Christmas the real problems started.
Our tenents told us the boiler was losing pressure again. Plumber came out, replaced the filling loop, pressure relief vale and divertor valve assembly, cleaned pump and heat exchanger. But it was still losing pressure.
After taking up the floorboards and pressure testing the whole system, a leak was detected in the pipe work leading to a rad in the kitchen. As the pipework was under concrete, we decided to cap this one off under the floorboards and the kitchen would have to make so with one remaining rad.
Plumber suggested a power flush and magnetic filter be fitted to give the system a proper clean, so we did, finished off with inhibitor. Result - whole system working better than ever.
Last month, just a few weeks after all this work, the system packed up again. Back came the plumber - the magnetic filter and heat exchanger were blocked again, full of tiny particles. It was all cleaned and once again all run smoothly.
So to today. The system has packed up again, and our plumber is lost for words. He can only think the rads are rusting inside and the debri is blocking up the filter and heat exchanger. A new boiler wouldn't go amiss either.
I cannot believe rads that are only 7 years old are failing already. Is that unheard of? Or are we looking at something else? Really don't like the prospect of having a whole new system installed. Any advice appreciated, thanks.
We own a house, lived in til 2009, then rented out. In 2005 we had a complete new heating system installed - Gloworm combi boiler and Acove column radiators from B&Q.
Over the years we've had several pressure issues, but always got working again. Then before Christmas the real problems started.
Our tenents told us the boiler was losing pressure again. Plumber came out, replaced the filling loop, pressure relief vale and divertor valve assembly, cleaned pump and heat exchanger. But it was still losing pressure.
After taking up the floorboards and pressure testing the whole system, a leak was detected in the pipe work leading to a rad in the kitchen. As the pipework was under concrete, we decided to cap this one off under the floorboards and the kitchen would have to make so with one remaining rad.
Plumber suggested a power flush and magnetic filter be fitted to give the system a proper clean, so we did, finished off with inhibitor. Result - whole system working better than ever.
Last month, just a few weeks after all this work, the system packed up again. Back came the plumber - the magnetic filter and heat exchanger were blocked again, full of tiny particles. It was all cleaned and once again all run smoothly.
So to today. The system has packed up again, and our plumber is lost for words. He can only think the rads are rusting inside and the debri is blocking up the filter and heat exchanger. A new boiler wouldn't go amiss either.
I cannot believe rads that are only 7 years old are failing already. Is that unheard of? Or are we looking at something else? Really don't like the prospect of having a whole new system installed. Any advice appreciated, thanks.