Hi all
First time poster, but I can normally find solutions on here, but this problem has me stumped and I can't find it elsewhere on here, so thought I'd better post.
We've been in our house 3 months. It was built in 2000, and I'd say the boiler and all heating system components have been in since then.
We noticed a few dripping pipes last week in the cupboard containing the water cylinder. Managed to tighten up a few loose joints that largely stopped things.
However, we noticed that the water pressure gauge next to the cylinder was quite low (0.5 - 1), and downstairs on the boiler the pressure was high 4.5 (!!). I drained out quite a lot of water from the radiators and the pressure on the cylinder dropped to 0, but only to 3 on the boiler. And no matter how much more I drain down, the boiler stays around 3 - 3.5. It's also started leaking brown water out of the auto air vent on top.
I did get a local plumber out but he was just a bit confused by it all, like me.
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers
First time poster, but I can normally find solutions on here, but this problem has me stumped and I can't find it elsewhere on here, so thought I'd better post.
We've been in our house 3 months. It was built in 2000, and I'd say the boiler and all heating system components have been in since then.
We noticed a few dripping pipes last week in the cupboard containing the water cylinder. Managed to tighten up a few loose joints that largely stopped things.
However, we noticed that the water pressure gauge next to the cylinder was quite low (0.5 - 1), and downstairs on the boiler the pressure was high 4.5 (!!). I drained out quite a lot of water from the radiators and the pressure on the cylinder dropped to 0, but only to 3 on the boiler. And no matter how much more I drain down, the boiler stays around 3 - 3.5. It's also started leaking brown water out of the auto air vent on top.
I did get a local plumber out but he was just a bit confused by it all, like me.
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers