Ongoing pressure loss - time to dig up the floors?
- Thread starter JJ15
- Start date
Sponsored Links
Thanks for your help Tony.
I closed off the flow and return valves and went to work. They remained closed for about 8 hours. When I opened the valves, there was a rush of water and I had instant loss of pressure. Is this what you would expect to happen?
Thanks
I closed off the flow and return valves and went to work. They remained closed for about 8 hours. When I opened the valves, there was a rush of water and I had instant loss of pressure. Is this what you would expect to happen?
Thanks
Hi JJ15 and Tony,
Any updates on your story? We are going through the same problem!
We have a 7 year old Saunier Duval Thema f23 and have the British Gas Homecare 200.
5 British Gas “engineers” have come over 5 times in the past week and yet, cannot explain why the boiler works fine and maintains pressure when it is switched on and why the pressure drops to 0 when it is switched off.
They have suggested many things and now, after ripping out some floorboards, they are threatening to rip out our new tiles and walls in search of a mythical leak!!!
Any updates on your story? We are going through the same problem!
We have a 7 year old Saunier Duval Thema f23 and have the British Gas Homecare 200.
5 British Gas “engineers” have come over 5 times in the past week and yet, cannot explain why the boiler works fine and maintains pressure when it is switched on and why the pressure drops to 0 when it is switched off.
They have suggested many things and now, after ripping out some floorboards, they are threatening to rip out our new tiles and walls in search of a mythical leak!!!
He had that problem TWO years ago!
Unfortunately he neither posted the fix on here nor, as far as I can recall, did he telephone me as we did speak off the forum at the time.
As far as I can tell your problem is different!
He had a simple leak in his radiator pipework under his concrete floor! I dont yet think that your problem is any leak.
He was very sensible as he replaced his dreadful Saunier Duval with a nice reliable Biasi!
Tony
Unfortunately he neither posted the fix on here nor, as far as I can recall, did he telephone me as we did speak off the forum at the time.
As far as I can tell your problem is different!
He had a simple leak in his radiator pipework under his concrete floor! I dont yet think that your problem is any leak.
He was very sensible as he replaced his dreadful Saunier Duval with a nice reliable Biasi!
Tony
Sponsored Links
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I did have a leak in one of the pipes and it did involve taking up some of my concrete floor. I basically spent a whole day flooding the system - I eventually found a wet patch in the concrete, took up the concrete and fixed the pipe. It's been working fine ever since.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Thanks for your response JJ15. Much appreciated.
I think I just needed to hear your conclusion in order to brace ourselves for the next few weeks.
We also have to use our house insurance? I just hope this won't have conflicts with our BG Homecare 200.
Good luck
I think I just needed to hear your conclusion in order to brace ourselves for the next few weeks.
We also have to use our house insurance? I just hope this won't have conflicts with our BG Homecare 200.
Good luck
DIYnot Local
Staff member
If you need to find a tradesperson to get your job done, please try our local search below, or if you are doing it yourself you can find suppliers local to you.
Select the supplier or trade you require, enter your location to begin your search.
Are you a trade or supplier? You can create your listing free at DIYnot Local
