Outlet pipe leaving rusty water patch in back garden UPDATE

[rezarf]

Hi all,

As the title says and here is the picture

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• rezarf
• 3 Apr 2008
• 1

what is going on here and how do I fix this?

Thanks
Rezarf

 

[kevplumb]

outlet from what

 

[Gasguru]

Looks like a safety valve pipe from a very corroded heating system...how many years has it been dripping for?

Is that an illegally fitted condensate drain pipe (white pipe)?

 

[kevplumb]

**** just twigged it its a prv

it looks like the white one is spraying the wall from a leak

methinks somebodys boiler needs a doc

 

[rezarf]

hi,

the heating system was only fitted last summer, around July/August.

illegally fitted I don't know. i'm sure it is the condensate pipe as it drops down into a drain.

Rezarf

 

[Gasguru]

hi,

the heating system was only fitted last summer, around July/August.

From the state of the water is coroding away nicely....what boiler make and model. What's the pressure gauge showing?

 

[kevplumb]

From the state of the water is coroding away nicely....what boiler make and model. What's the pressure gauge showing?

wild guess 1/2 to 0

 

[Gasguru]

More like 3 to 4 bar and been like that since installation date

 

[rezarf]

Hi,

its a worcester bosch greenstar 24i junior

I've just noticed that the pressure gauge is a little past the green section just touching the red, I take it this is bad?

What should I do? open the valve at the front of the house that drains the systems untill it drops into the centre of the green?

Also what do you think about the condensate pipe is it illegally fitted?

rezarf

 

[mcniven]

Which side of the RED theres 2

Too high or too low

 

[Gasguru]

Hi,


I've just noticed that the pressure gauge is a little past the green section just touching the red, I take it this is bad?

No idea where the green/red section is...what's the pressure reading..the number.

Have you checked the filling loop has not been left open.

Unfortunatley the pressure relief valve on the Junior is in a dumb place..it will need replacing..thats major work (in fact it might be simpler to pull the boiler off the wall..all corgi work). Going by the colour of the water the system will need a thorough clean and then inhibiting.

Were the radiators new?

Does the condensate pipe actually connect to a drain or is it just buried in the ground?

Have you any paperwork from the installer?

 

[kevplumb]

More like 3 to 4 bar and been like that since installation date [/quotte}

only if the loops open

prv seat will be scored to ell

 

[rezarf]

Hi

Its on the high side. not sure what the number is.

The filling loop is closed.

All the radiators are new.

The condensate pipe goes into a drain.

Will look out any paperwork I can find.

I take it emptying water out of the system will not help matters, will i need to get someone out?

Rezarf

 

[Gasguru]

Check the loop..may be open a little..either way just dropping the pressure back down to 1 won't fix the problem. The system appears very corroded and the safety valve is unlikely to reseal once the pressures dropped.

Greenstar Junior

• Gasguru
• 3 Apr 2008
• 1

 

[rezarf]

will check the loop again and make sure it closed if i remeber correctly it should be sitting vertically.

I take it after I check the loop and if its ok I'm still going to have to call someone out to have a look at it?