Pressure way too high in boiler!!!
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All I know is it’s a Valiant Ecotec plus.
I You tube said to turn one of the knobs underneath the boiler to raise the pressure, but my hubby turned both of them stupidly, there was a load of noise and he turned both knobs back to their original position, then the pressure dial started rising very quickly until it went in the red zone. We turned the boiler off for a while hoping it would calm down but it hasn’t… It’s still up in the red area and it’s flashing 2.9 and then 3.0. It then went a bit further up into the red area so I’ve shut the boiler off at the wall and turned the gas off at the mains. It frightened be to be honest . I will call an engineer tomorrow and keep the hubby away from it
There’s no lid, it’s all open and bare… I’m guessing it must have previously been broken off?
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I mean the front cover. I hope you don't mean that?
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providing he has turned the two valves back to original position , get a bucket/basin and open a radiator bleed valve and the water will squirt out into the buckets this will allow the pressure to drop . Will be several pints . if pressure doesnt drop then the valves have not closed properly
I just want to be sure we are safe for tonight. Calling engineer tomorrow
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If you have turned off then you will be fine. And your doing the right thing.
Don't worry.
Yes the bottom part is all open . I guess there was a front part to it, it’s only the flap that an engineer would open, not the whole of the front if the boiler.
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Looks ok imo. The fill valve @Mottie referred to is what you used to get the pressure back up. The pressure relief valve (prv) is preset to 3 bar, so even if you over pressurised, providing it’s working would be a fail safe, but likely need another if operated. You have done the right thing turning it off as you may have saved on a prv.
Do you see how high the pressure is ?
It’s serviced every year, but I live in a rented property so probably not the best. Is there anything I should ask them to do when the engineer comes
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