Hi Guys,
Bit of a strange one here, I noticed a while back that my outside overflow was dripping very slowly when the heating / hotwater was on.
Called the plumbers who installed the system in and they said it was possiablly steam in the header tank traveling down the overflow, condensing and dripping from the pipe.
While the plumber was looking at the header tank we had the system on full blast with the boiler stat on max. The pipe work in the airing cupboard and radiators became very hot. (Room Stat set at about 22 degrees)
He decided that the boiler stat could be at fault and arranged for Ideal to come and look at the boiler. They came out and replaced the Boiler stat. However, the overflow is still dripping.
ive turned the boiler stat down to just above minimum, when the system comes on, everything is a lot cooler than when its on max so im guessing thats elliminated the issue of the boiler stat and the hot temperatures we experacend when the plumber was looking at the header tank was merely because the system was running at max 82 degrees.
The strange thing is that the overflow still drips with the boiler stat turned down.
The water level in the header tank is fine and is a couple of inches below the overflow pipe.
The boiler is running normally and isn't cutting out on an overheat situation.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing the drip ??
The system is a Megaflo unvented hot water cylinder with a vented heating system heated by a Ideal ICOS HE12 boiler.
The system is not even 2 years old and was put in when the house was built.
If it makes a difference, the only work on the plumbing I have had done is to replace the kitchen sink and tap with a monoblock mixer tap.
Bit of a strange one here, I noticed a while back that my outside overflow was dripping very slowly when the heating / hotwater was on.
Called the plumbers who installed the system in and they said it was possiablly steam in the header tank traveling down the overflow, condensing and dripping from the pipe.
While the plumber was looking at the header tank we had the system on full blast with the boiler stat on max. The pipe work in the airing cupboard and radiators became very hot. (Room Stat set at about 22 degrees)
He decided that the boiler stat could be at fault and arranged for Ideal to come and look at the boiler. They came out and replaced the Boiler stat. However, the overflow is still dripping.
ive turned the boiler stat down to just above minimum, when the system comes on, everything is a lot cooler than when its on max so im guessing thats elliminated the issue of the boiler stat and the hot temperatures we experacend when the plumber was looking at the header tank was merely because the system was running at max 82 degrees.
The strange thing is that the overflow still drips with the boiler stat turned down.
The water level in the header tank is fine and is a couple of inches below the overflow pipe.
The boiler is running normally and isn't cutting out on an overheat situation.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing the drip ??
The system is a Megaflo unvented hot water cylinder with a vented heating system heated by a Ideal ICOS HE12 boiler.
The system is not even 2 years old and was put in when the house was built.
If it makes a difference, the only work on the plumbing I have had done is to replace the kitchen sink and tap with a monoblock mixer tap.