Hey guys,
Need some professional advice here.
Sister moved into a house a few weeks back and I was putting stuff into the attic and noticed two water storage tanks. One large one with a smaller one on the top of it. Looked quite bizarre to me having never seen anything like it before. In my research I have learned that the larger tank is the cold water storage and the smaller one is part of the overflow for a vented heating system - correct so far?
Well the smaller one had quite a bit of steam coming from it which had caused considerable condensation on the felt and rafters so this had been going on for a while. The lid was also left off this tank.
The larger water tank housing cold water also had no lid on it (and still doesn't as I can't find it) which has concerned me given that all the dust and whatnot from the attic is free to settle on it and whilst I appreciate that this isn't for drinking I am still concerned about it being open. There is also some sludge or something at the bottom of it which I am lead to believe is normal. Is this correct?
Sister got a plumber out who didn't get into the attic when he discovered that the boiler stat was set to the highest (fully right as the knob is missing). He said that it needed to be lowered and what was happening was that the system was running too hot and that was causing the steam in the attic.
So can anyone advise me on the following:
1. Should the hot tank be placed directly on top of the cold tank?
2. Having lowered the temp on the boiler the steam is still present in the attic - what else could cause this?
3. Is it acceptable to have no lid on the cold storage tank? If not what are her cheapest options to sort that problem?
Sorry for the long post guys but I am trying to give you as much details as possible. I took two photos when up there but they aren't the clearest given the lighting:
Any help at all guys would be very much appreciated.
Need some professional advice here.
Sister moved into a house a few weeks back and I was putting stuff into the attic and noticed two water storage tanks. One large one with a smaller one on the top of it. Looked quite bizarre to me having never seen anything like it before. In my research I have learned that the larger tank is the cold water storage and the smaller one is part of the overflow for a vented heating system - correct so far?
Well the smaller one had quite a bit of steam coming from it which had caused considerable condensation on the felt and rafters so this had been going on for a while. The lid was also left off this tank.
The larger water tank housing cold water also had no lid on it (and still doesn't as I can't find it) which has concerned me given that all the dust and whatnot from the attic is free to settle on it and whilst I appreciate that this isn't for drinking I am still concerned about it being open. There is also some sludge or something at the bottom of it which I am lead to believe is normal. Is this correct?
Sister got a plumber out who didn't get into the attic when he discovered that the boiler stat was set to the highest (fully right as the knob is missing). He said that it needed to be lowered and what was happening was that the system was running too hot and that was causing the steam in the attic.
So can anyone advise me on the following:
1. Should the hot tank be placed directly on top of the cold tank?
2. Having lowered the temp on the boiler the steam is still present in the attic - what else could cause this?
3. Is it acceptable to have no lid on the cold storage tank? If not what are her cheapest options to sort that problem?
Sorry for the long post guys but I am trying to give you as much details as possible. I took two photos when up there but they aren't the clearest given the lighting:
Any help at all guys would be very much appreciated.