Help please. The flat upstairs installed a boiler and a copper drain. Now we hear water dripping in at least three places - near her boiler and near her radiator in the living room and her radiator in the bedroon. We complained that water is dripping and we hear this sound all night. I am recording it now with intervals of 2 to 4 minutes. What is the best way to investigate? I was told this is a nuisance, furthermore, my ceilings have started to stain in all three areas. Is this a plumbing issue, a radiator issue, a boiler issue, or all of the above?
water drips from radiator and pipes
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Thanks Pete. There was an emergency plumber who came and looked at the flat. He claimed there was no water leak but he did not look at the radiators because he is not a heating engineer. The dripping is most intense at night. If you know about plumbing, is it possible that the pipes underneath the floorboards are leaky or the radiators themselves are leaking? This started to happen only when the boiler was installed.
It could be a whole host of reasons a couple being.
New boiler normally means the pipework is chemically flushed which can cause leaks.
Maybe the system is now pressurised too much or the filling loop is letting by finding weak spots in the system.
Have the radiator valves been replacd with trvs thermostatic rad valves if so these may have not been correctly sealed.
She should get back the boiler installer to sort the leaks out.
Pete
New boiler normally means the pipework is chemically flushed which can cause leaks.
Maybe the system is now pressurised too much or the filling loop is letting by finding weak spots in the system.
Have the radiator valves been replacd with trvs thermostatic rad valves if so these may have not been correctly sealed.
She should get back the boiler installer to sort the leaks out.
Pete
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Doesn't sound like a very good plumber. Your ceilings are stained means there is a leak, and a heating engineer or not, he should still have the know how to look at radiator pipes, vales and fittings.
What did he actually look for when he was in the flat upstairs?... Dripping taps??
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