What a Nightmare, Combi Glow Worm Swiftflow 80
A Couple of days ago I took a walk outside of my house which we have been living in for 6 months now to find that the outside wall was wet ! , with hot water running down the outside wall about 1-2 meter's below the blow off pipe from the boiler. My First reactions was holy sh*t had a hot water pipe burst in my inner wall ?.
After a few hours it appeared that someone had crimped up the Pressure Relief Pipe and cemented over it, which im sure is illegal !, after tapping a small hole into the cement I managed to re-open the outside pipe which had slow dripping water coming out of. Eventually the water stopped but the pressure on the boiler had dropped 0 bar, after a few more hours I had to balance the system letting in more pressure and balancing it around 1.5-2 bar, once balanced I noticed after a few hours the hot water would run cold, after checking the boiler pressure it had dropped to 0 bar again, As i bled the radiator dry before hand I kept topping up this pressure until it was fixed on 3 bar and working great for the next few day's but I have noticed if the pressure bar is upto 3 or more water is coming out of the valve outside ?
i've been told by a professional to turn the red knob above the boiler to manually open/close the valve, even though I have turned for a few min's im suppose to hear something ? which I didn't but i Did notice a few drop's of water coming from the red valve ? ,
Currently im topping up the system everyday just so there is enough hot water in the tank's ? any solutions anybody.
Any help would be greatfull as I don't wanna spend £250 on somebody to do a 5min job.
regards
Simon.
A Couple of days ago I took a walk outside of my house which we have been living in for 6 months now to find that the outside wall was wet ! , with hot water running down the outside wall about 1-2 meter's below the blow off pipe from the boiler. My First reactions was holy sh*t had a hot water pipe burst in my inner wall ?.
After a few hours it appeared that someone had crimped up the Pressure Relief Pipe and cemented over it, which im sure is illegal !, after tapping a small hole into the cement I managed to re-open the outside pipe which had slow dripping water coming out of. Eventually the water stopped but the pressure on the boiler had dropped 0 bar, after a few more hours I had to balance the system letting in more pressure and balancing it around 1.5-2 bar, once balanced I noticed after a few hours the hot water would run cold, after checking the boiler pressure it had dropped to 0 bar again, As i bled the radiator dry before hand I kept topping up this pressure until it was fixed on 3 bar and working great for the next few day's but I have noticed if the pressure bar is upto 3 or more water is coming out of the valve outside ?
i've been told by a professional to turn the red knob above the boiler to manually open/close the valve, even though I have turned for a few min's im suppose to hear something ? which I didn't but i Did notice a few drop's of water coming from the red valve ? ,
Currently im topping up the system everyday just so there is enough hot water in the tank's ? any solutions anybody.
Any help would be greatfull as I don't wanna spend £250 on somebody to do a 5min job.
regards
Simon.
