Hi All,
I have had the above boiler for about 4years with no problems. Yesterday i came home and noticed pressure was down to 0. Scared, thinking there was a leak in the house somehwere i checked all round the house for possible leaks, but nothing can be seen.
This is a little confusing.... I read on the interenet to isolate the valves under the boiler to elimante whether the leak / fault is with the boiler or with the heating system. When isolated the valves under the boiler the pressure continued to drop, so i assumed its gotta be the boiler. Good news as i have cover for it. Called out an engineer and today he did the same thing and typically the pressure remained constant. He left saying i have a leak in the house. I tried the same test again and he seems right it did hold the pressure, odd as the previous day it didnt for me. ( Iwill tr this again)
THe problem of lost pressure does not seem consistent. Some times it drops very quickly, within 5min from 1bar to 0. But now its alot slower. Something tells me its the boiler, and this is why....
When i refill the boiler, i have to use a key and then turn the nob to re-pressure. In the past i would expect to see small amount of water come ut, but now i get loads, literally a bowl of water comes out. If i let it drain out it then starts to re-pressure? and this cycle contines.... Am i right in saying this shouldnt be emptying out this amount of water and would mean a fault with the boiler? People said to check the pipe outside but i dont get anything from it, perhaps this water discharge when i re-pressure is not going in the correct place?
If that makes sense, your very good, really what im looking to hear is , its a fault with the boiler and not a leak somewhere in the house thats under a concrete floor.....
Your help and advice very much appreciated... thank you.
I have had the above boiler for about 4years with no problems. Yesterday i came home and noticed pressure was down to 0. Scared, thinking there was a leak in the house somehwere i checked all round the house for possible leaks, but nothing can be seen.
This is a little confusing.... I read on the interenet to isolate the valves under the boiler to elimante whether the leak / fault is with the boiler or with the heating system. When isolated the valves under the boiler the pressure continued to drop, so i assumed its gotta be the boiler. Good news as i have cover for it. Called out an engineer and today he did the same thing and typically the pressure remained constant. He left saying i have a leak in the house. I tried the same test again and he seems right it did hold the pressure, odd as the previous day it didnt for me. ( Iwill tr this again)
THe problem of lost pressure does not seem consistent. Some times it drops very quickly, within 5min from 1bar to 0. But now its alot slower. Something tells me its the boiler, and this is why....
When i refill the boiler, i have to use a key and then turn the nob to re-pressure. In the past i would expect to see small amount of water come ut, but now i get loads, literally a bowl of water comes out. If i let it drain out it then starts to re-pressure? and this cycle contines.... Am i right in saying this shouldnt be emptying out this amount of water and would mean a fault with the boiler? People said to check the pipe outside but i dont get anything from it, perhaps this water discharge when i re-pressure is not going in the correct place?
If that makes sense, your very good, really what im looking to hear is , its a fault with the boiler and not a leak somewhere in the house thats under a concrete floor.....
Your help and advice very much appreciated... thank you.
