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  1. L

    dripping overflow on header tank

    Hi, When my central heating has been on for a bit the central heating header tank overflow is dripping about one drip every second or two. Not such a problem at the moment but it wasn't doing this a month ago so I guess something has gone wrong. I have an old Vulcan Gas boiler. The water pump...
  2. B

    Leaking bath or overflow?

    Hello, my neighbour’s bath has been leaking intermittently (once or twice a week) into my living room for the past 2 months (I have no ceiling at the moment thanks to a different leak!) but I’m about to put it back up. As there’s no ceiling I can access the bottom of their bath and I can see...
  3. S

    Overflow on Worcester boiler gushing water

    What it says really. I've just bought a flat and finally after getting the electric connected, I went to fire up the boiler. The water and gas was turned off so I turned the water on at the mains and also two leavers, one red, one grey, on the water inlet pipe to the boiler which seem to be on...
    • simple
    • Thread
    • boiler overflow water worcester
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Boilers
  4. D

    water coming out of overflow pipe

    hi. Water has been coming out of my overflow pipe for months. This happens when I've not run the hot water for 4 or 5 hours. I had my ball valve replaced but water was still coming out. I was told by the plumber that it's a hole in the coil in the hot water tank and the copper tank needs...
    • dinkyyy
    • Thread
    • overflow pipe water
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  5. Eyespy999

    Outdoor insulation for overflow pipe

    evening, I am looking at insulating a plastic overflow pipe 21.5mm? They have some cheap insultion down at wickes but looking at something that will last and not disolve with uv. Any reccomendation please? Cheers!
  6. V

    Worcester Bosch Greenstar 24i (installed 2011) pressure dropping & PRV overflow leak

    Hello All My Boiler is dropping pressure and the hot taps are running lukewarm. Pressure was never great..3 floors up so only ever just over 1 bar. I called out the Gas Safe engineer who usually services the boiler and he said that the flat plate exchanger would most likely be scaled up...
  7. B

    overflow pipe

    Hi Guys thinking on my feet here but just wanted to know if standard 21.5mm overflow pipe and fittings were solvent weld a standard.....im sort of guessing they are but would like to know for sure ? It's for boiler condensate btw )))
  8. C

    Overflow in a flat- Any suggestions?

    Was doing work for a customer some months ago, and he mentioned that a few neighbours had told him his overflow was leaking outside. He lives in a block of about 8 flats. He said he hadn't noticed anything, but I had a look round and couldn't see anything myself. Left it at that. He's called...
  9. R

    Central heating header tank expansion overflow

    Evening all Had a call out today from a care home, hot water coming out of overflow. It was from the f&e header central heating. I removed the lid and found the level was high and Expansion was overflowing into the tank. The heating was on the rads were working fine and hot water was also...
    • robo1889
    • Thread
    • central central heating expansion heating overflow tank
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  10. D

    can you extend an external overflow pipe

    Hello. I own a flat in a small block of flats and there is an issue with one of the other flats overflow pipe (from the cistern) which is constantly dripping. The flat is question is owned by an absent landlord who seems only interested in getting their monthly rent and not keeping the flat...
  11. M

    Hot water cylinder has no overflow?

    Hi, I am replacing my cold water tank in the loft as its made from asbestos. There is an overflow pipe feeding into it as expected however oddly this doesn't come from the top of the hot water cylinder, it comes up from the floor boards so i cant see where the pipe is connected to. Has anyone...
  12. J

    Blocking the vent/overflow pipe

    Hi. I posted this to relevant thread few days back but there was no response so I'm trying a new thread. I have gravity system with solid fuel stove and oil boiler with dual coil cylinder. Everything worked fine until I replaced the oil boiler with an air to water heat pump. The new heat...
  13. S

    Advice on leaking overflow pipe from back of boiler

    Hi everyone, I would really appreciate any advice you might be able to give me on resolving the following problem please: I am a diy plumber and I have just replaced my bath suite in which I had to isolate the water from the mains stopcock on the road. Since I have switched the water back...
    • SuperMarryO
    • Thread
    • boiler leaking overflow pipe
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Boilers
  14. P

    How To Join Overflow Pipe To 22mm Copper?

    Just a quick one. I need to join some plastic overflow pipe to existing 22mm copper pipe. What are the options for joining the two together? I'm thinking maybe Speedfit/pushfit 22mm coupler, but not sure if this is correct. Thanks in advance for any advice.
  15. P

    Unvented hot water tank dripping for 2 hours on overflow

    Hi all, Wonder if somebody can provide me with some advice on a CenterStore 120 unvented hot water tank. The unit has two power inlets - 1 on the ECO7 and 1 for the booster. The main source to heat up the water is via ECO7 which switches on about 2200 and will heat up the water over night...
    • polly_31
    • Thread
    • hot water overflow tank unvented water water tank
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  16. I

    Vanity unit overflow / waste....

    Hi everyone, Newbie here, any help appreciated. Was in the trade for 20 odd years but moved into FM (ok, I know....):wacko: so am a bit rusty but still do everything around the house etc. I have a cupboard mounted vanity basin (Qualitex Eden 40) which has a leaking waste. House is only 4 years...
  17. R

    Water from cupboard overflow pipe when kitchen sink drains

    Hi all, I've just moved into a new house and had a nightmare last night from a pretty simple thing. I filled the kitchen sink with water to do some washing up. Then when drained the water found it coming up of a little pipe in the cupboard directly underneath (ie into my kitchen). I'll try...
  18. N

    Overflow from loft in attic

    The overflow from loft in the attic is dripping outside on occasions and feel that the problem is in the header tank. Unfortunately being retired unable to get into the attic as body is not as flexible as it used to be and have no wish to fall. Could you give me some idea of cost in someone...
  19. P

    Toilet cistern overflowing into overflow pipe

    Hi I've recently replaced the bottom entry cistern ball valve on my toilet as the water in the cistern was rising too high into the overflow pipe. For ease I kept the original bottom water feed pipe and only fitted the valve and the arm reusing my existing ball valve. I've set the level to...
    • pocketpirate
    • Thread
    • cistern overflow pipe toilet
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Boilers
  20. S

    Sometimes water dripping from expansion overflow and sometimes sudden water discharge

    Hi, I have: - - an open vented central heating system with F&E tank in the loft. - Sealed cylinder hot water (megaflow). Guess it won't matter with the issue explained below - Boiler is flexicom hx30 heat only. Most often (but not absolutely everytime), water drips from the expansion tank...
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