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Hello all,
As title, I've just put my flat on the market and sods law my boiler appears to have developed a leak at the exact same time.
It's a Baxi Potterton Combi HE30. It's probably just under 3 years old, was installed about 8 months before I moved in. I recently bled the radiators and then had to top up the boiler from the taps underneath as the pressure dropped. The pressure is currently about 1.5, between the limits stated on the boiler. Basically when I turn on the heating or hot water i get a very small leak of cold water dripping under the boiler coming out of a hole next to to white cables. I took the front off to see if I could see where the leak is coming from and it appears (though I may well be wrong) that it's from by a clear plastic box on the right side of the boiler. The plastic box has a dividing piece of plastic in it, the left side appears to have water and a clear pipe in it also with water in and the right hand side appears to be empty. On the right hand side is an outlet pipe which goes to my waste water pipe under the sink. The leak seems to be from a small plastic screw type thing under the left side of the clear plastic box where the water is.
Can anyone tell me what this is likely to be and more importantly if it's gonna cost me a lot?! Was looking on the BG website and was wondering if I should go for their £192 for any parts/labour on the first fault they find thing?
Many thanks and apologies if my description is rubbish, not exactly an expert in these things,
Paul
As title, I've just put my flat on the market and sods law my boiler appears to have developed a leak at the exact same time.
It's a Baxi Potterton Combi HE30. It's probably just under 3 years old, was installed about 8 months before I moved in. I recently bled the radiators and then had to top up the boiler from the taps underneath as the pressure dropped. The pressure is currently about 1.5, between the limits stated on the boiler. Basically when I turn on the heating or hot water i get a very small leak of cold water dripping under the boiler coming out of a hole next to to white cables. I took the front off to see if I could see where the leak is coming from and it appears (though I may well be wrong) that it's from by a clear plastic box on the right side of the boiler. The plastic box has a dividing piece of plastic in it, the left side appears to have water and a clear pipe in it also with water in and the right hand side appears to be empty. On the right hand side is an outlet pipe which goes to my waste water pipe under the sink. The leak seems to be from a small plastic screw type thing under the left side of the clear plastic box where the water is.
Can anyone tell me what this is likely to be and more importantly if it's gonna cost me a lot?! Was looking on the BG website and was wondering if I should go for their £192 for any parts/labour on the first fault they find thing?
Many thanks and apologies if my description is rubbish, not exactly an expert in these things,
Paul
