Boiler has no filling loop?

[BenWesty]

Hi guys. In need of some help so have come on here to see if anyone can tell me what I need to know.

Basically the other day our boiler lost pressure, so yesterday a repair guy came out and sorted it all out. New boiler is needed due to something wrong with something to do with compression (As you can guess I have no clue about any of this) and he said until then I will need to keep regularly topping up the pressure and showed me how to do it.

Now because he was showing me everything in an awkward corner of a cupboard, I didn't see exactly. But there is only two valves in there, one is the stopcock the other is a simple looking vavle that can only be turned 90 degrees to what I would assume was an open position, so I figured it was all simple.

However the boiler has just dipped below 1 bar pressure so I went under and turned the valve expecting the pressure to go up, and nothing. Looked on the internet and everyone is talking about filling loops, which the repair guy said nothing about and I cannot see a filling loop un the cupboard where he was showing me how to increase the pressure.

Any advice?

Thanks


EDIT: Never mind, ignore this! The filling loop was hidden behind part of the wall, and what I thought is the stopcock (or just is the stopcock) needed to be turned as well as the other valve, then it the pressure started to increase.

 

[Dotty]

Need a picture.

 

[kozak1968]

What make and model of boiler is it?

 

[BenWesty]

Never mind, ignore this! The filling loop was hidden behind part of the wall, and what I thought is the stopcock (or just is the stopcock) needed to be turned as well as the other valve, then the pressure started to increase.

Thanks for your help and apologies for wasting your time!

 

[Dotty]

No problem, glad you're sorted. Thanks for letting us know.

 

[fishnchips]

From what you're saying it just sounds like the expansion vessel has failed, so before you have the expense of a new boiler, when it possibly doesn't require it, get you heating engineer to test the vessel first

 

[Centralheatking]

The fella is sorted look above your post CHK

From what you're saying it just sounds like the expansion vessel has failed, so before you have the expense of a new boiler, when it possibly doesn't require it, get you heating engineer to test the vessel first