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icemancomeths
Good Morning all, could someone shed some light into why I get the following issue.
I have a 8 year old conventional boiler, there are 2 tanks in the loft which I'd assume are the cold water storage and the feed and expansion tank (whatever that does). Every month one of these tanks spurts water out of the overflow. The problem is I cant seem to replicated it but this is the sequence of events.
At 7am the hot water was on for half a hour.
At 8am I did some washing up using the hot water.
At 4pm I put the bath on with a mix of taps and hand held shower.
At 4.15pm *knock knock* from next door telling me the my overflow is wetting their clothes in the garden :|
At 4.20pm I look at the cold water strorage which is filling back up now but it is no where near the overflow line (So it must be the F&E?). Even when it reaches the line the ball cock does its job and stops the flow.
Does the Cold tank connect to the F&E? Do these tanks have any other type of overflow that I can't see?
I am really sorry for not painting a clear picture but before I can call a plumber I really need to be able to replicate it.
Thanks in advance.
Sam
I have a 8 year old conventional boiler, there are 2 tanks in the loft which I'd assume are the cold water storage and the feed and expansion tank (whatever that does). Every month one of these tanks spurts water out of the overflow. The problem is I cant seem to replicated it but this is the sequence of events.
At 7am the hot water was on for half a hour.
At 8am I did some washing up using the hot water.
At 4pm I put the bath on with a mix of taps and hand held shower.
At 4.15pm *knock knock* from next door telling me the my overflow is wetting their clothes in the garden :|
At 4.20pm I look at the cold water strorage which is filling back up now but it is no where near the overflow line (So it must be the F&E?). Even when it reaches the line the ball cock does its job and stops the flow.
Does the Cold tank connect to the F&E? Do these tanks have any other type of overflow that I can't see?
I am really sorry for not painting a clear picture but before I can call a plumber I really need to be able to replicate it.
Thanks in advance.
Sam