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Hi,
I would love to get some expert thoughts on my pressure loss problem.
I have just replaced my boiler and radiators to fix a raft of problems with the heating system mostly caused by old radiators filled with sludge. Unfortunately the loss of pressure hasn't been fixed.
There are no signs of leaks any where and most of the house is over a studio flat in the basement, so we would be likely to see signs of leaks in our ceilings or in the flat below.
At the moment I have to refill the system every 1 to 2 days. However there have been a couple of circumstances that seem to have fixed the problem for a couple of weeks, which makes me wonder if it is a leak.
The first was when the water board decided to change my meter - this was when the old boiler was still in place. After they had finished our water supply was shot. Pressure was down. Toilet flushes would endlessly refill etc. It seems that dirt got into the system, so they sent a contractor out with a compressor to clear the dirt out of the system. This not only cleared the problem but for about two weeks the pressure gauge sat happily on the same bar, before slowly over about a week starting to lose pressure increasingly quickly until I was back to topping up the old boiler at least once a day. One engineer said it must have been coincidence, but I don't really buy that. I am sure that that process did something to stop the problem for a bit.
A similar thing happened after the new install. I thought everything was great for the first week. The second week was still okish but I started to see a slight drop in pressure, now after 3-4 weeks I am back to topping up regularly, though it is still a bit better than the old boiler.
The other thing I notice is that when I turn on the kitchen tap which is right by the boiler I can often see the pressure drop quite noticeably - about 1/4 bar. When I turn the tap of the pressure does go back up a bit but usually not to where it was. The tap does have a bit of a drip. I understand that taps shouldn't effect the pressure but that is what I see pretty much every time I run the tap.
Obviously I will go back to my installers and maybe to Worcester, but both have had a look at it in the past, so I thought I would though it open to the web to see if anyone had any advice.
All suggestions would be gratefully received.
Thank you,
James
I would love to get some expert thoughts on my pressure loss problem.
I have just replaced my boiler and radiators to fix a raft of problems with the heating system mostly caused by old radiators filled with sludge. Unfortunately the loss of pressure hasn't been fixed.
There are no signs of leaks any where and most of the house is over a studio flat in the basement, so we would be likely to see signs of leaks in our ceilings or in the flat below.
At the moment I have to refill the system every 1 to 2 days. However there have been a couple of circumstances that seem to have fixed the problem for a couple of weeks, which makes me wonder if it is a leak.
The first was when the water board decided to change my meter - this was when the old boiler was still in place. After they had finished our water supply was shot. Pressure was down. Toilet flushes would endlessly refill etc. It seems that dirt got into the system, so they sent a contractor out with a compressor to clear the dirt out of the system. This not only cleared the problem but for about two weeks the pressure gauge sat happily on the same bar, before slowly over about a week starting to lose pressure increasingly quickly until I was back to topping up the old boiler at least once a day. One engineer said it must have been coincidence, but I don't really buy that. I am sure that that process did something to stop the problem for a bit.
A similar thing happened after the new install. I thought everything was great for the first week. The second week was still okish but I started to see a slight drop in pressure, now after 3-4 weeks I am back to topping up regularly, though it is still a bit better than the old boiler.
The other thing I notice is that when I turn on the kitchen tap which is right by the boiler I can often see the pressure drop quite noticeably - about 1/4 bar. When I turn the tap of the pressure does go back up a bit but usually not to where it was. The tap does have a bit of a drip. I understand that taps shouldn't effect the pressure but that is what I see pretty much every time I run the tap.
Obviously I will go back to my installers and maybe to Worcester, but both have had a look at it in the past, so I thought I would though it open to the web to see if anyone had any advice.
All suggestions would be gratefully received.
Thank you,
James