Please help foul smell coming from boiler

[Louise holly]

Hello I wonder if anybody can help me please , my boiler which is an old system with the tank etc , recently my heating stopped working so my neighbour done a quick fix for me as was going on holiday , sorted my connector out for me so I could get water as my heating was coming on when I was switching my water on , now his done it for now as a quick fix till his back that I get water no heating and heating doesn’t come on when I turn water only on , I’ve noticed over the last few days to a week that I have a really strong like rotten smell coming from my boiler cupboard which is in my bedroom , it’s worse when I put the hot water on for the water to heat and the smell goes but not completely when it’s switched off , I would normally leave my water on constant but can’t as the smell gets so much stronger , I’m paranoid if this could be a leak , but the smell has only started since he switched my connector over to hot water and my pipes get really hot , I have no clue To what this could be , as you can probably tell by my explanation 🥴

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Is the boiler condensing? Sounds like you have a 3 port valve failure too.

 

[cjg]

had a job last week, smell from boiler in back bedroom when it ran but not as bad after, sorry to report but dead rat near pipe ( not nice), hope yours is not.

 

[Louise holly]

Is the boiler condensing? Sounds like you have a 3 port valve failure too.

Yes my port valve is not working I’m just waiting on my plumber to come back from his holiday to fix it for me but I can get hot water but no heating which is fine in this weather , so that is getting sorted , was just concerned about the smell is that common with a port failure , it’s mainly when the water is heating up it smells the most then when I switch it off the smell is still there but not as strong , thank you for replying

 

[Louise holly]

Yes my port valve is not working I’m just waiting on my plumber to come back from his holiday to fix it for me but I can get hot water but no heating which is fine in this weather , so that is getting sorted , was just concerned about the smell is that common with a port failure , it’s mainly when the water is heating up it smells the most then when I switch it off the smell is still there but not as strong , thank you for replying

What do you mean by condensing sorry , I’m so useless with things I have no clue about 🤦‍♀️

 

[Louise holly]

had a job last week, smell from boiler in back bedroom when it ran but not as bad after, sorry to report but dead rat near pipe ( not nice), hope yours is not.

Oh my goodness I really hope not we have had a problem along our road with mice , but I have wire meshed and siliconed all my gaps were the pipes are so it wouldn’t be able to get in , would the smell last as long as a week , but that was the first thing I fault when I noticed the smell last week

 

[Deleted member 120897]

A condensing boiler is high efficiency, and takes condensation away via a pipe, sometimes connected to a foul drain.