Arrgh! Gah! Boiler! £$%£$%£$%!

[andrewducker]

I noticed the pressure on the boiler was a bit low.

So I topped it up, and made a note to check on it an hour later.

At which point it had gone from 2.5bar down to just over 1.

Which means that either the boiler is venting water outside (bad) or one of the pipes under the floor has a really nasty leak (worse). The latter made even worse because we've had flooring put down, which means that any investigation of pipes is going to involve taking that up first, including removing whatever is on top of it. Joy!

So today is being spent doing lots of tidying up, as the flat is a bit of a disaster area, and then I'm texting our plumbers later on.

Wish me luck.

Comments

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

*wince*

Good luck! Hope it is easily fixed and doesn't require mass floor lifting.

[fub.livejournal.com]

Ouch, good luck with that! Have it looked at sooner rather than later -- especially with the really cold months coming.

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

One of the radiator valves could be loose and losing air. Are all the radiators hot all the way from bottom to top?

[andrewducker]

They'd have had to be half full of air to lose that much pressure, I'd have thought. They were all bled last year, so they shouldn't be holding much at all.

And I'm not refilling the system (which is now down to the zero marker) in case I'm just pumping water under the floorboards...

[broin.livejournal.com]

Try bleeding them again. It's fun and might fix the issue.

[andrewducker]

Already done - all of them were spurting water instantly. Shame, it would have been nice if that had been the problem.

[andrewducker]

Checked them to be on the safe side - all of them were full all the way up - spurting water instantly. Hopefully it's a busted valve on the boiler...

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

Was worth a try! Fingers crossed for you.

[susiemutha.livejournal.com]

not much help here on suggestions as to what to do...just hope all goes well and doesn't hit the pocketbook too bad...as with the others, good luck to you!!

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Argh, fuck. Last thing you need at this time of your. Hope it's the lesser two evils!

[ami-bender.livejournal.com]

Had same problem. Turned out to be the boiler leaking air. Guy we use is James Harris (07977297355). Very good and charges very reasonable rates. Really like him and been using him for years. Been one or two ocassions when I have phoned him and told him issue, which he diagnosed over phone and told me exactly how to fix myself without charging me.

[andrewducker]

Cheers. Still under warranty on the boiler, so it should be ok on that front. I'm just hoping they don't have to take up the floor!

[usmu.livejournal.com]

Ouch, that really sucks. Good luck!

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[dreema.livejournal.com]

fingers crossed for you.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Sympathy.