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brenborg
Good Evening
I have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar Boiler. Been working fine all summer heating water. Have, in the last few weeks been using the central heating again. Have noticed that over the course of 10-12 hours the boiler loses pressure from 1.5 bar -0 bar. I am at the moment topping up morning and night to keep pressure.
I have checked all TRVs for leaks. I have had my head under the downstairs floorboards to check for leaks when the heating is on and off. There are no stains on the ceiling from upstairs leaks (carpeted). I have looked as best I can on the boiler for leaks, nothing. I have checked a million times on the PRV/overflow, its as dry as a bone.
Had plumber round on Friday gone, he said you either have a leak you cant find, or your Heat Exchanger has a crack in it. Told me to inject sealent into the system as a cheap fix. I read that this isint a great fix though. Or is it?
I have read also, that a good thing to do is the isolate the boiler from te rest of the system to check for pressure loss over a day. Then reconnect. This would identify which part is at fault. Boiler or pipework. Is that a good idea and easy to do?
This looks like a common problem that drives poeple mad a drains cash on fault finding. Just could do with some sensible answers back to put me in the right direction.
Sorry if this thread is a repeat.
many thanks.
Brendon
I have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar Boiler. Been working fine all summer heating water. Have, in the last few weeks been using the central heating again. Have noticed that over the course of 10-12 hours the boiler loses pressure from 1.5 bar -0 bar. I am at the moment topping up morning and night to keep pressure.
I have checked all TRVs for leaks. I have had my head under the downstairs floorboards to check for leaks when the heating is on and off. There are no stains on the ceiling from upstairs leaks (carpeted). I have looked as best I can on the boiler for leaks, nothing. I have checked a million times on the PRV/overflow, its as dry as a bone.
Had plumber round on Friday gone, he said you either have a leak you cant find, or your Heat Exchanger has a crack in it. Told me to inject sealent into the system as a cheap fix. I read that this isint a great fix though. Or is it?
I have read also, that a good thing to do is the isolate the boiler from te rest of the system to check for pressure loss over a day. Then reconnect. This would identify which part is at fault. Boiler or pipework. Is that a good idea and easy to do?
This looks like a common problem that drives poeple mad a drains cash on fault finding. Just could do with some sensible answers back to put me in the right direction.
Sorry if this thread is a repeat.
many thanks.
Brendon
