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Some of you may remember this thread from a couple of weeks back....
http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/central-heating-forum/30775-leak-pressurised-heating-system.html
Well, I have continued my quest to get to the bottom of this issue and have updates which may help you experts identify the problem.
So, since the last thread I spoke to a plumber on the phone and he suggested that if the leak was inside the boiler and the overflow/pressure relief pipe outside (or whatever its called) was not showing signs of dripping, and there was no signs of water coming out of the boiler, i.e drips, pools underneath the boiler he doesn't believe it is a problem inside the boiler afterall. He is convinced it is indeed a leak in the pipework somewhere.
Today, I have removed the foam covers from the pipes around the water cynlinder and have found some very obvious leaks where the joins are.
I have attached a picture below and have put red rings around the joins where there is very obvious water leaking. Running my finger around the nut and screw thread I am left with a very wet finger. The red ring at the top of the picture is a brass tap (no idea what it does) and this also has wet joins asd the pipe running down from this tap is wet.
The blue rings show corrosion to the pipework.
My question then is would leaks in these areas circled in red cause the pressure drop on my system, and have I subesquently found the cause of my problem??
http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/central-heating-forum/30775-leak-pressurised-heating-system.html
Well, I have continued my quest to get to the bottom of this issue and have updates which may help you experts identify the problem.
So, since the last thread I spoke to a plumber on the phone and he suggested that if the leak was inside the boiler and the overflow/pressure relief pipe outside (or whatever its called) was not showing signs of dripping, and there was no signs of water coming out of the boiler, i.e drips, pools underneath the boiler he doesn't believe it is a problem inside the boiler afterall. He is convinced it is indeed a leak in the pipework somewhere.
Today, I have removed the foam covers from the pipes around the water cynlinder and have found some very obvious leaks where the joins are.
I have attached a picture below and have put red rings around the joins where there is very obvious water leaking. Running my finger around the nut and screw thread I am left with a very wet finger. The red ring at the top of the picture is a brass tap (no idea what it does) and this also has wet joins asd the pipe running down from this tap is wet.
The blue rings show corrosion to the pipework.
My question then is would leaks in these areas circled in red cause the pressure drop on my system, and have I subesquently found the cause of my problem??
