Boiler leaking water

sc0by

I came downstairs this morning and turned on the boiler to heat the rads for a while.

After just a few seconds I noticed a fairly fast drip of water coming from the bottom of the boiler.

My boiler was installed this year and was working perfectly last night, in fact it's still heating the rads - but leaking.

The drip is not near any electrics as far as I can see and otherwise the boiler seems to be working perfectly

I thought that the vent outside might be blocked with ice or snow but that doesn't seem to be the case. The gauge that's visible underneath shows less than 1 bar of pressure, is that normal?


Can't get in touch with my plumber and getting one over the next few days might be difficult - am I at risk of blowing up my house?

Sparkpea

could be a pressure relief valve leaking in the boiler housing which is why the pressure is under 1 bar. best ring ur gas registered engineer to have a look, dont mess about with this yourself!

sc0by

I'm certainly not going to go near it myself , thanks for the reply.

gasguru

what make of boiler is it?
i would be carfull with it dripping onto the electrics as it could be expensive to fix if i blows something.

danjo-xx

I think1.5bar is the max desired level, but I had a vokera boiler and it often went down to 0.5 but no problems.

Apart from the electrics worry if your happy enuf with that you could keep topping up the level if it gets down to 0.5bar. unless its turning into a flood, in that case shut down the system.

As regards blowing up your house I don't think you need worry much there as these yokes have safety devices... but do get it seen to asap...just my 2c worth as an ordinary joe soap:(

Redsoxfan

I'm having a similar issue, reported here. Not dripping fast, but steady. Pressure is fine, approx 2 bar and no fault showing.