Constant running water in the smaller of attic tanks

vectrahed

Hi hoping someone here can advise or help solve this issue.


for the last few weeks we have had our smaller of 2 tanks in the attic constantly filling up

I slightly liffted the ball cock and it did switch off but it just returned as normal and keeps filling up

I can see it is below the level line but cant find any leaks of any sort

in saying that, one of the rads in the kitchen it making a noise, we have tiles on the floor so i cant get to look under floorboards to see

also, my neighbour has had work carried out on his house next door, and this problem accured shortly after work started(extention on the rear and whole kitchen ripped out to be replaced)

is it possible that the leak is on his side ?

any advise with this please

Thanks

Billy Bunting

Its sounds like you have a leak somewhere on the system, if its filling constantly its quite serious, have you checked around the boiler ??

vectrahed

Hi, i did have a look at and around the boiler itself but no signs of damage or any leaks

kscobie

You will have to conact your plumber to arrange a pressure test on your heating system. If left unattended, the radiators will pinhole from the freshwater rusting from the inside out

AverageJoe82

get a bottle of oxypic, and put it in your heating system, that will stop any small leak and is the cheapest than getting a plumber, a bottle is €25 or so

maddragon

AverageJoe82 wrote: »

get a bottle of oxypic, and put it in your heating system, that will stop any small leak and is the cheapest than getting a plumber, a bottle is €25 or so

It's not as good as getting the leak fixed by a plumber obviously but I put this stuff in my system last year after a series of joints pulling. No more problems after the Oxypic. It's a great product in my opinion but I've heard of it seizing Thermostatic radiator valves. I have trvs and have had no problem.

However, if your tank is constantly filling you may have a larger leak and Oxypic will not fix this. Your first port of call should be a plumber ASAP.

AverageJoe82

Im a plumbing and use it to fix a hole the size of a golf ball on a school boiler and it worked a treat

vectrahed

If a pipe is burst it will be replaced.


Think i have found the leak, kitchen radiator, under the ground, i can hear water trickling, i lifted some floor boards in our kitchen, but on the furthest side from the rad as i noticed the ground was hot there

poked my head in with the torch and i can deffo hear water coming from over at the rad.


so, i will have to now lift tiles over that side to get a better view, will be in the morning before i can do it as kids are asleep now

but as i suspected from the getgo that next door had something to do with it when they had works carried out

is it poss that a worker has drilled straight through and into one of our pipes ?

AverageJoe82

I doubt it but it could be possible, is your house old, could just be wear over years either. Very hard to say when can't see the situation

celiam

AverageJoe82 wrote: »

get a bottle of oxypic, and put it in your heating system, that will stop any small leak and is the cheapest than getting a plumber, a bottle is €25 or so

Do you need to drain the system before putting in the Oxypic.constantly needing to bleed 2 rads so must be a leak somewhere

AverageJoe82

firstly you have your heating system running at a high temp for half hour to an hour, after that you only drain down a few litres out of the system, and pure in the oxypic and run and fill your system again and that should cure it

vectrahed

Hi, sorry about not getting back here today


well i had to crack open a few tiles and some of the flooring over at the rad and found the leak

nothing to do with next door, thank god but was just the joint at the bottom of the rad pipe that had split, simple enough job to fix and it only took 2 mins to replace the part, however as its been leaking for some time it has destroyed some of the under flooring and may have to replace alot of it and retile the floor to

some pictures

celiam

Thanks averagejoe.Hope that works

AverageJoe82

oh that would do the job , oh ive seen it all to often with joints going especially them push on fittings ( I hate them), replace the old rotten floorboards and you should be fine.