Has anyone come across anything similar. Sorry there are so many questions. Many thanks in anticipation.
My daughter has moved, 5 weeks ago. The previous owners had a hive system on the Worcester-Bosch combi boiler. They replaced it with a hive thermostat and my daughter eventually got it talking to the boiler. She had hot water but no central heating. The boiler kept cycling. Plumber 1 came and couldn’t figure our what was happening. Worcester-Bosch engineer came and diagnosed leak in hot water system. Estimated as 2 litres a minute ... 20 cubic metres in 3 weeks, somewhere unnoticed, and then there was 200 cubic metres of gas that had been used.
The Boiler gave priority to hot water, so with this leak the heating couldn’t turn on the diverter valve. Engineer showed how to close hot water outlet on the boiler ... so now CH works.
I have had a look at the pipework. A mix of copper and plastic. I have located the area where I think the pipe is leaking. It’s very wet, soaking the walls. How could a pipe be leaking so much when buried in concrete? Where is the water going? Do I dig up the concrete and repair the pipe, Or put a Long new run in to bypass it? Use plastic rather than copper? I have never done water pipe plumbing. I don’t like the ugly elbows.
It seems that the mains water supply is also buried in the same location. Is this likely to corrode as well?
My daughter has moved, 5 weeks ago. The previous owners had a hive system on the Worcester-Bosch combi boiler. They replaced it with a hive thermostat and my daughter eventually got it talking to the boiler. She had hot water but no central heating. The boiler kept cycling. Plumber 1 came and couldn’t figure our what was happening. Worcester-Bosch engineer came and diagnosed leak in hot water system. Estimated as 2 litres a minute ... 20 cubic metres in 3 weeks, somewhere unnoticed, and then there was 200 cubic metres of gas that had been used.
The Boiler gave priority to hot water, so with this leak the heating couldn’t turn on the diverter valve. Engineer showed how to close hot water outlet on the boiler ... so now CH works.
I have had a look at the pipework. A mix of copper and plastic. I have located the area where I think the pipe is leaking. It’s very wet, soaking the walls. How could a pipe be leaking so much when buried in concrete? Where is the water going? Do I dig up the concrete and repair the pipe, Or put a Long new run in to bypass it? Use plastic rather than copper? I have never done water pipe plumbing. I don’t like the ugly elbows.
It seems that the mains water supply is also buried in the same location. Is this likely to corrode as well?
