Finding leak due to pressure drop

[Multi tasker]

BHi

I hope somebody can help.

The Pressure on my boiler lasts for 4 or 5 days. Has been like this for sometime. My question is if the leak is from the bottom of one of the radiators wouldn't that radiator need to be bled eventually? As the tops of all if the radiators are hot doesnt this limit the leak to the top of the radiators or pipework or boiler above the radiators?(Boiler in attic) Thankyou

 

[oz-plumber]

1/ Isolate boiler from heating system and test.
2/ Isolate heating system from boiler and test.

From doing that you should find whether the boiler or heating system have a leak, you might even find both have leaks

 

[Sharp Point]

What boiler do you have multi tasker?

 

[Burger]

BHi

I hope somebody can help.

The Pressure on my boiler lasts for 4 or 5 days. Has been like this for sometime. My question is if the leak is from the bottom of one of the radiators wouldn't that radiator need to be bled eventually? As the tops of all if the radiators are hot doesnt this limit the leak to the top of the radiators or pipework or boiler above the radiators?(Boiler in attic) Thankyou

Hi,

It’s not necessarily a radiator leak. Could be leak on the boiler - I advise to employ a gas safe registered heating engineer. There is a way of finding radiator or pipe leaks as well which would be down to a heating engineer.

Might not be what you’re after but forum and legislative rules.

Thanks,
Cbw

 

[Chuck]

If the leak is from the bottom of one of the radiators wouldn't that radiator need to be bled eventually?

No. The system can provide the water needed to keep it full.

As the tops of all if the radiators are hot doesnt this limit the leak to the top of the radiators or pipework or boiler above the radiators?

No. The leak could still be anywhere. A good way to find non-obvious leaks is 'divide and conquer'. The first step of this process is to decided whether it's in the pipework or the boiler, as a previous post suggested.

Thankyou

You're welcome.