Discuss Hot water leaking at overflow in the UK Plumbing Forum | Plumbing Advice area at PlumbersForums.net

jsm

Messages
25
Hi
Overflow suddenly spouting out luke warm water to outside of house, checked on down pipe in photo leads exterior overflow, could put finger spout when overflowing and its luke warm water.

Why is it overflowing? Lot of water coming out.

Photo attached of side of tank to show above.

What is wrong???
 

Attachments

  • IMG_1771.jpeg
    IMG_1771.jpeg
    453 KB · Views: 17
Over time the cylinder can loose its air bubble there is a floating baffle inside your cylinder the air gap needs resetting, turn off the mains cold water supply to the cylinder open up 2 hot water taps and leave them open go back to the cylinder,
The black knob on the pressure relief is spring loaded turn it clockwise until you feel a click hold it in that position hot water should drain from your taps and copper pipework realeasing any built up pressure , once the water stops it's simply a case of shutting the relief valve close one hot tap, then slowly turn the cold supply back on refilling the cylinder this will reset the air gap water will vent from the hot tap let it run for a minute or so then switch off , Try this and see if it cures your problem. Kop
 

Reply to Hot water leaking at overflow in the UK Plumbing Forum | Plumbing Advice area at PlumbersForums.net

Similar plumbing topics

S
Hi, I seemed to have a blockage in kitchen sink. A plumber came and cleared all the pipework that is visible inside my home (there was debris and...
Replies
2
Views
159
Sonya K
S
Hi, Can anyone advise as to why the cold water to my bathroom keeps airlocking? This originally happened about 12 months ago and has happened 3-4...
Replies
9
Views
441
Hi all I'm hoping someone can shine a light on this for me Since our stop tap on the pavement has now been filled with sand for whatever reason...
Replies
3
Views
335
Back
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock