One job leads to another and another etc etc

[Riley]

Went out to a customers house to replace pump which was dead. Fired up. Oh three way has gone too stuck on dhw. Replaced that and had a call back from customer last night saying warning pipe from roof is gushing. Argh. Been back today and nothing as customer ran taps to reduce level in cwsc. All is now good. I can't see anyway that these are linked can you??? It's doing my nut

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Was the heating on when you were there ? Might be heating up cylinder too much so slightly pumping over etc

 

[Riley]

Hi Shaun, I had the heating and the hot water running full blast for about two hours absolutely nothing. As soon as I've gone up the road the customers called me again it is just far too coincidental for all these things to go wrong at the same time. There is no logic as to why a new pump and three port valve and would affect the cwsc. My only thought is circulation but then surely we would be seeing the boiler locking out

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Hi Shaun, I had the heating and the hot water running full blast for about two hours absolutely nothing. As soon as I've gone up the road the customers called me again it is just far too coincidental for all these things to go wrong at the same time. There is no logic as to why a new pump and three port valve and would affect the cwsc. My only thought is circulation but then surely we would be seeing the boiler locking out

what did the pump look like when you took it out (old) crammed to hell with crap?

 

[Riley]

No not really. Grubby water but not too bad. Just dead and not turning

 

[ShaunCorbs]

No not really. Grubby water but not too bad. Just dead and not turning

they only other thing is did you turn the main off? as would explain, ball valve stuck low and just overflowed until it freed it self

 

[plumben]

its just one of them things, you either get the odd part failing or a load at once if they where all installed around the same time, just came to the end of there life,

and as above the ball valve most likely just stuck down, its probley never dropped that far in 10 years

 

[Riley]

Ball valve was what I went there to replace initially so I know at least that that worked :smile:

 

[mutley racers]

Was it definitely the cwsc that was overflowing and not the F&E? I know they ran the taps and it stopped but that could be just a coincidence

 

[village idiot]

It's doing my nut

I take it you are being paid, so why the sad face

Currently, I'm on a complete bathroom refurb. Went there yesterday and Builder's Handyman said: ''Shona wants me to ask you what's going on? She had a shower today and the garden was a pool of water?''
We filled the bath up and drained it just as the husband was returning home. Turns out all the rubbish from kitchen sink had blocked drain, causing the problem. An hour later, the downstairs toilet started discharging from the overflow when I flushed it? GREAT