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[gavij]

hello im hoping how i explain makes sences
when i put the central heating on i get a constant drip from my over flow pipe which sticks out the roof of my house im thinking its safe to do this but is it as im no plumbing expect i dont know if i got a problem
thanks

 

[Space cat]

Can you get up in the loft and have a look. It sounds like the water level in your header tank is too high. When the heating comes on, the water in the system expands and pushes up into that tank but it shouldn't reach the overflow. If it does, it'll keep happening because, when the system cools down again, the lost water is made up through the ball valve.

If my theory is correct, you need to set the ball arm lower in the tank so that it doesn't fill so far up.

 

[gavij]

i will get up there n hav a look thanks for advise

 

[Agile]

i will get up there n hav a look thanks for advise

Why do you use a small "i" ?

Why do you use "n" instead of "and" ?

Why do you say "hav" instead of "have" ?

Why do you say "advise" instead of "advice" ?

I pay taxes for schools where the most basic qualification is five GCSEs grades A-C.


Are you just lazy or did you waste all the money that I paid towards your education?

 

[gavij]

look its been a long day and a bit stressed as not know what to do but have now notice the spell check

 

[cantaloup63]

delete

 

[Agile]

In that case back to your problem.

The float ball should turn off the valve whe there is only about 100 mm of water in the header tank WHEN the system is cold.

The shaft can ( usually ) be carefully bent so that it closes at the correct water level.

Tony

 

[Charnwood]

the valve whe there is only

Why do you type whe when you mean when? Do you not bother reading your posts before uploading them?

Anyway, Tony, you missed, in the OP, a word spelt incorrectly; "sences". It should be sense.
Sence is a small river in Leicestershire.

Not too sure of the reasoning behind your first post on here. Just got a tax bill, perhaps?