Rapid 32 Boiler - Pressure Gauge Broken?

[ianmcd]

Here you go pal

This is the amount of water from the pipe in the past day:

This is my fear and the only likely conclusion at the minute. I'm really hoping a leak sealer will sort it out, otherwise it means breaking up a newly tiled floor and sawing through freshly laid plywood sub floor!

I really don't know how the plumber has commissioned the system after capping 2 radiators and fitting a new radiator and there wasn't a problem then! It seems crazy.

Yes as I thought, that is not a drain pipe as such , it is the condensate drain and as @Razor900 says to get some condensate even in HW mode is perfectly normal with your boiler, and wouldnt affect the water pressure in the system, the valve in your pic with the red handle is the flow to your radiators, this valve is closed you need to open it, there is another one at the other end make sure that is ope too then see what happens, your heating wont work with either of these closed

 

[bernardgreen]

The coloured paper shows up wet spots better than anything else.

Even better is tissue paper with lines drawn on it with water soluable ink. If the paper gets wet then the ink runs and the lines become thicker. Even if the tissue dries the evidence of having been wet is still there.

 

[siross85]

Thanks for all the replies guys, I'll get some coloured tissue paper and see what I can do.

Fingers crossed it's a leak that's easily accessible, and if not, leak sealer works!

 

[dilalio]

Thanks for all the replies guys, I'll get some coloured tissue paper and see what I can do.

Fingers crossed it's a leak that's easily accessible, and if not, leak sealer works!

If it's any consolation, I have a drop somewhere too, and have had the boiler isolated from the rest of the system since May. I've got wooden flooring throughout the ground floor... No threshold bars and tiled kitchen and downstairs shower room

 

[dilalio]

Even better is tissue paper with lines drawn on it with water soluable ink. If the paper gets wet then the ink runs and the lines become thicker. Even if the tissue dries the evidence of having been wet is still there.

Yeah. Can see the usefulness of that for tracing leaks that aren't apparent when you're monitoring.
Wonder if there's a bespoke product for that... If there isn't, there should be.

Google here I come

 

[dilalio]

Yep. There's a few options. Home made or purchased...

https://www.google.com/search?q=moi...id-ee-uk-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

 

[bernardgreen]

Yep. There's a few options. Home made or purchased...

This is a DIY forum...Home made is good........

 

[siross85]

If it's any consolation, I have a drop somewhere too, and have had the boiler isolated from the rest of the system since May. I've got wooden flooring throughout the ground floor... No threshold bars and tiled kitchen and downstairs shower room

What are you going to do?

I wonder if house insurance would cover it? I would doubt it if it's been caused by building work.

I'm still waiting for the original plumber to come back and see what they think.

Has anyone had any experience of leak sealer?

 

[ianmcd]

Has anyone had any experience of leak sealer?

Yes forget that it exists

 

[siross85]

Yes forget that it exists

Oh dear, I was hoping that would be salvation!

 

[dilalio]

This is a DIY forum...Home made is good........

You haven't tried my wife's cooking (or seen her decorating skills for that matter)

 

[dilalio]

What are you going to do?

Christmas jumpers will be handed out early

 

[dilalio]

This is a DIY forum

Which could be construed as
"Do It Yourself - NOT!"

 

[siross85]

Christmas jumpers will be handed out early

I'm glad you're keeping your sense of humour

I wish I was as pragmatic, I've been losing sleep over this flipping leak!

 

[dilalio]

I'm glad you're keeping your sense of humour

I wish I was as pragmatic, I've been losing sleep over this flipping leak!

My approach is that "if it ain't life threatening then it ain't worth worrying about... Too much... Certainly not losing sleep over... Then again, I can't sleep sober