Hi,
Since several days ago, our central heating is failing to heat almost all radiators in the house (bungalow). It is a sealed system but you cannot top it up fast enough to get more than 1/2 bar pressure when cold and as soon as you stop topping up the pressure drops to zero within a minute.
There are 2 or 3 radiators that you cannot bleed enough and are holding no water.
There is no visible sign of water anywhere but we had plumber in who advised that most likely there is a leak somewhere underground near the empty rads.
So the most likely course of action I believe is to get someone in to trace where the leak is, then dig up (wooden floors on concrete) flooring, repair pipe, fill in floor and repair/replace flooring.
I contacted house insurance company and it seems that unless there is currently physical evidence of water 'damage' I am not covered for any 'Trace & Access' or 'Leaking water' to fix the pipe and will likely have to pay for all.
Has anyone any experience of this?
Thanks.
Since several days ago, our central heating is failing to heat almost all radiators in the house (bungalow). It is a sealed system but you cannot top it up fast enough to get more than 1/2 bar pressure when cold and as soon as you stop topping up the pressure drops to zero within a minute.
There are 2 or 3 radiators that you cannot bleed enough and are holding no water.
There is no visible sign of water anywhere but we had plumber in who advised that most likely there is a leak somewhere underground near the empty rads.
So the most likely course of action I believe is to get someone in to trace where the leak is, then dig up (wooden floors on concrete) flooring, repair pipe, fill in floor and repair/replace flooring.
I contacted house insurance company and it seems that unless there is currently physical evidence of water 'damage' I am not covered for any 'Trace & Access' or 'Leaking water' to fix the pipe and will likely have to pay for all.
Has anyone any experience of this?
Thanks.