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Hi,

This is my first post so apologies if I've misunderstood the purpose of the forum, appreciate if anyone can give some advice.

I noticed that next to my water boiler there is an exposed section of pipe where water is running constantly (see attachment), even when all the taps are off and heating/hot water off. Does anyone know what this is and whether it is normal for there to be a constant flow? I live in a block of flats and was recently told by the building manager that my water meter was making a lot of noise during the day when no one was at home. I will probably get a plumber in but I don't know if there an obvious problem.

Thanks
 

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its gonna be be one of the safety valves for your unvented cylinder. Probably temperature pressure relief valve. You will need a g3 certified plumber to replace it.
 
Yep unfortunately you can't do anything with it as it would be illegal to do so without the necessary qualification as above you will need a G3 qualified engineer to take a look at that for you
 
Thanks for both your answers. Just to confirm, there is a problem and water should not be flowing through that valve all the time?
 
Definitely not the purpose of that part which is called a tundish is so that there is a visual indicator that something is wrong
 
Thanks - just found out an unvented cylinder needs to be serviced annually (has not been done for 5 years) so problem solved!
 
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