Heatrae Sadia unvented cylinder & Tundish

[Tim O'Hara]

Tim try find a local g3 specialist , it may be hard though , where are you based ?

I am in Norwich, Norfolk - anyone recommend a firm ?

 

[Tim O'Hara]

Have you asked them if they’re G3

Yes - any they said yes

 

[Riley]

Seems a fairly simple fix for someone who should know

 

[townfanjon]

@king of pipes , are you Norwich way mate

 

[king of pipes]

Yes mate I am Norwich way i can take a look if you're getting nowhere Tim pm me cheers tkop

 

[JVTrades]

Hi All

I have a Heatrae Sadia unvented cylinder... with the usual PVR on the side... which discharges to a tundish which is then connected to a 'fanny trap'.

The problem -
Water trickles through the tundish after about an hour or so of the hot water being heated and the pressure rises. It's only a trickle. To stop this - I have followed the instructions to re-charge the air at the top of the tank. This goes fine - as per instructions. Once air in tank is reset - the tundish trickle stops. Give it about 6 weeks... and its back.

Is this normal - should I have to re-charge the air bubble in the tank every 6 to 8 weeks ?

Thanks,

Tim

You need a G3 engineer without a doubt but the problem is most likely a failed expansion. An external expansion can be fitted of the correct size but only by G3 engineer.

 

[Tim O'Hara]

@king of pipes , are you Norwich way mate

Thanks for the recommendation...

 

[Tim O'Hara]

Yes mate I am Norwich way i can take a look if you're getting nowhere Tim pm me cheers tkop

Thanks Kings of Pipes... will PM you.

 

[Warmiger]

Like people have already explained to you. It’s a very easy fix for a g3 engineer.
There is also a fix for the internal bubble which isn’t always guaranteed to work. We had this issue with some of the new cylinders being stored on there side and developed a remedy for it.

 

[Ben-gee]

Intriguing Warmiger, does the remedy involve a long run up and a large whack-thumper?