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Hi guys.
First off i am not a plumber although i have a little experience with heating systems etc.
To the point: I have a combi boiler (around 14 years old) I can not pressurise the system though.
The mains pressure has been tested by scottish water and with a secondary pump was clocked at 1.3bar.
So the mains feeds a hopper tank in the loft witch then supplies the boiler. I suspect as it is gravity fed this has led to the fact i cannot top up the pressure? (that is a 0 on the boilers gauge)
Not only this but as i have a prepayment meter installed i seem to be using up to £10 a day/day and half just trying to heat the property. After i investigated i found there was zero loft insulation and intact a false ceiling has been installed around a foot below the original. I have been on a number of sites etc to try and rectify the problems I'm having and my land lord has agreed to install a new boiler once scottish water have fixed the mains problem. But this seems to be taking an age and in fact I'm considering moving out and paying a higher rent as it will most likely work out cheeper than loading up the card with cash for it all to be sucked up on what seems like nothing.
The meter in the cupboard looks to me to be ok on the inlet side of things although there seems to be a 22ml pipe on the outlet and a t piece leading off of that to a 15ml both that go under the floor. what is this about? I will attach a couple pics to help you understand.
Its perplexing me and the amount of cut pipes and cables running in and out of the cupboard it is anyones quest what bodge it type plumbers have attempted to do over the years.
Thanks for your time in advance and please ask if i have left anything out.
First off i am not a plumber although i have a little experience with heating systems etc.
To the point: I have a combi boiler (around 14 years old) I can not pressurise the system though.
The mains pressure has been tested by scottish water and with a secondary pump was clocked at 1.3bar.
So the mains feeds a hopper tank in the loft witch then supplies the boiler. I suspect as it is gravity fed this has led to the fact i cannot top up the pressure? (that is a 0 on the boilers gauge)
Not only this but as i have a prepayment meter installed i seem to be using up to £10 a day/day and half just trying to heat the property. After i investigated i found there was zero loft insulation and intact a false ceiling has been installed around a foot below the original. I have been on a number of sites etc to try and rectify the problems I'm having and my land lord has agreed to install a new boiler once scottish water have fixed the mains problem. But this seems to be taking an age and in fact I'm considering moving out and paying a higher rent as it will most likely work out cheeper than loading up the card with cash for it all to be sucked up on what seems like nothing.
The meter in the cupboard looks to me to be ok on the inlet side of things although there seems to be a 22ml pipe on the outlet and a t piece leading off of that to a 15ml both that go under the floor. what is this about? I will attach a couple pics to help you understand.
Its perplexing me and the amount of cut pipes and cables running in and out of the cupboard it is anyones quest what bodge it type plumbers have attempted to do over the years.
Thanks for your time in advance and please ask if i have left anything out.
