Cold Water Feed to Water Heater is Hot and Makes 'Gurgling' Noises

[Bort]

Plumbing Forum,

I'm after some guidance as to what may be causing a problem with our hot water system which randomly started last week. The system is six years old and has been regularly checked and maintained.

Whenever we turn our water heater on and it calls for water from the header tank in the loft, the 'cold feed to water heater' pipe gets very hot and there is a loud 'gurling' and 'whooshing' noise from this pipe although this is not constant. Our water is still heated as normal and the central heating is functioning normally but this noise is really annoying - especially as the airing cupboard is in our bedroom!

I've attached some pictures of the mid-position switch which is set to 'auto' and the green water pump which has a small black box set to position No.2. The cold water feed pipe is the one with the green water pump fitted to it.

I know very little about plumbing so before I call someone out I just want to know whether this is a major problem or one that I can rectify myself. I have not changed any settings so I have no idea what has caused this annoying issue.

Many thanks if anyone can give me any guidance,

Bort

 

[Bort]

Cheers DiamondGas - where's best to ask for help on the forum for a local plumber?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

there is a section called looking for a plumber/gas engineer just post in there

 

[diamondgas]

Here you go bort I'm looking for a Plumber or Gas engineer./ click the link and put your request up ... vet the guys who pm you, Quiz them on call out costs and labour per hour stuff 🙂 check them out v=a their profile etc! Good luck 🙂

 

[smitty_grimsby]

well looking at the problems of the gurgling and wooshing, i would have been tempted to say check how high the vent pipe was above the central heating cistern to ensure it was over 15inch for sufficient expansion, with it being open vented obviously oxygenated water will be causing the system to slowly sludge up, and water blowing over, if incorrectly maintained! but now your boiler isnt working, id deffinatly say call an engineer. and they should check all aspects.

 

[Bort]

All,

Problem sorted! We had a plumber friend come over yesterday morning and he diagnosed a valve which appeared to have slowly closed itself over time - it's the red one to the bottom of the water tank. He opened this up and within minutes the water heater was working fine and the boiler was behaving itself again! Basically, the disrupted flow of water was causing 'kettling' and teh boiler was locking out.

Thanks so much to everyone who responded to my query and pointing me in the right direction of some basic checks to help diagnose the problem.

Cheers,

Bort

 

[ajgas]

hi, how far out are you? im in stoke, i dont mind coming out if your just in crewe? thanks jon 07793894114, cant p.m you your inbox is full sorry

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