Hello.
We have a Heatline C28 combination boiler that has been leaking water & going over pressure. It was recently diagnosed that the leak was coming from the 3 way diverter valve & that the pressure problems was been caused due to problem with the expansion vessel. The person who looked at it was recommended by a heating/plumbing shop down the road & he is going to be doing the work on it tomorrow.
In order to not cost us a fortune he said it would be easier/cheaper to fit an external pressure vessel rather than having to take the boiler off the wall to get to the existing one.
Our boiler is fitted on the wall in the bathroom & it was felt that putting the new expansion vessel on the pipe here could be a problem & the only other place where you can access the pipes going to/from the boiler is in a cupboard in the living room downstairs.
My dad seems to think this is fine but my mother gets quite worried about things and she wants to know if this is a safe thing to do & if it's going to cause any other problems given how it's fairly far away from the boiler itself & been in the living room she is worried about potential noise & if it's an additional safety concern so I told her i'd do some research to find out.
However I can't find anything anywhere about an external expansion vessel been placed away from the boiler so thought I woudl post here to see if anyone has any information.
Many thanks.
We have a Heatline C28 combination boiler that has been leaking water & going over pressure. It was recently diagnosed that the leak was coming from the 3 way diverter valve & that the pressure problems was been caused due to problem with the expansion vessel. The person who looked at it was recommended by a heating/plumbing shop down the road & he is going to be doing the work on it tomorrow.
In order to not cost us a fortune he said it would be easier/cheaper to fit an external pressure vessel rather than having to take the boiler off the wall to get to the existing one.
Our boiler is fitted on the wall in the bathroom & it was felt that putting the new expansion vessel on the pipe here could be a problem & the only other place where you can access the pipes going to/from the boiler is in a cupboard in the living room downstairs.
My dad seems to think this is fine but my mother gets quite worried about things and she wants to know if this is a safe thing to do & if it's going to cause any other problems given how it's fairly far away from the boiler itself & been in the living room she is worried about potential noise & if it's an additional safety concern so I told her i'd do some research to find out.
However I can't find anything anywhere about an external expansion vessel been placed away from the boiler so thought I woudl post here to see if anyone has any information.
Many thanks.
