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How often should you top-up a combi boiler?
arkwright01
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As per the subject line...I have to re-pressurise it every couple of weeks...is this normal or have I got a leak somewhere?
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I only have to do mine once a year or so.0
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Hi
You'll be looking for a leak somewhere.
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How and why should you pressurise a combi-boiler? I've got one but never knew I had to do this, I thought they just ticked along tickety boo.0
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Mine needs doing 9-12 monthly! HTH:rotfl:Ahahah got my signature removed for claiming MSE thought it was too boring :rotfl:0
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Mine hasn't needed doing since I first moved in two years ago. In a flat I rented it got to the point where I was having to top it up every other day - but I could never find a leak. It was only when I moved out and moved a bed away from one side of a radiator I found the floor was soaked - the valve had been dripping enough just to drop the pressure so that the boiler wouldn't come on.0
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Mine seems to need doing every week or so during winter / when heating is on and every 2/3 weeks in summer when it's just the hot water.
Boiler is not quite 2 years old and as far as i can tell there isn't a leak! I thought it was normal to keep topping it up!! Obviously not!!Joined SW 24/02/2011 :j71lb/28.5lb-6, -2.5, -2, -1, -2 -, -2 sow, +3
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My local council is planning on changing my boiler to a combi one. I am grateful that I get this done, but would things like re-pressurising be done during the yearly check-over?? How would I know if it needed doing earlier? Is this something I can do myself?
More questions than answers now I have seen this thread!!0 -
How and why should you pressurise a combi-boiler? I've got one but never knew I had to do this, I thought they just ticked along tickety boo.
You should have a gauge on your combi-boiler with a coloured segment; the needle/pointer on the gauge should be within this coloured segment when it is correctly pressurised.
On my combi there is a little tap that you open on a loop between two copper pipes to allow more water in to pressurise the system. make sure that you do not allow it to go above the coloured segment on the gauge.0 -
how do you take pressure out if its too high, take some waterout of a radiator?0
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I think that there should be a safety pressure release valve on the boiler, maybe someone could confirm this ?0
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