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warm brownwater leaking outof bolier..

asparagus1968
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Bad yes? Anything I could check or do I have to call a plumber?
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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,622 Forumite
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    Could be a loose nut , could be a leak from the heat exchanger itself
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  • TheCyclingProgrammer
    TheCyclingProgrammer Posts: 3,702 Forumite
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    Well it's not good. You definitely want to get a plumber out.

    I'm sure it could be a number of things but the boiler in our house started to leak about a month after we moved in and it was a cracked main heat exchanger which was terminal. Boiler was nearly 20 years old though so not a bad innings.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    Make and model would help...
    No, you need a GSR RGI. Plumbers are not qualified to work on gas boilers, although some can do both.
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  • asparagus1968
    asparagus1968 Posts: 1,787 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    thanks, I have boiler insurance luckily, just wondered if it could be something simple I could do.
    It appears the water is coming from way up inside the thing :(
    It's a vaillant, about 10 years old.


    wow, hope I don't need a new one...
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  • madeinireland_2
    madeinireland_2 Posts: 381 Forumite
    Might just be the air vent broken - I have a valliant and that was what was wrong on mine. You can just tighten it up to check - but you can't leave it tightened as its meant to remove any build up of air. Mine was just above the pump.
  • asparagus1968
    asparagus1968 Posts: 1,787 Forumite
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    well ,engineer coming sometime tomorrow. So, no heating or hot water until then. :(
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  • unclebulgaria
    unclebulgaria Posts: 579 Forumite
    It could be a stomach bug, I was leaking warm brown water when I had one!
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