Boiler problem

morallywrong

Hi, recently moved in to a studio flat.

Quickly noticed that there is a dripping noise coming for what seems inside the boiler tank, its a big copper one, looks old. Electrically heated.

The dripping is triggered when I use the water from an appliance, more so when using hot water. Initially its quite harsh but dies down to say 1 drip every 30 seconds. Very annoying and is stopping me from sleeping....I've order some ear plugs for now.

I've tried turning the water stop clock off but it hasn't seemed to do anything.

My estate agency haven't helped and don't seem willing too... very annoying as I've paid 6 months rent upfront already.

Any advice?

Cheers

Comms69

morallywrong wrote: »

Hi, recently moved in to a studio flat.

Quickly noticed that there is a dripping noise coming for what seems inside the boiler tank, its a big copper one, looks old. Electrically heated.

The dripping is triggered when I use the water from an appliance, more so when using hot water. Initially its quite harsh but dies down to say 1 drip every 30 seconds. Very annoying and is stopping me from sleeping....I've order some ear plugs for now.

I've tried turning the water stop clock off but it hasn't seemed to do anything.

My estate agency haven't helped and don't seem willing too... very annoying as I've paid 6 months rent upfront already.

Any advice?

Cheers

You don't have an agent, estate or otherwise; speak to (and then write to) the landlord

Slithery

When did you first write a letter to the appropriate address outlining the problem and requesting a solution?

This is the first step to getting your LL to do repairs.

Pixie5740

morallywrong wrote: »

Hi, recently moved in to a studio flat.

Quickly noticed that there is a dripping noise coming for what seems inside the boiler tank, its a big copper one, looks old. Electrically heated.

The dripping is triggered when I use the water from an appliance, more so when using hot water. Initially its quite harsh but dies down to say 1 drip every 30 seconds. Very annoying and is stopping me from sleeping....I've order some ear plugs for now.

I've tried turning the water stop clock off but it hasn't seemed to do anything.

My estate agency haven't helped and don't seem willing too... very annoying as I've paid 6 months rent upfront already.

Any advice?

Cheers

Your estate agency? Do you mean the landlord's letting agency? If this is a repairing issue then read the Tenancies in England/Wales sticky at the top of the board, it has a section in Repairing Obligations. However, it sounds like the tank is just refilling.

googler

Sounds like a traditional hot water cylinder. It's either incoming water, or expansion/contraction of the heating element or other metalwork, going 'tick'.

Turning off the cold water supply might not be helping, because these cylinders are typically fed from a cold water cistern above the cylinder.

You draw hot water out of the cylinder, water comes in from the cistern above. The cold water feed for the property as a whole feeds into that cistern, so while the water is turned off, there's still a cistern's worth of water that can feed into the hot water cylinder.

Is there a quilted lagging blanket around the cylinder? It would do no harm at all to add another one, if landlord can be persuaded.

Do not turn off the water, drain the cistern, and allow the thing to drain totally whilst the immersion heater is switched on ...

morallywrong

Forgot to mention this is my first time moving, quite clueless to how everything works in terms of who to contact. I did all negotiating with my estate agency.

Comms69 wrote: »

You don't have an agent, estate or otherwise; speak to (and then write to) the landlord

Slithery wrote: »

When did you first write a letter to the appropriate address outlining the problem and requesting a solution?

This is the first step to getting your LL to do repairs.

I don't know my land lords address unfortunately. I went into my estate agency in person to express my problem. One day later I got a phone call from them saying there is nothing they can do, followed by lots of BS...

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Your estate agency? Do you mean the landlord's letting agency? If this is a repairing issue then read the Tenancies in England/Wales sticky at the top of the board, it has a section in Repairing Obligations. However, it sounds like the tank is just refilling.

Yes my LL's letting. Ok will have a look. The noise is constant, never stops. Something seems broken to me

Pixie5740

The address for the serving of notices will be given in your tenancy agreement. Now it might be that the landlord's address is c/o the letting agent which is fine and that's the address you write to informing them of the issue with the hot water tank.

Since this is your first time renting I recommend you read the Tenancies in England/Wales sticky.

Pixie5740

Just to be absolutely clear, you are dealing with a letting agent not an estate agent and most importantly they're not "your" anything, you have no contract with them. Your contract is with the landlord the agent is just that, an agent working on behalf of the landlord.

googler

morallywrong wrote: »

The noise is constant, never stops. Something seems broken to me

... but it all still works, doesn't it? It's just a bit noisier in a different way than what you're used to.

Which leads to the question, what ARE you used to in terms of heating systems?

In my experience, all make some kind of noise. It's part and parcel of having heating systems. Nothing is perfectly silent, but I find that I tune out the noises after a while ...

G_M

I doubt there is a repairing issue. It's probably normalnoise of the system.


Go to B&Q or similar and buy this - it will cut down the noise AND cut down the heating bills....

molerat

I wonder if it is a combination tank with a header and the drip is from the fill valve.