Hi All,

I know its yet another plumbing question but we seem to have had
a few issues recently since we moved into our house...

The overflow from the loft was dripping as the
CH header tank ball valve had perished.
I replaced it and cleaned out the tank which was full of the usual
brown slurry, a couple of mm at the bottom. I added fernox.
Thought all was well.

Went back into the loft last night and found brown water again.
As far as I can tell the system is not overpumping through
the vent certainly not whilst Ive been there.
We do have a large CH layout and therefore tend to run the
boiler near max. I did wonder whether an explanation may
be that when the demand is for DHW rather than CH the water
is boiling up throught the vent. I have noticed condensation above the
CH header tank.
Any words of wisdom?

BTW Can any one recommend a supplier of circular lids for the
header tanks. Both are just covered with polystyrene at the moment?

Thanks,
Matthew

On 13 Nov 2006 05:03:36 -0800, Matthew wrote:

Went back into the loft last night and found brown water again.

It's a "feed and expansion" tank. The water in the primary system expands
as it gets hot this will lead to water from the system getting into the
tank. We have a large system, the big oil fired boiler holds 12 gallons,
the rest of the system is essentially 2 x 3 bed houses. I fitted a 30
gallon expansion tank and the level in that changes by an inch or three
between hot and cold.

I have noticed condensation above the CH header tank.

Not good. Fit a tight fitting lid. Try a local plumbers or builders
merchants. Might be useful to see if there is a lable on the side of the
tank giving makers name and tank code/size.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail