Plumber in the south west

[And@fcm]

Hi All
Is anyone on here a plumber near bristol? my water tank is leaking and could do with some advice? Although I can't see where from

Thanks
Andy

 

[Steveyb_evo3]

Turn off ur main stop cock and turn all ur taps on and drain the tank down then u can have a good poke about and c where it's coming from without making it worse

 

[And@fcm]

i've thought about lifting the lid an putting a few rad welds in
if its empty how will I be able to tell where the waters coming from?

 

[V5 STV]

Contact Jon76 from ML* he is a plumber, drives the Blue 9 from wiltshire area.

 

[And@fcm]

thanks Steve
I've just left him a message

 

[Steveyb_evo3]

Stain marks and wet on the out side would be a good start and rad weld? In the water ur gonna wash in and brush ur teeth in no thanx if it's on one of the connectors u may be able to put a bigger one in it's place but if it's split there's nothing u can do

 

[And@fcm]

the rad weld was a joke
I've traced a few runs on the outside but not really stopped the water appearing so think its a hole behind the insulation

 

[And@fcm]

this is a picture of the culprit if anyone can help identify it I might be able to get a replacement and swap them over
It looks like it has two small seperate tanks at the top I think one is to start warming up the cold for the main hot water and the other is the header tank for the radiators, but I could be wrong

 

[Steveyb_evo3]

It's called a fortic tank the top is just a storage tank to keep the hot water tank full

 

[Steveyb_evo3]

And it's indirect that will help if ur looking to buy 1 ur self do ur self a favour wipe ur fingers around every pipe where they meet the tank Coz these tanks very rarely split and as for me saying u may be able to put bigger tappings in u can't on these tanks

 

[And@fcm]

are you a plumber?

Whats the best thing to replace this with? are all the connections needed? Can i get a sealed one instead?

 

[Steveyb_evo3]

Yeah all connections are needed and if u go sealed look up mega flows on google u would want about 200 ltr indirect but u need at least a 22mm main inlet to ur property and they have safety blow off valves that need to terminate outside would be cheaper and easier to change like for like to be honest but up to ur self also with a sealed system u get mains pressure hot water but if u have power showers the will no longer work because they don't like high pressure and I'm guessing u have no cold water storage tanks in ur loft which tells me ur on mains cold through out the house already oh and yeah plumber by trade lol

 

[And@fcm]

do you know if this model is still available? I don't have a power shower and mains cold through out no cold tank. I though if I changed to the sealed system then I could fit a shower from the mains hot and cold. But I know changing like for like would be easier.
I would ultimately like to replace the boiler with a combi one so I can get rid of the tank all together but can't really afrord it at the moment
Do you know where the best place to get a tank from would be?

 

[Steveyb_evo3]

If u go sealed the for near the same price u can get a combi but yeah they still do them they come in all diff sizes by Hight of the bottom unit and wide and I have an account at plumb centre so I use them but city plumbing supplies is prob cheaper for u