Hi all, hoping someone can help. I live in a duplex flat where the boiler room is located on the upper floor. Around Mid November when the boiler / heating was OFF, I suddenly heard an almighty banging / thumping noise coming from the boiler room. It lasted for about 5 minutes which seemed like forever and was so loud that I didn't dare go into the room. When the banging finally stopped, I entered the room but couldn't see any obvious damage.
I have an Electric boiler on the wall with a separate large Water cylinder just to the right of it. They work independently of each other so hot water isn't reliant upon the boiler. In fact, I've not had the boiler / heating on since April this year. The boiler was replaced just over 2 years ago and seems to be working fine. The water cylinder is about 16 years old and has also been working fine as usual since the banging with no issues.
The banging happened around mid November but it wasn't until late November I needed to put the heating on for the first time since April. Everything worked fine. About two days later I'm walking past the boiler room on my stairs landing when my foot feels wet. The carpet just outside the boiler room has a wet patch under the carpet. I check the boiler room and there are wet patches in there too in random places with dry carpet surrounding them. At first I think it must be the water cylinder leaking but there are wet patches in random places away from the water cylinder, strangely, one water patch is all long the skirting board under the boiler not the water cylinder. There are no drips coming from the pipework above the carpet, it's definitely from underneath the carpet. The bottom of the water cylinder is slightly wet but not as wet as some of the carpet wet patches which in some places are so wet its like someone just poured a glass of water on that specific area.
I'm obviously concerned about mold and damage to my carpets, am I supposed to turn the water off to the whole flat? (I've done this now). and somehow drain the water cylinder in case that's where the water is leaking from? Not sure how to drain the cylinder, it heats up the hot water for the house every night.
I've got an electric boiler engineer coming but the earliest is next week. What should I do in the meantime? I'm hoping it is the water cylinder that is leaking and I can just replace it. The floors are all concrete. Thanks in advance for any advice.
I have an Electric boiler on the wall with a separate large Water cylinder just to the right of it. They work independently of each other so hot water isn't reliant upon the boiler. In fact, I've not had the boiler / heating on since April this year. The boiler was replaced just over 2 years ago and seems to be working fine. The water cylinder is about 16 years old and has also been working fine as usual since the banging with no issues.
The banging happened around mid November but it wasn't until late November I needed to put the heating on for the first time since April. Everything worked fine. About two days later I'm walking past the boiler room on my stairs landing when my foot feels wet. The carpet just outside the boiler room has a wet patch under the carpet. I check the boiler room and there are wet patches in there too in random places with dry carpet surrounding them. At first I think it must be the water cylinder leaking but there are wet patches in random places away from the water cylinder, strangely, one water patch is all long the skirting board under the boiler not the water cylinder. There are no drips coming from the pipework above the carpet, it's definitely from underneath the carpet. The bottom of the water cylinder is slightly wet but not as wet as some of the carpet wet patches which in some places are so wet its like someone just poured a glass of water on that specific area.
I'm obviously concerned about mold and damage to my carpets, am I supposed to turn the water off to the whole flat? (I've done this now). and somehow drain the water cylinder in case that's where the water is leaking from? Not sure how to drain the cylinder, it heats up the hot water for the house every night.
I've got an electric boiler engineer coming but the earliest is next week. What should I do in the meantime? I'm hoping it is the water cylinder that is leaking and I can just replace it. The floors are all concrete. Thanks in advance for any advice.
