Hi, got an Alpha CB24 combi boiler, just about 2.5 years old - noticed a
drop of water fall off it when I was in the airing cupboard and upon further
investigation noticed quite a few more sat in the plastic tray on the
bottom! Removed this and had a peer up inside and could see another drip
further up inside the boiler, above the cold water inlet. Any ideas as to
what may be leaking? I assumed a leaky washer on the inlet but as the leak
appears to be coming from further up inside the boiler I am a little more
wary. If anyone has any advice before I ring my local CH engineer and give
him money, I'd be happy

Cheers

Hellraiser............

"Hellraiser" wrote in message
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Hi, got an Alpha CB24 combi boiler, just about 2.5 years old - noticed a
drop of water fall off it when I was in the airing cupboard and upon
further investigation noticed quite a few more sat in the plastic tray on
the bottom! Removed this and had a peer up inside and could see another
drip further up inside the boiler, above the cold water inlet. Any ideas
as to what may be leaking? I assumed a leaky washer on the inlet but as
the leak appears to be coming from further up inside the boiler I am a
little more wary. If anyone has any advice before I ring my local CH
engineer and give him money, I'd be happy

Cheers

Hellraiser............


Can't answer your question but we got an Alpha CD32C about 4 months ago and
ours has a 3-year warranty so check yours before giving any money to your
local CH engineer.

Mogweed.

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:14:19 -0000, "Hellraiser"
wrote:

If anyone has any advice before I ring my local CH engineer and give
him money, I'd be happy

If it is a combi and in the airing cupboard (which has damp clothes?)
it is possibly simply condensation from the warm moist air in the
airing cupboard forming on the cold inlet pipe.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

Peter Parry wrote:
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:14:19 -0000, "Hellraiser"
wrote:

If anyone has any advice before I ring my local CH engineer and give
him money, I'd be happy

If it is a combi and in the airing cupboard (which has damp clothes?)
it is possibly simply condensation from the warm moist air in the
airing cupboard forming on the cold inlet pipe.

I'd of thought the cold pipe would not be cold in boiler cupboard?

Do people still use an airing cupboard to dry their clothes?

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Aye

Get Theesen a new boiler yer daft old boiler ye

"Hellraiser" wrote in message
...
Hi, got an Alpha CB24 combi boiler, just about 2.5 years old - noticed a
drop of water fall off it when I was in the airing cupboard and upon
further investigation noticed quite a few more sat in the plastic tray on
the bottom! Removed this and had a peer up inside and could see another
drip further up inside the boiler, above the cold water inlet. Any ideas
as to what may be leaking? I assumed a leaky washer on the inlet but as
the leak appears to be coming from further up inside the boiler I am a
little more wary. If anyone has any advice before I ring my local CH
engineer and give him money, I'd be happy

Cheers

Hellraiser............
Not familiar with the boiler, but does it have an auto air vent on the top?
mine recently went tits up on my combi, causing a steady drip.

Lee

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:14:19 +0000, Hellraiser wrote:

Hi, got an Alpha CB24 combi boiler, just about 2.5 years old - noticed a
drop of water fall off it when I was in the airing cupboard and upon further
investigation noticed quite a few more sat in the plastic tray on the
bottom! Removed this and had a peer up inside and could see another drip
further up inside the boiler, above the cold water inlet. Any ideas as to
what may be leaking? I assumed a leaky washer on the inlet but as the leak
appears to be coming from further up inside the boiler I am a little more
wary. If anyone has any advice before I ring my local CH engineer and give
him money, I'd be happy

Cheers

It should be repairable. There are hundreds of places for water to leak in
a boiler.
A hot favourites would be:
The auto air vent - especially if the pressure has not been kept up
correctly.



--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:11:43 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Peter Parry wrote:


If it is a combi and in the airing cupboard (which has damp clothes?)
it is possibly simply condensation from the warm moist air in the
airing cupboard forming on the cold inlet pipe.

I'd of thought the cold pipe would not be cold in boiler cupboard?

If the boiler is in the cupboard the cold pipe will be in the same
cupboard (unless it is a Tardis heater). If water is being drawn off
the pipe will be cold.

Do people still use an airing cupboard to dry their clothes?

They do to air them (clue in the name). Warm air holds much more
moisture than cold so if the RH in the cupboard is only at room
levels water still condenses on the cold pipe.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/