Leaking boiler - help!

Maccy · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:55

At the girlfriends at the moment, just come back from the cinema to find the boiler is slowly leaking a steady stream of water. Had a look underneath and tried to turn off any taps but to no avail. The boiler is now currently switched off yet it's still leaking!
No answer when phoning British Gas and the landlord said they can't do anything until tomorrow!
Help please!

Castiel · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:55

Is the outflow pipe blocked.

Maccy · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:57

Honestly couldn't answer that, and I'm not even sure what that is. I'm a noob when it comes to boilers!

Greenlizard0 · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:58

Oh god oh god oh god oh god, erm, ..have you tried to have sex with it?

Castiel · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:59

Maccy said:
Honestly couldn't answer that, and I'm not even sure what that is. I'm a noob when it comes to boilers!

It's the pipe that lets the steam outside, sometimes it can get blocked, the water builds up and causes a leak.

Is it a combi boiler?

It should have a shutoff valve close to it as well.

kibblerok · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:59

Let the landlord sort out the mess... if they're not arsed then why should you be?

Switch it off and make sure the water supply is off and go to bed.

kae2 · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:59

You've a heating and hot water system full of water. Youll probably need to drain those!

thepeganator · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:00

Turn the main water valve off?

doofer · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:05

Try a bit of dry wit on it?

Sinny · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:09

Their should be a release valve inside the boiler afaik (Usually red and made of plastic) which dumps the water from the boiler down the overflow.

I think anyway.

Cybermyk · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:11

Best to get some sleep while the girlfriend keeps vigil with a mop. After all it is Saturday tomorrow and you don't want to be tired while watching sports on the TV.

Overslop · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:11

Don't suppose you've had an Albanian plumber recently Maccy?

Maccy · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:24

All I know is that it turns on when a hot tap is turned on and it controls when the central heating comes on, and there's a big pipe coming out of the top going outside. Only valves I can see are a stopcock, a filling loop and a yellow horizontal tap. Tried turning all and no joy!

Efour · 19 Feb 2011 at 01:54

Prit Stick ?

Vinegar and best brown paper ?

Have you tired playing with all the cocks, stop cocks?

Sorry i can be of more use, but there must be a stop valve somewhere near.

neil3k · 19 Feb 2011 at 09:28

Efour2 said:
Have you tired playing with all the cocks?

Snigger

[TW]Sponge · 19 Feb 2011 at 09:57

Would help if we knew the make/model of the boiler Maccy??

Maccy · 19 Feb 2011 at 16:16

Came back to it this morning to find it's stopped leaking, maybe just a build up of water? There's a British Gas engineer coming out anyway.

trigger-happy · 19 Feb 2011 at 16:31

cut the electricity to the room that the boiler is located in. After call the someone professional.

Street · 19 Feb 2011 at 17:14

Has it been cold where you are? It might have been the condensate pipe that had frozen or blocked up. Happened to mine over the winter and filled the internal overflow tank. Had to pour warm water over the pipe outside then get some lagging on it.

Apparently it was the main cause of combi boiler call outs over the winter!

Danm54 · 19 Feb 2011 at 18:38

You're getting British Gas sent out?

Good luck Maccy.