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Heating issue with boiler
Anonymous user 18/05/2026 - 9.42 AM
When the (13 year old)boiler is on,hot water is fine but as soon as the heating is turned on there is what sounds like a dripping sound in between floors of the house,gas engineer came out and said it’s the pipes rubbing/expanding.The boiler then loses pressure and drops below 1 bar.All radiators have been bleed.Any ideas?does it sound like a link in the pipe?
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6 Answers
Boiler Servicing Limited
Rating: 5 out of 5
The noise could be movement of the pipes or indeed, a leak; although, you would probably have seen evidence of that. You mentioned that you lost pressure. There could be a leak on your system or in the boiler. It could be the pressure relief valve that is leaking or the heat exchanger. You need a Gas Safe Engineer to check.
Answered18 May 2026
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Mend Your Home
Rating: 5 out of 5
The heating pipe are always under pressure & have water in them. So if there was a leak it would leak even if the heating was off. If it was leaking in the floor you'd see it coming through ceiling at some point. Unless it's extremely slow. If the boiler is losing pressure does the pressure gauge rise when heating to over 3bar, if so it's the expansion vessel. First thing to do is get a service and ask them to recharge the expansion vessel & check prv. If that all ok, you can likely get success from a leak sealant into the system for minor leaks which won't cost much
Answered18 May 2026
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Prime 4 services Ltd London
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Depends on sounds/ how often you loose pressure?
Answered30 March 2026
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Abbey house plumbing and heating services
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-The expansion vessel needs replacement or
2Divert valve fault and stuck on hot water as soon as the heating on the divert valve leaks and then loses pressure the boiler
Answered7 April 2026
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ZFLAS Ltd
Rating: 5 out of 5
The noise could be movement of the pipes or indeed, a leak; although, you would probably have seen evidence of that. You mentioned that you lost pressure. There could be a leak on your system or in the boiler. It could be the pressure relief valve that is leaking or the heat exchanger. You need a Gas Safe Engineer to check.
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Answered14 May 2026
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Independent Engineer
Rating: 5 out of 5
The sounds you can hear is circulation noise there are chemicals for noise reduction it’s worth dosing your system with that because I’m assuming this noise is a recent occurrence. Also if your system is constantly losing pressure regularly (daily, weekly) and not annually then more then likely you have a seeping leak.
Answered18 May 2026
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