Boiler keeps losing pressure when the heatings off

Some combi boilers have a 'Keep Warm' function. Check to see if your combi has this feature. This is a function where the system preheats an amount of hot water to provide instant hot water when you turn on the tap/faucet. To do this the combi will start up when it detects the stored water is below a certain temperature to reheat it ready for use. This can be turned off if you prefer not to use it.

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The water isn't maintained hot (unless the central heating is on) in a combi boiler. you will, therefore have to turn the water on, which activates the burner. The burner will then have to heat up the heat-exchanger which then supplies the hot water through cold pipes. Once the pipes are warm, you will receive hot water.

Renew exchanger

Does it look like soot ?

what kind of heater combi? if combi you may be pressurising boiler to high ie over 1 bar boiler may be blowing off through release valve check discharge pipe

if your boiler is a combi re-pressurise locate filling loop and refere to manual

on the pipework below there may be a silver braided hose with one or two valves on the end. turn the valve(s) so the handle is inline with the pipe this will allow water from the mains supply into the heating circuit , remember to keep an eye on the pressure gauge. fill the system to 1bar cold then shut down the valve(s). turn on the boiler and it should be ok, if you lose pressure again then you may have a leak somewhere which needs to be found.

The first thing you need to do is to put some more water into your heating system. This is usually done by allowing water from your (pressurised) domestic cold water supply to flow into the system: On older boilers, this is done with a connection (often made with a removable hose) on the pipework just outside the boiler. Newer boilers may have a built-in connection with some sort of removable link (sometimes looks like a plastic key).

Once you've got the boiler up to working pressure (typically about 1 bar - 15 psi), you should be able to bleed your upstairs radiator properly.

This may be all it takes, though the pressure excursions you're getting when you run the hot tap suggest there may be another problem. See what happens to the pressure as the boiler heats up and cools down. There really ought to be very little pressure difference between the two conditions. If you see significant changes, this usually means that the "pressure vessel" (or in hydraulic terms, system accumulaor) has lost its air charge.

The pressure vessel is a metal container inside the boiler, usually painted in red enamel. Somewhere near the top, you will find a schrader valve (like the one on a car tyre), and you can use this along with a tyre pump to replenish the air in the top of the vessel. This will reduce your pressure transients for a while, but you need to keep an eye on it. If the problem returns, you probably need to replace the pressure vessel (or clag another one into the plumbing alongside the boiler).

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