Plumbing Guru Required - Possessed House
Discussion
Given that there is no exorcism section on this forum, GG will have to do.
A few days ago our hot water stopped, presumably due to freezing. Cold still works fine, as does the central heating.
We had a new combi boiler installed around 5 months ago which is another story, but basically to say two guys installed it, the one who was Corgi registered popped his cloggs before filling in the documentation, and I'm a bit stuck on how to get this sorted. Meaning I don't think the warranty will work on the boiler until we get it signed off. (If anyone knows how to sort this, please tell me!)
Anyhow, 4.30 this morning the wife woke me up saying that the house was playing music to us. Odd I thought so I listened in. A noise was coming from the loft which was either a naughty elf with a bassoon or the plumbing.
The best way to describe it is it sounded very like a bassoon doing one long lower b note, following by a higher c. A along drone note followed by a short high note. These two notes continued about every 30 seconds for half an hour before I got out of bed to check it out.
All taps were off, tried turning everyone on and off again. Pressure in the boiler did seem slightly lower than usual.
Couldn't work out what it was, so decided the best plan of action was to put the central heating on permanently at a low heat. Went back to bed and half an hour later the noise faded out. No idea if it fixed itself though or if I fixed it??
Cliff notes: Hot water frozen> Plubing making dual tone bassoon noises rhythmically> seem to stop half an hour after central heating put on
anyone have any idea whatsoever what this is? is it bad? will the boiler blow up? and do you have the number for the exorcist?
A few days ago our hot water stopped, presumably due to freezing. Cold still works fine, as does the central heating.
We had a new combi boiler installed around 5 months ago which is another story, but basically to say two guys installed it, the one who was Corgi registered popped his cloggs before filling in the documentation, and I'm a bit stuck on how to get this sorted. Meaning I don't think the warranty will work on the boiler until we get it signed off. (If anyone knows how to sort this, please tell me!)
Anyhow, 4.30 this morning the wife woke me up saying that the house was playing music to us. Odd I thought so I listened in. A noise was coming from the loft which was either a naughty elf with a bassoon or the plumbing.
The best way to describe it is it sounded very like a bassoon doing one long lower b note, following by a higher c. A along drone note followed by a short high note. These two notes continued about every 30 seconds for half an hour before I got out of bed to check it out.
All taps were off, tried turning everyone on and off again. Pressure in the boiler did seem slightly lower than usual.
Couldn't work out what it was, so decided the best plan of action was to put the central heating on permanently at a low heat. Went back to bed and half an hour later the noise faded out. No idea if it fixed itself though or if I fixed it??
Cliff notes: Hot water frozen> Plubing making dual tone bassoon noises rhythmically> seem to stop half an hour after central heating put on
anyone have any idea whatsoever what this is? is it bad? will the boiler blow up? and do you have the number for the exorcist?
soad said:
Noise from the loft? That's where (cold) water tank is located, right?
Erm, yes callouts are costly, or can be. Best of luck!
well there did used to be a cold water tank up there, but with the installation of the combi boiler, the tank was removed. The pipes still go up there however, and it would seem all the pipes go up there from the boiler.Erm, yes callouts are costly, or can be. Best of luck!
could get a plumber out, but i'd prefer to work it out myself :P
I would give valiant a call and say it's broken - they will probably state it's not registered but I would just bluff them and say the plumber has sent in the card etc.
You will be able to get another CORGI/Heatsure plumber to sign off the boiler, our plumber can sign of Baxis but not Valiants - so he gets another plumber to pop round, check and then sign off any valiants he installs. Costs about £50ish - though this is mates rates.
I'm not a plumber though - in fact i'm rubbish at DIY!!
You will be able to get another CORGI/Heatsure plumber to sign off the boiler, our plumber can sign of Baxis but not Valiants - so he gets another plumber to pop round, check and then sign off any valiants he installs. Costs about £50ish - though this is mates rates.
I'm not a plumber though - in fact i'm rubbish at DIY!!
russ_a said:
I would give valiant a call and say it's broken - they will probably state it's not registered but I would just bluff them and say the plumber has sent in the card etc.
You will be able to get another CORGI/Heatsure plumber to sign off the boiler, our plumber can sign of Baxis but not Valiants - so he gets another plumber to pop round, check and then sign off any valiants he installs. Costs about £50ish - though this is mates rates.
I'm not a plumber though - in fact i'm rubbish at DIY!!
yeah was planning to get a plumber to sign it off hopefully when the cold weather has stopped and plumbers are less busy.You will be able to get another CORGI/Heatsure plumber to sign off the boiler, our plumber can sign of Baxis but not Valiants - so he gets another plumber to pop round, check and then sign off any valiants he installs. Costs about £50ish - though this is mates rates.
I'm not a plumber though - in fact i'm rubbish at DIY!!
was actutally hoping the noise wasn't something to do with the boiler at all, and just to do with the hot water pipes freezing at some point, possibly in the loft.
thing is though I don't know what would cause these sounds, escaping water, too much pressure in the pipres, or not enough pressure, or just freezing cold pipes next to hot pipes?
Edited by Efbe on Thursday 23 December 13:04
russ_a said:
You will be able to get another CORGI/Heatsure plumber to sign off the boiler, our plumber can sign of Baxis but not Valiants - so he gets another plumber to pop round, check and then sign off any valiants he installs. Costs about £50ish - though this is mates rates.
Me no understandy. He can ether sign off boilers or he cant.
Thanks for the input guys. glad i didn't listen you you :P
Turns out after spending an hour in the loft trying to work out where the sound comes from its actually the neighbours system thats making the noise, just the partition between the two houses in the loft is quite thin. looks like its had an access hatch through at some point.
Also managed to get the hot water pipes unfrozen by turning the central heating to full for a couple of hours yesterday.
unfortunately Most Haunted are already on their way over now to film a new episode, so if anyone would like to volunteer to play the ghost in the loft, drop me a mail...
Turns out after spending an hour in the loft trying to work out where the sound comes from its actually the neighbours system thats making the noise, just the partition between the two houses in the loft is quite thin. looks like its had an access hatch through at some point.
Also managed to get the hot water pipes unfrozen by turning the central heating to full for a couple of hours yesterday.
unfortunately Most Haunted are already on their way over now to film a new episode, so if anyone would like to volunteer to play the ghost in the loft, drop me a mail...
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