Renewable Heating Hub Heat Pump Forums

Search with Wattson
Forums
Renewable Heating
Air Source Heat Pum...
Heat Pump Servicing...
 
Notifications
Clear all

Joining the Renewable Heating Hub forums is completely free and only takes a minute. By registering you’ll be able to ask questions, join discussions, follow topics you’re interested in, bookmark useful threads and receive notifications when someone replies. Non-registered members also do not have access to our AI features. When choosing your username, please note that it cannot be changed later, so we recommend avoiding brand or product names. Before registering, please take a moment to read the Forum Rules & Terms of Use so we can keep the community helpful, respectful and informative for everyone. Thanks for joining!

Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off? Poll is created on Jul 16, 2024

  
  
  
  
  

Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

 
Page 17 / 17
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
193 Posts
33 Users
112 Reactions
37.1 K Views
RSS
 Sheriff Fatman
(@sheriff-fatman)
Reputable Member Member
Joined: 1 year ago
Posts: 224
28/07/2026 1:53 pm  

Posted by: @papahuhu
↑

@sheriff-fatman 

if you are having to top the water pressure up more than 2-3 times a year it’s leaking somewhere at a rate that is not insignificant. You want to catch that with the installer whilst you still have a valid installer warranty as that water is going somewhere. 

I'd picked up that there was a leak coming from around the water pump when I topped up a few weeks ago (the first time I'd noticed this) and had been in touch with the installer.  I'd also left the system at low pressure pending a visit, so as to prevent any ongoing leakage (which is only evident when the system is refilled).  The service overlapped with this and the service engineer addressed it by tightening the nuts above and below the pump (he said he'd got 1 and 1/4 turns on one of them, which made sense in the circumstances as to why there'd been an issue).

As far as I can see, the issue was isolated to that area, so looks to now be resolved.

I'd half-expected that the service engineer might have bounced the issue back to the installer during the visit, so was pleasantly surprised that he addressed it to the extent that he did.  He also confirmed that he'd checked for any other signs of leakage around the installation too and found none, but I'll continue to monitor the pressure for any signs of an ongoing issue and still have a further 12 months of workmanship warranty with the installer to address this if so.

 


130m2 4 bed detached house in West Yorkshire
10kW Mitsubishi Ecodan R290 Heat Pump - Installed June 2025
6.3kWp PV, 5kW Sunsynk Inverter, 3 x 5.3kWh Sunsynk Batteries
MyEnergi Zappi Charger for 1 EV (Ioniq5) and 1 PHEV (Outlander)
User of Havenwise (Full control Jun-Dec 2025, DHW only from early Dec)
Subscriber to MelPump App data via CN105 Dongle Kit


   
ReplyQuote
Page 17 / 17
Forum Jump:
  Previous Topic
Next Topic  
Related Topics
Topic Tags:  maintenance (2) , servicing (2) ,

Currently viewing this topic 3 guests.

Share:

SPONSORS

Join Us!

Installer Finder

Degrees of Separation

Latest Posts

SPONSORS

Members Online

Click to access the login or register cheese
Protected By
Shield Security PRO