Brass fittings

[Dannyparty92]

Very useful things!

 

[R1CKY]

Use an empty inhibitor bottle, lay it on its side and cut a section out of it to catch water in.

 

[850Rick]

Use an empty inhibitor bottle, lay it on its side and cut a section out of it to catch water in.

Cheers mate

 

[850Rick]

If we drop the pressure on the combi to do a snatch changing the rad valve.How would i do it when there is a cylinder involved.Do i close the gate valve on the cylinder and the tank in the atic?

 

[kay-jay]

No. On an open vented system you use bungs on the feed and expansion pipes to create the vacuum.

 

[tamz]

I need to remove my rad from my bedroom because some numpty that lived in the house before us stood on the radiator while throwing things out of the window and pulled a rad bracket out of the wall.The problem is i have a low lying window ledge and the radiator sits low to the floor so i think getting a bucket in there will be near impossible lol

Thats what your thumbs are for. Close the valves put a couple of rags under the ends, split the nuts and lift it out full of water.
Never had the need for a wet vac in my life and i doubt if i ever will.

 

[kay-jay]

I don't have one either. They are cheap though but £40 can nearly get me drunk...:beer:

 

[erpkid]

Thats what your thumbs are for. Close the valves put a couple of rags under the ends, split the nuts and lift it out full of water.
Never had the need for a wet vac in my life and i doubt if i ever will.

True old school :yes:

 

[Dannyparty92]

Put a new radiator on a combi system the other day and piped it in. Dropped pressure to 0 bar. Removed stop end to start soldering and water just came out loads of it so I'm assuming I didn't create a vacuum. The boiler was a woster botch 24kw small thing don't know the exact model but it was a new one. Does this have an intergated AAV? Explaining why the water was escaping.

 

[kay-jay]

Possibly. On a combi system though i see no reason not to drain down if not confident. Just bill for redosing inhibitor.....
Can drain and refill in no time