Brass fittings

[Dannyparty92]

Job for my father so not charging. Nah no probs draining down and filling is easy there never have any problems with air locks it's a bungalow with surspended timber floor so pipe work just goes down from combi primary's shoot across the bungalow under the floor and rads are just teed off the primary's. I'm just interested to know. That's a shame as I'm not GSR so I can't remove the boiler case to shut the AAV so I have to drain down ha.

 

[tamz]

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.

Start at the start. Bungs and soldering are a no no. Use the correct materials for the job......in this case compression or dare i say it ..... push fit. Get the connection done quickly and cleanly

 

[Reg Man]

Start at the start. Bungs and soldering are a no no. Use the correct materials for the job......in this case compression or dare i say it ..... push fit. Get the connection done quickly and cleanly

No messsing:43:

 

[tamz]

Sometimes i need a jack under my rse to get me up tho (its an age knees thing which will come to you)

 

[Subby]

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

Do what I do to drain rads - wrap a rubble sack around the pipe and undo the nut. Simples

 

[codcutter]

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.

They have an AAV on the pump, turn off the isolators underneath

 

[AWheating]

good idea to keep a paint roller tray in the van for times when the rads are low to the floor and you cant get a tub under the valve. Or place the wet and dry vac nozzle there.

 

[Dannyparty92]

So just turn flow/return isolators off under the boiler?

 

[kay-jay]

So just turn flow/return isolators off under the boiler?

ooooh controversial, many are of the opinion that once used these iso's are prone to leaking

 

[TBServices]

ooooh controversial, many are of the opinion that once used these iso's are prone to leaking

I'm one of them, depending on the boiler and visual condition of them