How do i repressurise this?!

[paul10590]

If anybody fixes this problem you will have made my day.

Live in a flat wit this super duper (super ****) heat exchanging system?! The whole building has it. We don't have boilers or the like...Just this "work station"

As you can see from the picture, the pressure guage is at 0 so no heating for me. Plumber guy came today and repressurised but i had a leaky radiator, by time he left, pressure back down to 0. Now fixed the leaky radiator but I don't know how to repressurise this myself?!

I thought there is a valve or something should be near the bendy silver metal pipe?! But no.....Anybody know this super modern system? Because i want the old systems back

If it helps it's a work station compact at Home

 

[Chrisgy]

Have you got a hose for this? You need to connect the blue valve on the far left (cold water) to the blue valve on the right (heating return). On both of these valves I can see some plastic screw on caps, do you have a hose to connect them together?

 

[paul10590]

Nope no hose, the plumber came today. I should have watched what he did. But he had it over and done with in 5 mins. Oh how i hate myself for not watching, i normally do but i thought, no, ill let him get on and not get under his feet :'(

 

[Chrisgy]

What's that long silver hose connected to that goes from the heating return to top of boiler

 

[PuraTherm]

OK. Here is what you do. Find the biggest hammer you can get. Just kidding. Looks to me like the unmarked valve just to the left of the heating flow (third one in) is the filling link. I wouldn't know definately unless I was there but that is where I would start.

 

[Gray0689]

Ring the plumber and ask him how he re pressurised the system
Can't tell from the pics

 

[paul10590]

Plumber refuses to tell me or come out again without additional cost...

"Have you got a hose for this? You need to connect the blue valve on the far left (cold water) to the blue valve on the right (heating return). On both of these valves I can see some plastic screw on caps, do you have a hose to connect them together?"

i think you're right, the two valves have black marker pen "X" on them both as if to say connect these two. The caps do come off too....Haven't got the hose, it looks as though a simple hose/ring piece from B&Q would do. Do i just connect them both up, open the valves and it transfers the water by itself between the 2???

 

[paul10590]

Wait, i've got the hose to connect the two together, do i just connect it and open the valves or do i need to turn something on like the pump or something???

 

[Chrisgy]

Connect the hose between the two and turn the black knob on the left hand valve until the pressure gets to 1.5 bar

 

[that bloke.]

Plumber refuses to tell me

did you pay him? surely if you paid him he has to at least tell you what he did for your money?
for all you know he might have stood there picking his nose for 5 minutes.

 

[paul10590]

Thanks Chrisgy, that worked as in the pressure is now up to 1.5bars. But still no heating?! So confused. thermostat up, pump turns on, pump makes some humming and gets extremely hot?? But the radiators don't get warm. I have 4 radiators, bled 3 and hot water came out. Bled another and no water comes out at all, no hissing or air?? Just doesn't do anything...not sure if that is related to the problem?

Any other suggestions? Is it possible the pump is air locked or something? I have no idea how to un-airlock it if it is?

 

[paul10590]

did you pay him? surely if you paid him he has to at least tell you what he did for your money?
for all you know he might have stood there picking his nose for 5 minutes.

I live in an apartment block whereby thamesweyenergy service the system, pay them a monthly maintenance charge. They get in their own engineers. I rang them to ask for manual and/or what he did. They said that information would cost me money. Ha! :/