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by tipsychris
Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:33 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Central heating - No water filling the system
Replies: 11
Views: 15973

I'm out in the sticks, no piped gas, so I went for bottled-gas multipoint for hot water and oil-fired boiler for central heating only.
So the central heating has no stored hot water & a simple little feed tank in the loft Mebbe that's why the "short-cut" worked for me
Regards
Chris
by tipsychris
Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:19 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Central heating - No water filling the system
Replies: 11
Views: 15973

Can't argue the rights & wrongs with you Bob, cos I'm no plumber. Take your word for it with a new system. But replacing the pipe would have cost a fortune, what with the inaccessibility and all the making-good. A bodge? Hmmm, strictly speaking mebbe but the proof of the puddin' in my case is th...
by tipsychris
Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:50 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Central heating - No water filling the system
Replies: 11
Views: 15973

Hi, had a similar problem a few years ago, attempts to bleed the system simply moved the trapped air around from radiator to radiator, and I realised that the feed pipe from the tank was blocked. Blowing down the expansion pipe didnt work even using a water hose, and I was only able to insert a wire...
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