Well this is a lot of fun !
I leave you guys alone for five minutes, and come back to find total war has broken out!
Taking the risk of re-igniting the war, i just thought you guys might like to know that the x400 is now eradicated, and replaced with inhibitor, and no leaks to date...
An update on this topic, first posted 9 months ago.
As mentioned in one of my posts, the x400 was put into the system.
Weather got warmer, forgot about the problems over the summer, and have been too busy to revisit the problem.
But a couple of weeks ago, hey presto, the heating works...
Thanks for all the help so far guys.
Chrishutt was of course quite correct in saying that fitting a gate valve was a waste of time, but having drained down to check the anti gravity valve, I thought I might as well put one in.
No improvement so far then, a couple of tubs of X400 are going...
Interesting.
We had a quote for this from one of the 'team' before we did
the rads - £350.
Knowing we had these weird rads with corroded internal pipes, we decided that on its own, it was unlikely to work.
We were told they would flush the system, then run chemicals
for a few days, then...
Things are livening up now !
Again I agree, gravity hot water systems are crap,
I guess you are suggesting we keep the existing
boiler but upgrade the design.
ACOperson is correct, the boiler frequently cuts out as the
heat is not travelling.
So is the consensus now that we have...
Thanks guys
There is no gate valve on the hot water side.
The return pipe gets a little warm, not hot.
But the good news, at least it is a 2 pipe system!
I agree about the gate valve though, I am considering
fitting one myself this weekend, as you say to test if the
rads heat up.
They...