Recent content by SWIFT77

Right, I have been doing a lot more research on my problem. Air is difficult to remove from primary circuit been like this for years. Have been looking at pictures of hot water cylinders and 99.9% of them have a manual bleed vent just before the pipe enters the cyclinder. Mine has no...

Ok heres the photos, I do hope they make some sense. The auto air bottle used to be a manual screw type air vent. I replaced it to the auto type some years ago thinking it may help. When the pump stops, thats the time I mostly hear air pass through the vent but only a little. The...

Many thanks 45yearsagasman. I am pulling a late shift but will post pics tomorrow Fri. BTW do you mean pics of the f/e pipes in the cupboard and loft ??? not sure what a/c pipe setup is. Thanks again

Many thanks for the link. I is really have not considered the spirotech filter but I did opt for the spirovent. It is quite a big bit of equipment and I am not comfortable installing it in a area that is not easily visible. Apparantly they can leak and the only place I have available is out...

Hi, I have the opportunity to add a larger radiator downstairs and have drained down the entire heating system. I intend to give the whole thing a rinsing through. I remember when this was last done several years ago I had all sorts of issues with air in the primary heating circuit when DHW was...

Thanks for reply DP. I will try closing the red cap on the AAV and see if it helps. Will I be right in thinking that I should have the HW and CH on when I run the system and should the boiler be on MAX. ?? Thanks again for replying

I have a combined F/E pipe in the airing cupboard. The pipe travels up the wall to approx 7 ft then enters the loft. The pipe then runs towards the F/E tank which is in the middle of the loft approx 15ft from where the pipe enters. The pipe run is on a slight incline. When my hot water...