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you dont have a dog and do the barking yourself. do you vent whilst refilling then?

thanks will do :)

may i suggest when you fill up your system only allow cold feed pipe in tank to be 1/2 submerged long process but will allow any air to come out whilst being filled. once all rads have been bled give a day or two for them to settle

thanks chrishut do you think it a good idea to activate pressure release on boiler and see if pressure creeps up before replacing fill loop

i have a baxi combi boiler and cant get pressure down from just under 3 bar i have tried bleeding the rad removing 1.5 bucket of water pressure guage will reduce to just over 2 bar and then creep back up any ideas to what the prod could be thanks

anyone out their know how to set up a water softener. i installed one today at my mothers and she called me this evening to say the pressure had gradually dropped at the kitchen tap i have bypassed the softener for now thanks

can i use speedfit to tap into the main feed

hello all just abit of advise if poss. i need to install a water softener by runinig a bypass from the main stop tap. because space is tight it would be easier for me to cut 2" above stop tap and use a speedfit elbow to the softener and return via a speed fit elbow iam abit worried that the...

why are olives made of copper and brass? would it matter if i were to use either for a typical pressure fitting

thanks again awjenks

will try to word that better. block pipes in loft as said, lock down both valves on rad to be removed and seperate from rad, drain rad contents, fit new towl rail, remove one valve from microbore pipe and fit to rail, then lock this valve down, remove the other valve from microbore pipe and fit...

with your method i can block uo pipes as said shut off both present rad valves remove exisisting rad fit towl rad remove one old valve with slight water discharge and fit to new valve on towl rail lock this valve off and open other to fit

thanks awjenks, i think what u said makes sense. will check out the kit

My system is an open vent gravity fed. i am thinking if i lock down both valves on the radiator remove one valve and drain rad , remove rad put a pipe onto both valves open them up and drain?

i have a downstairs toilet with a micobore radiator and want to change it to a towel rail. i cannot find a drain tap for the system, do i need to drain the whole system if so how? or can i create a trap in some way? or would it be adviseable to freeze the 2 pipes bearing in mind i only have 2...