Hi,
We are plagued with a problem that our plumber seems to be out of his depth with, though he is a really nice guy.
I am almost daily having to go to the water pump at the back of my oil boiler and bleed the air out as it gets airlocked. Two upstairs radiators are collecting an airlock which has to be bled weekly. So the heating will go on at night, off in the early hours but not come on in the morning (sometimes we get two or three days out of it). Letting the air out at the pump always fixes it.
Now the pump has been changed, the pipe below it has been changed and I have scoured everywhere for signs of water leaking (as I am assuming if air gets in water must get out?). I can hear no trickling at the header tank.
Our system is an old type oil boiler outside the house, beside the oil tank, with a pipe underground going to the house. Once in the house there is a two way split for upstairs and downstairs, each with it's own valve that is controlled by the thermostat. My plumber seems totally confused by this setup and assures me it is not normal these days.
At this point I just don't know what to do. I feel like I could spend thousands pulling the place apart to try and find out what this is and I just don't know who to call as you see so much on the TV's these days of bogus tradesmen and how do you know you have a good one?
I would appreciate any advice you can give me as going out the back in the cold every day or two to bleed the airlock in the pump is driving me bonkers. I am in Northern Ireland by the way.
Many thanks.
We are plagued with a problem that our plumber seems to be out of his depth with, though he is a really nice guy.
I am almost daily having to go to the water pump at the back of my oil boiler and bleed the air out as it gets airlocked. Two upstairs radiators are collecting an airlock which has to be bled weekly. So the heating will go on at night, off in the early hours but not come on in the morning (sometimes we get two or three days out of it). Letting the air out at the pump always fixes it.
Now the pump has been changed, the pipe below it has been changed and I have scoured everywhere for signs of water leaking (as I am assuming if air gets in water must get out?). I can hear no trickling at the header tank.
Our system is an old type oil boiler outside the house, beside the oil tank, with a pipe underground going to the house. Once in the house there is a two way split for upstairs and downstairs, each with it's own valve that is controlled by the thermostat. My plumber seems totally confused by this setup and assures me it is not normal these days.
At this point I just don't know what to do. I feel like I could spend thousands pulling the place apart to try and find out what this is and I just don't know who to call as you see so much on the TV's these days of bogus tradesmen and how do you know you have a good one?
I would appreciate any advice you can give me as going out the back in the cold every day or two to bleed the airlock in the pump is driving me bonkers. I am in Northern Ireland by the way.
Many thanks.
