Hi All,
I'm in the process of fitting a wickes shower pump to run a new upstairs bathroom from an existing cylinder in an upstairs airing cupboard, fed by a tank in the loft above the cylinder.
I've installed a surrey flange (also from wickes) and have connected up the hot side of the circuit* but now when I run hot water from the bathroom taps I get more air out of them than before installing the flange.
I'm pretty sure I've connected it up right, the top connection goes up to the vent and the horizontal connection goes across then down to the pump on the floor of the airing cupboard.
Does anyone have any idea why the surrey flange would not be doing its job - my only thought is that somehow the vent isn't allowing the excess air to escape. The loft tank isn't directly over the cylinder so the vent pipe goes vertical from the tank for about 1.5 meters then has two 90deg bends before flipping over into the header tank.
Any and all suggestions are welcome as I'm now clueless
TIA
* (removing the old adapter from the top of the tank to make room for the new flange was a difficult birth so I have simply reconnected the hot side up to check for leaks before attempting the cold side
I'm in the process of fitting a wickes shower pump to run a new upstairs bathroom from an existing cylinder in an upstairs airing cupboard, fed by a tank in the loft above the cylinder.
I've installed a surrey flange (also from wickes) and have connected up the hot side of the circuit* but now when I run hot water from the bathroom taps I get more air out of them than before installing the flange.
I'm pretty sure I've connected it up right, the top connection goes up to the vent and the horizontal connection goes across then down to the pump on the floor of the airing cupboard.
Does anyone have any idea why the surrey flange would not be doing its job - my only thought is that somehow the vent isn't allowing the excess air to escape. The loft tank isn't directly over the cylinder so the vent pipe goes vertical from the tank for about 1.5 meters then has two 90deg bends before flipping over into the header tank.
Any and all suggestions are welcome as I'm now clueless
TIA
* (removing the old adapter from the top of the tank to make room for the new flange was a difficult birth so I have simply reconnected the hot side up to check for leaks before attempting the cold side