Hi.
I hacked off the kitchen taps last night and was a bit (but not a lot!) surpised to find hot water coming out from the hot pipe after I turned the mains stopcock off.
Any idea where in my system I can turn off the hot water?
This is the boiler (ICOS HE24) that was recently fitted by good old BG:
http://www.simonwray.dsl.pipex.com/house/boiler1.jpg
and these show the new tank & immersion:
http://www.simonwray.dsl.pipex.com/house/tank1.jpg
http://www.simonwray.dsl.pipex.com/house/tank2.jpg
Previously the house never had a tank or even cold water storage and had an old combi boiler. I now have a loft cold water storage and header tank, plus hot water tank.
The mains appears to come in from the front of the house off the street and I can certainly use this to turn off the cold water and drain the rads system... but I'm unsure about where & how to turn off the hot water, which I assume must be around the tank somewhere...
I think the left-most valve is the cold water gate valve (in tank1 pic) - should I turn this off? then run the hot water taps until they stop?
What about turning everything back on again? is there a specific order so I don't get air in the system? and do I need to turn off the boiler & immersion?
Thanks!
Simon
I hacked off the kitchen taps last night and was a bit (but not a lot!) surpised to find hot water coming out from the hot pipe after I turned the mains stopcock off.
Any idea where in my system I can turn off the hot water?
This is the boiler (ICOS HE24) that was recently fitted by good old BG:
http://www.simonwray.dsl.pipex.com/house/boiler1.jpg
and these show the new tank & immersion:
http://www.simonwray.dsl.pipex.com/house/tank1.jpg
http://www.simonwray.dsl.pipex.com/house/tank2.jpg
Previously the house never had a tank or even cold water storage and had an old combi boiler. I now have a loft cold water storage and header tank, plus hot water tank.
The mains appears to come in from the front of the house off the street and I can certainly use this to turn off the cold water and drain the rads system... but I'm unsure about where & how to turn off the hot water, which I assume must be around the tank somewhere...
I think the left-most valve is the cold water gate valve (in tank1 pic) - should I turn this off? then run the hot water taps until they stop?
What about turning everything back on again? is there a specific order so I don't get air in the system? and do I need to turn off the boiler & immersion?
Thanks!
Simon