Help created hole in pipe!

tej · 17 Oct 2007

Hi

Was taking skiring boards off last night and in the process i made a small hole in the system.

I thought id turned off the central heating valves there are 2 located at the bottom.

I drained the radiator system but the pressure dropped. But when i repressurised it started to leak again as the water must have gone in the pipe

if the valve was closed would the repressurising cause water to go through the pipes.

ps. i looked manual but no joy i wanted to know which way would be close? i did it with a spanner

Stressing now! pressure was 0.1 this morning!

HELP!

gas4you · 17 Oct 2007

Don't really follow

First thing you need to do is fix the hole

Then re-fill the system

tej · 17 Oct 2007

i might not be able to do that till weekend as i might have to get someone

So in the meantime i wanted to stop water going into the central heating system. but keep the hot water running

so as a temp stop to the leak will turning the central heating valves allow me to repreussrise the system for the hot water

hope this is clear

???

gas4you · 17 Oct 2007

Only if the boiler has a built in filling loop that is boiler side of the ch isolating valves.

tej · 17 Oct 2007

its a vokera boiler linea 24

theres a seperate lever for filling the system.

and theres 2 on the left which are for central heating flow

whats a good temporary fix for this?

Terrywookfit · 17 Oct 2007

NO!! Heating system must be filled to make the boiler work!!!

There is no temporary fix!!

Bahco · 17 Oct 2007

Fix the leak and then pressurise your system.

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Help created hole in pipe!

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