Hello...
My heating (on in the mornings currently) and hot water are taking longer to heat up. I suppose this has been gradual but now is time to act I think.
I have read about possibly having a blocked cold feed (from this site).
After looking into my F & E cistern I have noticed a bit of gooey sludgey type mess at the bottom (not too much but a bit) and also around the area where the cold feed pipe enters the system.
I want to clean the cold feed and F & E cistern out. So after reading posts on here, am I right in thinking the best way to get the crap out of the cold feed / H piece area (these get blocked commonly I have also read) is to undo my circulating pump connection (the top one as it is installed vertically & pupmojg downwards) and poking it through with a long piece of wire until clean?
I have a snake tool that is ideal for this - a flexible but strongish metal rod!!
On re-installing the pump I believe I should use new washers to create a watertight seal (or in my case a washer) - what size do I require for a pump union? I don't have to buy a new pump do I? If the washers only come with the pump will this mean I have to?
Thanks all for your time and help.
SH
My heating (on in the mornings currently) and hot water are taking longer to heat up. I suppose this has been gradual but now is time to act I think.
I have read about possibly having a blocked cold feed (from this site).
After looking into my F & E cistern I have noticed a bit of gooey sludgey type mess at the bottom (not too much but a bit) and also around the area where the cold feed pipe enters the system.
I want to clean the cold feed and F & E cistern out. So after reading posts on here, am I right in thinking the best way to get the crap out of the cold feed / H piece area (these get blocked commonly I have also read) is to undo my circulating pump connection (the top one as it is installed vertically & pupmojg downwards) and poking it through with a long piece of wire until clean?
I have a snake tool that is ideal for this - a flexible but strongish metal rod!!
On re-installing the pump I believe I should use new washers to create a watertight seal (or in my case a washer) - what size do I require for a pump union? I don't have to buy a new pump do I? If the washers only come with the pump will this mean I have to?
Thanks all for your time and help.
SH