How to refill my Boiler?!

[gassymark]

Hi it seems like there's no cold main in your boiler house prob filling loop in house somewhere airing cupboard picks please ?

 

[Phill Peck]

You mean this fellow? If so I have no idea what so ever! Please enlighten me!

That's an auto bypass.

That's a bg install.
Check airing cupboard and loft where cistern used to be

 

[picasso]

That's an auto bypass.................

Is it ?

 

[Phill Peck]

That's an auto bypass.................

Is it ?

Yes.

 

[TheFew]

The airing cupboard is an interesting place... you are looking at two hot water tanks that are heated from the gas boiler, and also from solar panels. But with electric heating back up. The filling loop in the picture is connected to the second hot water tank.

Its a flow setter, not what your looking for, any chance of a pic of the hot water cylinder and pipework ?

Will do tomorrow!

 

[picasso]

Yes.

Hmmmmmmmm

 

[Phill Peck]

Hmmmmmmmm

Look at where it is.....

That is a bg install.
I used to sub to bg on service and repair. I changed lots of them. They're ****e.

 

[Phill Peck]

The airing cupboard is an interesting place... you are looking at two hot water tanks that are heated from the gas boiler, and also from solar panels. But with electric heating back up. The filling loop in the picture is connected to the second hot water tank.

Will do tomorrow!

That silver braided hose is your filling loop.
Connects near the the gauge
valve on the back wall

 

[gassymark]

What DP said

 

[gassymark]

Soz I ment phill

 

[Phill Peck]

 

[gassymark]

Never seen one like that learn something new every day

 

[TheFew]

That silver braided hose is your filling loop.
Connects near the the gauge
valve on the back wall

So how does it work? How does water passing into a hot water cylinder via the fillong loop (or vice versa) find its way into the radiators to replace the missing water? I thought the water in the radiators was separate. Sorry if being dumb.

 

[TheFew]

That's an auto bypass.

That's a bg install.
Check airing cupboard and loft where cistern used to be

So what does the auto bypass do?

 

[Phill Peck]

So how does it work? How does water passing into a hot water cylinder via the fillong loop (or vice versa) find its way into the radiators to replace the missing water? I thought the water in the radiators was separate. Sorry if being dumb.

It's connected to the hot water primaries/coil.
That is the same as what's in the rads, not the same as what comes out the taps.

Open the black valve at the end of the silver hose.
I can't see in the picture but it may have a valve at either end.
There a gauge there too.
Fill it to about 1 bar bleed all the rads and re check the pressure.