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dcawkwell...you are a beautiful human being....that was it, right off the bat. i can now continue flushing the system with confidence! =D one quick question. i saw somewhere that i can block the expan tank return, then attach one pipe (from a radiator)to the mains and the the other...

I am a complete plumbing noob and dont know any terms or names of things yet, but am of reasonable IQ...i think ;) ok tech specs boiler; Halstead best70 (placed high on kitchen wall) Tank; medium sized copper thing with a big red jacket lol ( 1st floor landing) expan tank; small water...

much obliged =)

thats great thanks, at full pressure the water can come into the house faster than it goes out with all taps on =) very gratefull for your advice.. hmm on a seperate note, would you know why some of our radiators get hot when just hot water is on or should i start a new thread?

oh and one more thing, we already have a small tank in the attic, its full of rust looking water. whats that for, part of the heating?

Thanks, very swift and pertinant advice =) one last thing, the current tanks is like a meter cubed and would prolly kill me if it fell on me even empty, lol. anyway we have very high pressure here and i want to replace it with a much smaller tank like 30 litres or so..can you see any problem...

lol yeah its an evil job i jot like 6 inches of clearance to fit my head and both arms, and the way the beams and fibreglass around the tank are, i doubt i could reach inside and out. would it be hard to drain it, demolish it and replace it with a plastic tank? I dont really know much about...

well thats half my problem, i can get the external part of the ballcock off but not the brass bit with the rubber valve inside. the nut between it and the wall of the tank just keeps turning. i dont know if im missing some sort of technique for removal? =(

Hi all. Ok the short story is we have terrible limescale here and it keeps wrecking the water system. the cold tank in the attic (some fibreglass jobbie) keeps overflowing. Last time i fixed it by removing the ball and its pushrod and cleaning all the scale. Now it seems the main part of...