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I will look into that as I am not over keen on this Wilo pump Thanks again for your help Laurel

Thanks for all your thoughts and suggestions, I will play around with whats been said. At least now its works and can heat up the building. Good to know I not too much of a dumbo Cheers Laurie

I had already raised the vent pipes as your suggestion which works fine, so no hot water in the F&E tank. But it is still sucking and returning via the feed pipe. I tested all the combinations you suggested and sure enough it still happens (small rad) when the lockshield is closed and the...

Hi I will try those combinations tomorrow, I have only been turning off the control valve when testing. The rad is like a cast iron one so it could be blocked, although it gets hot all along the top, would it get hot if it had air in it? I will post results tomorrow. Thanks

Yes it still happens The only time it does not is when the smaller rad is off

What is a ballooning radiator? They are steel column radiators. When we moved them they snake and bend as they are so heavy. I was always worried about breaking the joints between the fins. But they seem OK ( unless they are ballooning)[/list][/code]

Yes that's exactly what happens. What I find strange is that it only happens with the small rad, which is on the same level as the store. These rads are 2.5 & 3 metres long and low. I got them second hand from a friend. I tested them using a garden hose to about 3 bar to check for leaks. I...

Also there is not a room stat just on and off rad valves and the lockshield are all fully open

I put the bypass on to try to solve this problem but it happens with or without. The pump is on the slowest speed,its a Wilo 6 metre head, not the best I guess. The air in the system seems very possible but I can not think where it is as there are only 2 rads which I have bled many times, how...

Thanks for comming back The cold feed is 22mm from the F&E tank to the bottom of the Thermal Store. The tank is a Gledhill Torrent indirect OV. The ports are all labelled by Gledhill and the pump is connected to the flow (top port) When the pump goes on the level in the F&E tank drop very...

Attached is a crude diagram of my system

This is a genuine problem. The system is brand new and not being used full time yet (because of this problem) also 2 more rads are to be added. As I said I copied another system which works OK, although the other thermal store is not quite the same spec, but almost. If I am sucking water down...

Thanks I will do a drawing but I can not until tomorrow Laurie