Recent content by peadar

When it stops raining I'm going to repoint my kitchen wall. I've never tackled this before, so would be grateful for advice. It's in pretty bad nick - in at least one place I can put my 6 inch pointing trowel all the way in - and that's before I've put my chisel and angle grinder to work. How do...

Think I've sorted it now - the loop was letting water in. I used the PRV inside the boiler to manually drain the boiler (much quicker and easier than using the radiators)...and then even i could hear the water coming straight back in. I fiddled with the screw-head slot on the valve until the...

No. I guess I need a pipe wrench...and something to stop the water if it is still flowing? Sorry if this is a bit of a 'hole in the bucket' routine 4U - if i knew what i was doing i wouldn't be here! :?

I've already said I have only one isolating valve on the filling loop and that I've closed it. I did know how to do this, but also checked the FAQs in detail before posting.

OK...closing the mains cold water valve cut off the hot water taps, so that must stay open. There's a drain cock at the bottom of the hall radiator - should i open that to drain the water quicker? Even if i do, though, it still seems to be coming back in...

My problem is i can't get it back down to 1 bar - it seems to go back up as fast as i get it down (haven't got it down below 2 bar yet) - presumably because there is water getting back in somewhere. There is no second screw on the loop, just the valve screw at the bottom of the braided...

I should add that it isn't venting (much - a few drips) from the discharge pipe outside (does this mean the pressure relief valve could be stuck?). Bleeding the radiators isn't doing much still...is there a drain point that would be more effective? The red dial on the gauge is set at 1.4. I...

OK. It was on 2.6 last night when i went to bed, but in the morning it was 3.6. I drained a bunch more water at the radiators this morning and it came down to 2 bar. I was thinking maybe the filling loop was letting water in, so i turned the screw (on the loop, near the copper pipe) tighter...

when i bled my radiators at the weekend it seemed to empty the boiler. So i used the filling loop, but didn't turn it off soon enough. The system pressure gauge is between 2.5 and 3 bar when it's off, and 4 (maximum pressure reading possible) when it's on! I've bled a pint or so of water out of...