Recent content by Whitcop

Now that some milder weather has returned I have finally taken the plunge to fix the problem. I put bottle of flushing liquid in a few weeks ago and yesterday decided to alter the pipework as suggested. Drained the system down. Moved the feed from the return to after the open expansion vent...

Thanks 45yearsagasman. Should the distance between the open vent and cold feed be more or less than 150mm? Thanks Whitcop

No. The feed pipe is connected to the 28mm return and the vent to the 28mm flow. Whitcop

My heating system was installed in 1981 when the bungalow was built. It consists of a wall mounted Ideal Concord WCF 255A boiler with the flow and return (28mm) going up into the loft where the pump and 3 motorised valves are fitted (I think it was called an S plan plus). This allows separate...