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  1. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    Just do it! It’ll be fine!
  2. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    Air is lighter than water so rises to the top! Look at your photo and determine the top of your flow pipe. Let the air out and it’ll work!
  3. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    No, that’s a venting port!
  4. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    I’d stick to your day job mate,x 22x 15 centre tee on top of the cylinder flow with 15mm automatic air vent! Vent it S l o w l y if you go manual. It’ll work a treat
  5. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    Right mate. That vertical rise from the motorised valve and then down to the cylinder flow will be clogged with air apart from what is displaced by the system head pressure. Fitting a manually operated vent will eliminate this but I would recommend an automatic air vent personally? This will get...
  6. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    It’s obvious you are not a plumber or a heating engineer now! Yes is the answer! On the highest point on that dead loop!
  7. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    I don’t think you are reading the situation properly! How does the air get released from the cylinder flow? Yo probably have a flow rate of 1 L/min. If you’re lucky! Especially on a single pipe system! If that’s what you said it was.
  8. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    Where’s your manual vent ?
  9. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    Well for a starter you have a massive airlock!
  10. jeff the gasman

    Cutting Barrel Steel Pipework For new cylinder

    It’s leaking from the backnut! Drain the cylinder and apply a grommet of PTFE between that and the cylinder. Re tighten and relax! Job done
  11. jeff the gasman

    Does this look normal?

    This should explain the concept!
  12. jeff the gasman

    50mm pipe into 110mm drainage

    Strap on boss with a good fall from outlet will give excellent results.
  13. jeff the gasman

    Using the solar coil on a twin coil hot water tank for solid fuel rayburn back boiler?

    You could use a dunsley neutraliser and run a controlled circuit from there. Heatsink also required. Feed and expansion from neutraliser to galvanised f and e tank with a copper overflow.
  14. jeff the gasman

    High Pressure Shower Options - Bungalow / Immersion

    The secret to high pressure showering is a lot of water through a small hole. Just like the rapids on a river!
  15. jeff the gasman

    Thermostat affecting boiler out

    Do what my father in law does! Put the thermostat in the fridge when he’s cold and on a radiator when he’s hot. Works for him. I don’t comment!
  16. jeff the gasman

    Expanding foam exposion

    The video of that is on YouTube absolutely hilarious.
  17. jeff the gasman

    Expanding foam exposion

    Ct1 multisolve removes it!
  18. jeff the gasman

    Gas mains pressure and leaks

    Sellotape! Oh dear! BOOOOM
  19. jeff the gasman

    Diagnosis help required (noisy radiators)

    Probably a faulty pressure sensor on the boiler enabling it to run with insufficient pressure. Get some water in it as @gas112 says.
  20. jeff the gasman

    Slow flow from combi boiler ideal logic 35

    What he said.
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