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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Just to close out this thread - I drained the CH down yesterday and replaced the valve and the actuator (added in some Fernox inhibitor as well). Hot water now functioning as normal again - thanks for all the help, it's much appreciated.
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Does G3 apply in Northern Ireland - not sure. Anyways it's my own house not a customer, and everything will be electrically isolated with the boiler fully powered off and drained down - but appreciate the need for the accreditation.
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Yeah there's a crack in the metal of the valve body plate as well so I'm just going to replace the body and actuator.
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Thanks very much - everyday is a school day :)
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Thanks very much for the details that's helpful but it raises another question from me...If the coil is a sealed circuit and it heats only the CH water, why when the valve was not operating was the fault that there was no hot water from the taps but the central heating was working just fine? Is...
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Apologies if I'm being a bit dim here - just a DIY'er and have never had to work on a hot water cylinder before. When I was diagnosing the existing valve the fault in the system was that there was no hot water in the taps but the central heating worked just fine. Once I took the cover off the...
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Silly question perhaps then so if I drain the CH down will that also empty the cylinder? There is a separate zone valve for the CH and one for the UFH.
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    The valve is sticking mechanically as I've taken the mechanism off and the valve is stiff to turn even with pliers. Here's a picture of the valve and one of the cold inlet if that is helpful. So is it that as long as the stopcock is off and the boiler and heating controls are off that draining...
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    Draining an indirect cylinder to change a faulty zone valve

    Hi - first post here, hoping someone can help. I've got a Megaflo CL210 indirect hot water cylinder that has a 2 port Honeywell valve on the primary flow that is going to need replaced soon as the valve is sticking. I've got the replacement valve, but I was looking a bit of advice on the...
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