air in water tank - mixer taps

[jennigif]

I had to drain my water system yesterday and now I think I have an air lock in the system. I have heard that I need to run a pipe between the hot & cold tap to move the air lock - unfortunately I have mixer taps everywhere - any ideas on how to get rid of the air locks ?

the upstairs is gravity for cold, downstairs is mains fed for cold and hot is gravity fed for upstairs and downstairs

 

[Nige F]

Cup your hands over the sink mixer. Have someone else put a towel over your hands. then turn on Hot tap followed by cold.. Then while you`re stuck there . The cold will blow back through the hot.

 

[jennigif]

thats sounds like fun - i will have a go - any idea how long this may take ?

 

[kirkgas]

thats sounds like fun - i will have a go - any idea how long this may take ?

try it for 30-40 seconds then let go turn off the cold tap and if successful you will get cold running back out of the hot tap followed by a surge of air then the hot water, let it run for 1-2 mins just to make sure all the air is out, if not do it again, then go and change out of your wet jumper cause when i do it i usually end up getting soaked.