Central Heating advice urgently required!

[diyamateur21]

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone can help me with a central heating issue I have.

I was looking to bleed my radiators as I noticed that the radiators upstairs in the house were pretty cold. Before bleeding the radiator I thought I'd let some water into the system using the black tap on the filling loop. Unfortunately the tap turned on but then crumbled in my hand and I couldn't turn the tap off!!

It took me about 10-15 minutes to get the tap eventually turned off. By now the pressure gauge was showing around 3.5 - 4.

I've tried to drain some water off via a radiator but this doesn't seem to have any effect on the pressure reading.

I've probably drained off about 10 litres of water and still no change.

Can someone advise whether I should keep draining water off, and how much more should I drain before the pressure reading will return back to normal??

Help, I'm a bit of a beginner to this stuff and would really value some advice.

 

[dcawkwell]

Keep bleeding the pressure will eventually come down. It has to!

 

[Dan Robinson]

Are you sure the water is off?


I'd keep going until the pressure goes down or you run out of water.

I guess it is possible the gauge is guffed though.

In the mean time, don't run the boiler.

And don't use the PRV.

 

[diyamateur21]

Thanks guys all sorted now. The water wasn't completely off, hence pressure issue!