Header Tank
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no, orange water means your system is rusty and needs attended to
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your radiators are steel. 
The water in the header tank doesn't get renewed, so any rust from the system ends up in there.....its red because the steel radiators gradually rust if there isn't any inhibitor in the system.
If you've just had a power flush, its to be hoped that the system was inhibited with a quality product such as Fernox etc.
Its a good move to remove the rusty water and other grot from the tank by using a wet vacuum cleaner - draining down just pulls this grot into your system.
John
If you've just had a power flush, its to be hoped that the system was inhibited with a quality product such as Fernox etc.
Its a good move to remove the rusty water and other grot from the tank by using a wet vacuum cleaner - draining down just pulls this grot into your system.
John
syphon it out or use a jug etc and clean the tank out.
We've all been down that route, and its possible to syphon the liquid out of the tank and then get in there with a sponge but I wouldn't recommend getting a mouthful.....
Another way is to disconnect the plumbing from the tank and wash it out in the garden, but thats a chore too.
You may be able to borrow a wet vac from a friend? Its really a two person job to lower the vac from the loft anyway as it will be quite full.
You mention you still have a leak from somewhere?
John
Another way is to disconnect the plumbing from the tank and wash it out in the garden, but thats a chore too.
You may be able to borrow a wet vac from a friend? Its really a two person job to lower the vac from the loft anyway as it will be quite full.
You mention you still have a leak from somewhere?
John
pity you live so far away or you could do it for me Yes the tank still seems to have a leak albeit I had some joints tightened which seemed to do the trick, but I noticed yesterday it was still leaking, but I don't know where from
Yes the tank still seems to have a leak albeit I had some joints tightened which seemed to do the trick, but I noticed yesterday it was still leaking, but I don't know where from
you saying the tank is leaking or the system ?
It could be the tank connectors - they are the unions that actually fix into the tank, and then the pipe work is coupled into them.
Haphazard tightening of these is almost guaranteed to set a leak off, unfortunately and the connections need to be stripped out and re done.....only a 1/2 hour job - with an empty tank!
John
Haphazard tightening of these is almost guaranteed to set a leak off, unfortunately and the connections need to be stripped out and re done.....only a 1/2 hour job - with an empty tank!
John
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