Repressurise boiler after bleeding radiators

[kidgreen61]

The plastic lever on the filling valve may be spinning on the shaft of the valve and not operating it, you may need to take it off with a small posi scredriver, and turn the valve with pliers or similar.

 

[terryplumb]

Depends how far the valve is open ,and how much water is needed to top up to 1 bar. Less than 1 minute if all you did was bleed several radiators

 

[Kirsten Sheppard]

Thanks. Doesn't seem to be working so I'm going to have to get someone to come and have a look at it. Thanks for all your help

 

[terryplumb]

Odd ,you said earlier that you could hear water going into the boiler . Is the boiler not firing up for hot water or central heating ?

 

[Kirsten Sheppard]

Odd ,you said earlier that you could hear water going into the boiler . Is the boiler not firing up for hot water or central heating ?

Yes I can hear water but the pressure gauge is not moving. Boiler comes on and ignites there is just no pressure

 

[terryplumb]

Tap the pressure gauge a few times with your finger ,sometimes they can stick. Before you attempted to top up pressure ,was boiler not working ?

 

[Kirsten Sheppard]

Tap the pressure gauge a few times with your finger ,sometimes they can stick. Before you attempted to top up pressure ,was boiler not working ?

Yes the boiler was working. I noticed when I had the heating on that the tops of my radiators were cold but bottom was hot so I turned the boiler off and waited a few hours to cool down then bled the radiators. When I have turned the boiler back on there is no pressure

 

[Kirsten Sheppard]

The gauge was stuck! Thank you so much! Do I leave all the valves open now?

 

[terryplumb]

You close the filling loop obviously. What does gauge read ?

 

[CBW]

The gauge was stuck! Thank you so much! Do I leave all the valves open now?

Yes, what I said earlier was if you’d touched any other valves, but you haven’t, so all good. As per Terry, close the filling loop valves.

 

[Kirsten Sheppard]

You close the filling loop obviously. What does gauge read ?

It had gone up to three but I bled a couple of radiators again and have manage to get it down to one

 

[fixitflav]

It had gone up to three but I bled a couple of radiators again and have manage to get it down to one

Well done! If you have that much gas in the rads there's a good chance your inhibitor is below strength. Well worth getting it checked and topped up to avoid future problems.