vaillant Thermocompact refilling the system

[adamjimenez]

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but I have the same problem.

These are the pipes leading in. Not sure what to do here, please help.

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• adamjimenez
• 8 Jan 2012
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• adamjimenez
• 8 Jan 2012
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[BARNY78BG]

hi, you should be looking for a silver braided pipe which connects to 2 pipes on your system, looking at your pics you'll prob find them by the hot water cylinder. is it an unvented system??? if so there will be a red expansion vessel there and it is normally situated under there with a pressure gauge attached

 

[adamjimenez]

the pipes pictured go into the floor or wall with no other pipes or guages.
i'm not sure what is meant by unvented system - i'm a noob at diy!

 

[BARNY78BG]

no worries mate, where is your hot water cylinder?

 

[adamjimenez]

there is a Heatrae Sadia Megaflo in the attic

 

[BARNY78BG]

you need to get up there and see what you've got around the installation but, before you do that normally, when they are in lofts the controls are installed in an easily reachable place on the lower floors, if you have an airing closet it'd be wise to check in there first

 

[adamjimenez]

found the braided pipe and fixed it! thank u very much. I'd been researching this for ages and was going to call someone out.

 

[BARNY78BG]

no probs, glad to help