Good morning gentlefolk who support the Albion. I wonder if some expert might be able to assist me...
I'm at my mother's this morning, trying to understand the central heating system she has in place and trying to fix a problem. The problem I'm trying to fix is that the bathroom radiator keeps filling with air (a radiator full every 2 weeks). This radiator (which she describes as the "master") is the only one without a TRV, and is closest to the boiler (a combi Worcester Highflow 400 Electronic). There is absolutely no sign of any water leaking out of the system anywhere, but I accept that water must be coming out somewhere as air is getting in (unless the whole system was full of air and air bubbles are moving round the radiators and pipes until they get to the bathroom radiator??)
The thing that I don't understand is that that there is a flexible pipe linking two pipes coming out of the boiler. This flexible pipe has an inline (two actually, but I think one is just for redundancy) valve. The flexible pipe seems to connect the mains cold water pipe to one that is integral to the heating (or hot water?) loop. The valves were closed when I first started looking at the system. In order to bleed the radiator, I needed to open the valves (to allow water into the system to replace the air I was bleeding out, I presume). Should these valves be open or closed during normal operation?
many thanks for any help you might be able to offer on either question!
I'm at my mother's this morning, trying to understand the central heating system she has in place and trying to fix a problem. The problem I'm trying to fix is that the bathroom radiator keeps filling with air (a radiator full every 2 weeks). This radiator (which she describes as the "master") is the only one without a TRV, and is closest to the boiler (a combi Worcester Highflow 400 Electronic). There is absolutely no sign of any water leaking out of the system anywhere, but I accept that water must be coming out somewhere as air is getting in (unless the whole system was full of air and air bubbles are moving round the radiators and pipes until they get to the bathroom radiator??)
The thing that I don't understand is that that there is a flexible pipe linking two pipes coming out of the boiler. This flexible pipe has an inline (two actually, but I think one is just for redundancy) valve. The flexible pipe seems to connect the mains cold water pipe to one that is integral to the heating (or hot water?) loop. The valves were closed when I first started looking at the system. In order to bleed the radiator, I needed to open the valves (to allow water into the system to replace the air I was bleeding out, I presume). Should these valves be open or closed during normal operation?
many thanks for any help you might be able to offer on either question!