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ian260281
hello - I have just bought my first house and wish to drain and disconnect the pipes feeding the backboiler as the chimney breast has recently craked and I need to fit a log burner, therefore digging out the backboiler.
there is a drain tap next to the fire breast.
there is a pipe feeding and returning the HW tank.
if i drain the backboiler next to the fire breast, will the pipes fill back up? I can not find a supply?
would i be right in thinking the system is closed loop, or will it have a fresh water supply which i need to turn off?
I was planning on draining the BB then disconnecting the pipes when i dig the old fire breast out - i will then cap the pipes off. I guess i could do this at the HW tank but there is very little space to get in round the back of the tank.
any advice would be very much appreciated
cheers,
Ian
there is a drain tap next to the fire breast.
there is a pipe feeding and returning the HW tank.
if i drain the backboiler next to the fire breast, will the pipes fill back up? I can not find a supply?
would i be right in thinking the system is closed loop, or will it have a fresh water supply which i need to turn off?
I was planning on draining the BB then disconnecting the pipes when i dig the old fire breast out - i will then cap the pipes off. I guess i could do this at the HW tank but there is very little space to get in round the back of the tank.
any advice would be very much appreciated
cheers,
Ian