Bit dark but I agree wi Shaun
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Heating Bangs when switching off.
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Great help guys thanks very much. One more question where should I fit the bypass valve. Close to the boiler or in the airing cupboard.
Cheers.
Cheers.
They were hissing air when the system was refilling so guess they are air vents.
Airing cupboard
I would fit it in between the port valve tees and straight onto the return
Wouldn’t the rad in the hall and heated towel rail act as a bypass. Neither of these have trv’s.
So removing that landing rad shouldn’t have made a difference. He also joined the pipes from the rad he removed and it was still banging.
If these are piped in before any port valves yes they would
Not if they’re after the valve and they most likely are.
The bypass needs to be before the valve for when the valve shuts!
Hi
I had a plumber attend yesterday and the valve was faulty, when taken off you could hear it making a grinding noise. He replaced the valve and the banging stopped but did say it probably needs a bypass valve fitting between the pump and valves then into the return. After a few hours the banging returned but it was much quieter. The plumber said the new valve is much stronger than the old one.
The bypass is being fitted Thursday so I will let you know what happens.
Cheers for all your advice.
Regards.
Paul.
Hi Paul
I would suggest that you check that the zone valves are actually positioned correctly for the differential pressure being created by the pump. The type of sound you have described indicates to me that a zone valve is slamming back when closing - this happens when a valve is positioned the wrong way to the flow - but looking at the photo they seem good to me but obviously I cant see the whole system layout design - so its difficult to be sure whats going on?
Best of luck getting it sorted... Bill
I would suggest that you check that the zone valves are actually positioned correctly for the differential pressure being created by the pump. The type of sound you have described indicates to me that a zone valve is slamming back when closing - this happens when a valve is positioned the wrong way to the flow - but looking at the photo they seem good to me but obviously I cant see the whole system layout design - so its difficult to be sure whats going on?
Best of luck getting it sorted... Bill
Hi All,
I had the bypass fitted but there is still a slight bang when turning off. It still pushes water into the header tank as well. I also had fitted a new pump as the old one was nearly blocked. I have fitted a magnaclean on the return to the boiler and you wouldn't believe what muck came out of it in 24 hours.
Should I just put the radiator back.
Cheers.
I had the bypass fitted but there is still a slight bang when turning off. It still pushes water into the header tank as well. I also had fitted a new pump as the old one was nearly blocked. I have fitted a magnaclean on the return to the boiler and you wouldn't believe what muck came out of it in 24 hours.
Should I just put the radiator back.
Cheers.
I would drain down and wack some x800 in the system for a week then drain it down again and fresh inhb
I already did flush and the water ran clean. I opened all the bleed valves to get all the water out. The pump was old, dated year 2000 so it needed replacing anyway.
Just updating again on this. I refitted the radiator and now the heating Bangs even more. Really am at a loss. Anybody with any further ideas.
The fact that you have water flowing out the vent pipe when the system shuts down indicates you still have a fault, probably a blockage somewhere near the expansion pipe. You could try turning the speed on the pump down to its minimum to see if the noise reduces. Another thing to try would be to remove the rad again, empty it, refit, turn on the valves but don't bleed it. (it should act as an expansion vessel).
One thing i noticed looking at the pictures is the vent from the boiler looks like its running horizontal along the ceiling, so it may be possible that the system has an air lock.
One thing i noticed looking at the pictures is the vent from the boiler looks like its running horizontal along the ceiling, so it may be possible that the system has an air lock.
Thanks for your advice. The pipe or pipes running across the garage ceiling are the flow and return to the boiler. The vent pipe is in the airing cupboard and goes about 18 inches abouve the header tank in the loft. When filling the heating back up after draining it doesn't bang, it's only when all the air is out the system so similar to your radiator test. Turning the pump down reduced the bang noise.
Cheers.
Paul.
Where's the bypass valve all I see is a full bore ISO valve ?
The plumber said it didn't need one, I thought it might and I asked again whether it needed to be 22mm. I can change it myself if you are able to advise what to get and where to put it. If the valve is fully open then yes it does stop it banging.
One question, I have lived in the house for 13 years without a single bang. Why would this start after removing the radiator.
One question, I have lived in the house for 13 years without a single bang. Why would this start after removing the radiator.
The plumber said it didn't need one, I thought it might and I asked again whether it needed to be 22mm. I can change it myself if you are able to advise what to get and where to put it. If the valve is fully open then yes it does stop it banging.
One question, I have lived in the house for 13 years without a single bang. Why would this start after removing the radiator.
I didn’t even pick up on that it was 15mm,that won’t help an then with the type of valve that will neither. You’ve said that with it fully open the banging stops.I could only say that since the 13years you’ve been there that the pipework /heatexchanger has become restricted.
Cheers for your help. Could you tell me what valve I need and where it should go.
I assume the valve is operated by bar pressure
bypass valve open vented system - Google pretraga ask your plumber who installed your by-pass to come back an rectify
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