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Jayne

Hi, new to this website and hope to find someone who can give me some advice.

My central heating didn't come on this morning, the water pressure needed topping up. I must have been half asleep and left the filling valve open (although could have sworn I closed it!) anyway, the valve was open a while ( I emptied several buckets of water spilling from the pump before I realised my stupid mistake) and the pressure went up to 3.
When I closed the filling loop the water stopped (obvious now)

So the situation I'm in now - The water valve is off, I bled the radiators until the pressure went back down to 1, but I am a bit worried about switching the boiler back on?!! Will I have damaged anything? Is it safe to switch it on? Thanks in advance for any advice.
 
It should be ok Jayne. There's a safety valve built in to the boiler to stop the pressure going above 3 bar. The boiler would've actually been tested at a higher pressure by the manufacturer.
 

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