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Jimmy Thew
Hi Guys, First post so be nice. :biggrin5:
I took one of the downstairs living room radiators off for decorating the other day. Since then one has developed a leak at the inflow to the valve. Its only weeping but I think replacing the olive is in order. Plan is to drain the system completely and sort out from there. I'm going to use the opertunity to replace an upstairs bathroom radiator and install a drain-off valve on the kitchen radiator whilst its completely empty. Novice to this so its likely to take me sometime to do.
Its a conventional S plan system and i doubt its been emptied in 10 years so I'm expecting some problems and lots of gunk. I'm hoping for a straight forward refill but it would be just my luck that something will go wrong. My question is what can I expect to go wrong with the refill and how can i minimize the risk of these things during the drain down? I dont want to be without heating or hot water in this weather!
I suspect the pipes are copper 15mm , but I cant tell from looking. Will have to get a ruler out in the morning.
I took one of the downstairs living room radiators off for decorating the other day. Since then one has developed a leak at the inflow to the valve. Its only weeping but I think replacing the olive is in order. Plan is to drain the system completely and sort out from there. I'm going to use the opertunity to replace an upstairs bathroom radiator and install a drain-off valve on the kitchen radiator whilst its completely empty. Novice to this so its likely to take me sometime to do.
Its a conventional S plan system and i doubt its been emptied in 10 years so I'm expecting some problems and lots of gunk. I'm hoping for a straight forward refill but it would be just my luck that something will go wrong. My question is what can I expect to go wrong with the refill and how can i minimize the risk of these things during the drain down? I dont want to be without heating or hot water in this weather!
I suspect the pipes are copper 15mm , but I cant tell from looking. Will have to get a ruler out in the morning.
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