Removed radiator no - now no hot water or heating

[Robomonkey]

Hi all

I drained my system earlier because I broke the radiator feed below the valve trying to undo the tightest nut in the world (still can't undo it with the rad off the wall!), anyway I've fixed the problem reinstalled a new valve and capped them off.

however now I have no hot water or heating, when I turn the boiler electrics back on I can hear the Groundfos pump upstairs start, but I don't hear the boiler fire up, the pump runs and gets very hot.

ill post some pictures in the next reply.

When I drained the system I did the following:
1. Turned the boiler mains off and switched the heating to off
2. Closed the gate valve from the small f&e tank
3. Also closed the gate valve on the heating circuit
4. Finally for luck also closed the hot water cylinder feed gate valve

5. Then I put a hose on the drain radiator downstairs and opened it
6. After awhile I opened the upstairs bleed valves then the downstairs

7. Then I did my repairs and capped the rad valves
8. Then I reopened all the gate valves and listened to the system fill up
9. Finally after a bit of groaning i bled all the rads from the bottom up and turned the boiler electrics back on

my system is a traditional vented system installed in 1994.

 

[Robomonkey]

WOOT! It's working, found a reset button underneath, frightened the life out of me, laying on the worktop, when it fired up!

jase158, you've been very helpful, thanks for your time.

 

[jase158]

that's ok, wasn't sure if you had to take cover off so couldn't point you to it, but glad you got it sorted. if any rads aren't working, turn the rest off and leave one on until it gets hot, then move round the system until you get them all hot. (common problem with airlocks) boiler service should be between £50 and £100 depending where you are

 

[anz]

Good to hear that it's working.



I'd still recommend that you get the boiler serviced by a local engineer though.
It'd give you peace of mind knowing that it's safe and any other problems should be pointed out.

 

[Robomonkey]

I searched the forums for awhile before posting, and while I found several posts with the exact issue the OPs never actually posted the answers, or how they solved the problem.

so...

After bleeding all the rads, I needed to bleed the automatic air valve in the airing cupboard, this looks like an ejector seat button, and if you search google for pictures of a 'Bottle air vent' you'll see what I mean.

After that I had to reset my boiler, which luckily for me the reset button was accessible without taking the cover off, having read a lot about boilers in the last two hours, please don't open one yourself, call an engineer.

 

[Robomonkey]

I intend to get it serviced Monday if I can get somebody.

I can still hear water moving about, will that sort itself out?

 

[anz]

Post your location, perhaps someone local could assist?

 

[Robomonkey]

Ok, worth a shot, I'm in Norwich, if any gas-safe ppl are free sat/mon and fancy servicing a boiler PM me.

The water sound is like a whooshing, like the pump pushing a load of water through, but the e&f tank is full and all the valves are open.