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Peter Groom
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:21 am Post subject: Bleedi'n radiators!! |
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Hello again.
At home Ive noticed I'm having to bleed (and get a healthy amount of air out each time from 2 raditaors at the top of the house) about every 2 -3 weeks!!.
This frequency is way more than that of our old house which was more like once every 6 months from memory
To me this suggests there is somewhere that air is getting into the system, but I have no signs of leaks anywhere.
Any thoughts ofr ideas what I could do to try to track any air entry point down?
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thescruff
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Joined: 03 May 2003
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Location: Bath
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Bad design probably, how old it is.
Hold a glass of water under the vent pipe and turn the heating on and off a few times to see what happens. |
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Peter Groom
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Its about 10 years old.
The place you suggest putting a glass of water. Is that the nozzle on the bottom corner of the rad. I was thinking maybe it was worn bleed taps on the rad top. Are they purchasable and swappable
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thescruff
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| No the vent pipe that goes over the header tank, you are testing to see if the water is sucked out, therefor drawing in air |
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