MrOutraged
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Got the boiler serviced by Bord Gais a couple of weeks ago. I see in their T&C that pressurising the system isn't included in the service so that's annoying.
Anyway, obviously not using the heating a whole lot this time of the year so the first time I noticed a problem (rad's not heating) was a few days ago.
I'm in this house 6 years and have never pressurised the system (never even heard of it until searching for solutions this week).
There doesn't appear to be any taps or anywhere to fit a filling loop under the boiler. Reading up on it led me to a little black button like valve in the hot press. This valve would turn both directions when I first looked at it so didn't appear to be either on nor off!
I turned it probably 6 or 7 full rotations in either direction but as I wasn't sure what I was doing I put it back to near enough the position I started from.
Surely the valve should reach a point where it won't turn anymore so it is therefore off?
Is anti clockwise the right direction to "open" it?
I can't find anything that specifies how long it takes to pressurise, are we talking seconds or minutes?
I'd like to sort it out myself but am just a little bit wary because as I mentioned there doesn't appear to be any "on or off" position for the valve
and when I was fiddling with it during the week a drop or two of water came out, so would be concerned about not closing it properly and it ending up leaking.
Thanks
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Anyway, obviously not using the heating a whole lot this time of the year so the first time I noticed a problem (rad's not heating) was a few days ago.
I'm in this house 6 years and have never pressurised the system (never even heard of it until searching for solutions this week).
There doesn't appear to be any taps or anywhere to fit a filling loop under the boiler. Reading up on it led me to a little black button like valve in the hot press. This valve would turn both directions when I first looked at it so didn't appear to be either on nor off!
I turned it probably 6 or 7 full rotations in either direction but as I wasn't sure what I was doing I put it back to near enough the position I started from.
Surely the valve should reach a point where it won't turn anymore so it is therefore off?
Is anti clockwise the right direction to "open" it?
I can't find anything that specifies how long it takes to pressurise, are we talking seconds or minutes?
I'd like to sort it out myself but am just a little bit wary because as I mentioned there doesn't appear to be any "on or off" position for the valve
and when I was fiddling with it during the week a drop or two of water came out, so would be concerned about not closing it properly and it ending up leaking.
Thanks
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