Twiggy
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On our boiler you have to drain water every now and again???
So the mrs turns the valve a bit to much and i comes off in her hand!!!
Water is now gusshing out the fucking boiler for about 5mins all over the floor!
Mental note need to find out where the stop cock is
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BarnshaW
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still time to post on cs?
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adiohead
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pics or it didn't happen 
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mwg
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videos?
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Root
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rofl, first reaction is to post on CS  excellent
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adiohead
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Can you reenact in front of my very eyes?
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sand-eel
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eh? the boiler is directly connected to the mains, without a service valve?
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
rofl, first reaction is to post on CS excellent
lol Usually my first thought when something amusing/exciting/odd happens is "i'll post about this on CS"
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Twiggy
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No Vid just a MS Paint.
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C2RL R
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nice pic. why do you have jays penis in your hand?
also, why do you have to drain the water?
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Twiggy
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just what it says on boiler
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AndyKent
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Effort in drawing a picture
I've missed seeing MS paint explanations 
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Matty SRi
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Yeah u have to drain water every now and again to release pressure at it builds up. Never had that happen to me tho. Best get the mop out!
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sand-eel
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Pressure usually stays constant TBH. take it its an ancient boiler?
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Matty SRi
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Yeah but some of them have a pressure release valve that needs turning every now and again... when i moved into my house, i had to do mine nearly every day cos the pressure kept going so had no hot water...
few months later, sat in the front room, water started dripping from the ceiling, went upstairs, pulled carpet up, long behold... a big hole in the central heating pipe, looked like a nail hole and someone tried to cover it up. plumber in, new pipe. never had to do the pressure since cos obviously it was escaping through the hole.
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Bonney
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Well, At least she is nice and wet for later 
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mattk
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pressure should stay constant, you shouldnt have to mess with it
if it drops you have a leak.
if it rises then the filling loop valve is slightly passing, in which case it would blow off every few hours
HOWEVER keep in mind that the pressure will rise when the heating is on becasue as the water heats up in the system it expands so the pressure will rise, it will drop again when it cools
when the boiler is cold you idealy want the pressure between 1 - 1.5 bar may well go up to 2 - 2.5bar when operating
if it goes over 3 it will discharge
[Edited on 22-08-2010 by mattk]
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