The central heating in this house is in two halves.
Our old oil system heats hot water plus a couple of radiators for overspill.
The main heating for the house is the monster wood stove that generates enough heat to keep the whole place warm. Yesterday management asked me to remove a radiator from the oil system which of course I duly did. So today the hot water system has gone on strike suffering a bad case of airlock. This I discovered after stripping the burner down and checking the fuel pump of course. The air is proving very stubborn, we shall see if I can shift it.
Then of course, in sympathy the other system started banging and thudding as it overheated spewing steam into the bathroom. That was a simple one, the thermostatic rad valves had tripped out as the house came up to heat coupled with a very enthusiastic stoker, causing it to get too hot.
Easily remedied the second one, the first is ongoing. Going to let the system cool right down them bleed it relentlessly. I've bled systems when they are full of hot water before - not fun!!
Some days you are the fly some days the windscreen, would be nice to be a windscreen sometime....
R
The main heating for the house is the monster wood stove that generates enough heat to keep the whole place warm. Yesterday management asked me to remove a radiator from the oil system which of course I duly did. So today the hot water system has gone on strike suffering a bad case of airlock. This I discovered after stripping the burner down and checking the fuel pump of course. The air is proving very stubborn, we shall see if I can shift it.
Then of course, in sympathy the other system started banging and thudding as it overheated spewing steam into the bathroom. That was a simple one, the thermostatic rad valves had tripped out as the house came up to heat coupled with a very enthusiastic stoker, causing it to get too hot.
Easily remedied the second one, the first is ongoing. Going to let the system cool right down them bleed it relentlessly. I've bled systems when they are full of hot water before - not fun!!
Some days you are the fly some days the windscreen, would be nice to be a windscreen sometime....
R
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