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Boiler Problem - Water Pressure

  • 20-11-2009 06:31PM
    #1
    duffer79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Looking for some help please folks.....

    Have a Vokera 24m boiler (For the last two years)

    Had problem last year over Christmas with boiler not working

    Called Vokera out and it was down to the water pressure having dropped

    Engineer showed me how to fill system with filling loop in hot press

    Had some other problem with heating/water at some stage & the builder sent in his plumber - job "sorted" I presumed

    Next time boiler pressure dropped I went to the hot press & noticed that the filling loop had been disconnected....

    Had a plumber out for another job & he reconnected it for me & couldnt figure out why it had been disconnected in the first place

    Anyway problem now is I have no pressure in boiler and when I open the filling loop there is no water coming through to let the pressure build up

    Anyone any ideas???

    Is there any way of getting water coming through the filling loop or should I get a plumber out??

    Much Appreciated
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  • #2
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,511 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    duffer79 wrote: »
    Looking for some help please folks.....

    Have a Vokera 24m boiler (For the last two years)

    Had problem last year over Christmas with boiler not working

    Called Vokera out and it was down to the water pressure having dropped

    Engineer showed me how to fill system with filling loop in hot press

    Had some other problem with heating/water at some stage & the builder sent in his plumber - job "sorted" I presumed

    Next time boiler pressure dropped I went to the hot press & noticed that the filling loop had been disconnected....

    Had a plumber out for another job & he reconnected it for me & couldnt figure out why it had been disconnected in the first place

    Anyway problem now is I have no pressure in boiler and when I open the filling loop there is no water coming through to let the pressure build up

    Anyone any ideas???

    Is there any way of getting water coming through the filling loop or should I get a plumber out??

    Much Appreciated

    Because your meant to have the filling loop disconnected at all times when your not filling !! anybody that tells you otherwise doesnt know their stuff.
    The reason behind this is that a non return valve or valve may fail and leave central heating water into the mains .

    if you have your filling loop and open it into a bucket whats the pressure like . Whats the pressue in the system like is there a pressure guage on it ? if yes what does it read .
    Is there a possibility your mains pressure isnt enough to pressurise the system


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