Air Locked or Leak??

Jonnykitedude

Hi Guys

While sorting out the back garden I hit the central heating pipes going into the house,turned out the builder had only buried them 1inch below ground, ripped them apart at a join.

I fixed the above and had the heating going, bleed some valves etc, now the rads wont heat up. I have tried to top up the system and release air but to no avail. Every time I bleed the rads they re-fill with air, also the pressure on the boiler wont rise from 0 when I'm topping up the system.

Do you reckon there could be a leak along the pipe that I fixed or its just totally air locked??

Hope it makes some sense!

Jedstaff

Still a leak I'd say. The water has to be going somewhere if you're filling rads and they're emptying .

zxcvbnm12

ya theres definately a leak somewhere.did u cover in the boiler pipes again or are they exposed

Buford T Justice

As with the above, it sounds like there's still a leak there.

Billy Bunting

Technical term .... A gusher :eek:

Jonnykitedude

Cheers guys, found the leak and indeed it was a gusher!!

2nd prob, the boiler wont ingnite now. I can hear water flowing but she wont kick in.

Billy Bunting

And the boiler is ???

zxcvbnm12

Jonnykitedude wrote: »

Cheers guys, found the leak and indeed it was a gusher!!

2nd prob, the boiler wont ingnite now. I can hear water flowing but she wont kick in.

its probly gone out on the high limit stat.is there a small button beside the thermostat on thr boiler.there might be a small black cover on it.unscrew this cover and press the button