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Will I airlock my system if.....

  • 09-12-2015 7:21pm
    #1
    SmartinMartin
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    Hi folks, small bit of advice required please. I have to disconnect and then reconnect a solid fuel boiler stove from the water. There are two pipes attached at the back connecting to the cylinder which is between 3 and 4 ft away. There are shut off valves at the cylinder end. Having drained the connecting pipes, will the air in those pipes cause an airlock when I reconnect? Thanks.


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  • #2
    Billy Bunting
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    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    There are shut off valves at the cylinder end. Having drained the connecting pipes, will the air in those pipes cause an airlock when I reconnect? Thanks.


    PICTURES PLEASE!!


  • #3
    SmartinMartin
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    Billy Bunting wrote: »
    PICTURES PLEASE!!

    OK, when I get home. I'm not sure though if photos would help, they're just red-handled wind-in shut off valves. They control the water to and from the stove, so when I shut them and drain the two short pipes there'll be air in the pipes. When I reconnect I'm worried that air will airlock the system, and I'm not sure how to bleed it.


  • #4
    corkgsxr
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    We'd definitely have to see the valve arrangement to advise


  • #5
    SmartinMartin
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    corkgsxr wrote: »
    We'd definitely have to see the valve arrangement to advise

    Ok, thanks. It's just a closing valve on each of the two pipes.


  • #6
    Pete67
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    Depending on exactly where the valves are installed, you may have a very dangerous setup. Please do post the pictures.


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  • #7
    SmartinMartin
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    Photos.
    20151210_122212_zpsw6z9gnyb.jpg
    20151210_122124_zpsodzdoopj.jpg
    Dunno why the images won't show.


  • #8
    SmartinMartin
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    Is there a problem with photobucket images?:confused:

    Sorry,must have been my bad connection, can see them now.


  • #9
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Sorted it myself, thanks anyway.


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