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Draining water tanks and central heating system

  • 30-01-2016 9:47pm
    #1
    Carol 200
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    In order to have insurance cover continued on an unoccupied house the Insurance company are insisting that water tanks and heating systems are drained and stopcocks turned off. Is this a big job... will I need a plumber.? I presume that I cannot turn on central heating, will it be a big job to have water restored again as I will need water there from time to time. Any info would be welcomed.


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  • #2
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    Anyone good with DIY should be able to do this for the most part.

    Draining the tank in the attic is fairly easy:-
    Turn off water under the sink, or better still outside the front door. Open up the two taps in the bath and any other sinks till the system drains down.

    Draining down the heating system maybe a little more tricky, depending if someone has fitted a drain valve, many heating systems don't have them. Again once you've shut of the incoming water you can drain down the system.

    When it comes to re-filling it might be straight forward, or could be more tricky depending on how the house is setup, air locks etc....


  • #3
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    Anyone good with DIY should be able to do this for the most part.

    Draining the tank in the attic is fairly easy:-
    Turn off water under the sink, or better still outside the front door. Open up the two taps in the bath and any other sinks till the system drains down.

    Draining down the heating system maybe a little more tricky, depending if someone has fitted a drain valve, many heating systems don't have them. Again once you've shut of the incoming water you can drain down the system.

    When it comes to re-filling it might be straight forward, or could be more tricky depending on how the house is setup, air locks etc....


  • #4
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Draining the plumbing, do as said above, but also flush the toilets last. Leave all taps open. Draining the heating, you need to drain from the lowest point on the system, and when draining, open the vents on the upstairs rads, and after 10 mins, do the same with the downstairs.
    It'd be no harm go get a plumber in to show you all this. At least next time you'll know exactly what to do.


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