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Fitting de-aerator to radiator

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  • #2
    Sleeper12
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    I like the idea of venting a rad by hand. You know how often & how much. You'd know if you had a leak. With the automatic vent you could be letting gallons of fresh water into the system. Fresh water will rust the rads from the inside out.


  • #3
    Wearb
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    Robin132 wrote: »
    Does anyone know how to fit this https://www.lenehans.ie/airless-automatic-de-aerator-for-radiators.html onto a radiator lol radiator in question is similar to this one http://wallmountedradiators.com/images/wall-mounted-radiators.jpg

    If you post a pic of your rad vent screw area, I will try to help.

    Note that Sleeper is correct in his statement.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



  • #4
    Robin132
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭Robin132


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I like the idea of venting a rad by hand. You know how often & how much. You'd know if you had a leak. With the automatic vent you could be letting gallons of fresh water into the system. Fresh water will rust the rads from the inside out.

    I have one radiator that I would need to bleed very nearly daily which i tend to forget to do so doing it by hand isnt really effective....

    @wearb thanks but I found a video in the end that should help


  • #5
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Robin132 wrote:
    I have one radiator that I would need to bleed very nearly daily which i tend to forget to do so doing it by hand isnt really effective....

    I agree that the auto vent is handy & I'm not saying don't get it. It's down to personal choice.

    Are you not wondering why you need to air it every day? Where is the water going? Some people need to vent once a year or so. I think you might have a bigger underlying problem if you have to vent every day.

    Most homes have one rad that collects the air usually the one at the highest point or directly above the boiler.

    When you say you have to vent it everyday how much of the rad would have no water?


  • #6
    Robin132
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭Robin132


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    I agree that the auto vent is handy & I'm not saying don't get it. It's down to personal choice.

    Are you not wondering why you need to air it every day? Where is the water going? Some people need to vent once a year or so. I think you might have a bigger underlying problem if you have to vent every day.

    Most homes have one rad that collects the air usually the one at the highest point or directly above the boiler.

    When you say you have to vent it everyday how much of the rad would have no water?

    Of course i wonder why and we were advised to replace the rad, which we did and when that didn't fix the problem we were basically told that it'd be very expensive to fix and we'd be better off leaving it as is.

    Every day is a slight exaggeration but about quarter of the rad after a week or so would have none. It's the only one that has a problem. It was put in a good few years ago as part of a garage conversion. Only the builder and plumbers turned out to be cowboys!!


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  • #7
    Sleeper12
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    If you continue to put that much fresh water into the heating system you run the risk of rotting it from the inside out. Long-term you might have to replace all or most of the rads if left to continue as is

    You can add a leak sealer into the system and this might help but if it were my house I'd find the leak and repair it. Are there any leaky valves or anything viable? Possibly try a better plumber to inspect it. It might not be too expensive to repair


  • #8
    Robin132
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭Robin132


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    If you continue to put that much fresh water into the heating system you run the risk of rotting it from the inside out. Long-term you might have to replace all or most of the rads if left to continue as is

    You can add a leak sealer into the system and this might help but if it were my house I'd find the leak and repair it. Are there any leaky valves or anything viable? Possibly try a better plumber to inspect it. It might not be too expensive to repair

    There's no sign of a leak anywhere in the system, I've had to tighten valves on the rads before after they've been turned on/off so I always keep a good eye on them.

    If I could find a plumber who wanted to touch the heating system it would help lol. Any I've contacted have said they don't do heating systems!


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