Weird central heating system- help

[skydog]

This is my best guess looking at what goes where....

1 - Radiator (goes under bath) also splits to do bath and shower

2 - Goes to Radiator

3- Goes to radiator

4 - Goes to radiator

The two other independant pipe feed the cold water tap and the toilet system.

There is a lot going from one pipe (rad, bath and shower) or is this just me?

How can I bleed the main storage tank?

Cheers for all your help and encouragement.

Bryn

 

[Panjandrum]

Not at all convinced - but then I'm no expert.
Assuming you are using the numbers I used in my post - which of course is a wild assumption:
(1) and (2) almost certainly don't connect to radiators anywhere.
(3) and (4) might well connect to the feed and return for the radiators. Although that would be a touch eccentric it's almost the way my system used to be. Feed to the coil in the hot water tank circulated by convection only; the pump operated only on the feed to the radiators.

There should be no need to bleed this tank. Somewhere there will be an overflow - probably in the loft from (1) - that would also vent any air that happened to get in there.

But this has become seriously eccentric - not least because now you seem to have SIX pipes? Your previous post had five - the four connected to the tank and the one (that you referred to as "A 4th thin pipe".

I would be interested in the views of real experts on the suggestion in my last post?

 

[kevplumb]

post a couple of pics

it's got me going now

 

[skydog]

post a couple of pics

it's got me going now

Can you add attachments here?

That would be a lot easier.

email and I will send the pictures.

There are definately 6 pipes in total. 4 coming to or from the tank and 2 "others"


Or email me and I will forward the pictures (email address in profile)


Bryn

 

[Panjandrum]

For posting pictures see //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8463

 

[skydog]

quick update....

Did some jiggery pokery with the pipes from the tank (thanks Kev).

Managed to bleed one of the radiators by wiggling a safety pin in the valve opening.

Now have hot water and a decent shower.

New system on order, but in the meantime its all working.

Thanks for everyones help and advice.

 

[kevplumb]