HOW TO FILL UP HEATING SYSTEMS – GRAVITY FED – Plumbing Tips
HOW TO FILL UP HEATING SYSTEMS – GRAVITY FED – Plumbing Tips
This video covers the simple procedure of filling up a gravity fed heating system from a fed and expansion tank. We cover preparing the heating for filling up. Closing the air vents, opening up the water supply and purging the system of air and closing the drain off. Enjoy!
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plumberparts.co.uk honest reviews and advice hello and welcome to this plumberparts.co.uk video today we’re going to show you in this very quick video how to fill up feed and expansion system or a gravity fed system once you’ve done all your work on it we’ve done a video before in part one of this series as you probably realized we’ve still got our drain off open here and we’ve still got all our radiator bleeds open as well so the first thing we do before we fill up the system is shut all those radiator bleeds so I’ve got one here I’m just going to shut that go around and methodically shutle them off before you do anything else the Candy Man can CU he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good the candy man makes everything he makes satisfying and delicious so care about your childhood wishes you can even eat the dishes w w you notice I turned it clockwise to shut it right so we’re back in this little areir in cupboard here this is our feed valve to the system okay that we turned off earlier on to do the other work so what we’re going to do is turn this on we know now that all the air vents are shut but we’ve kept the ground floor drain off with our hose open so the idea is we’re going to open this up and push out any air out of that hose before we do anything else so now as we go outside we see we’ve now got water running out of here we going to leave this like this for a good sort of 10 minutes I want to flush it through nicely before I shut that drain off right so we’ve that run in a good 10 minutes now it should let out plenty of plenty of air I’m just going to shut this now should make sure this has just come off yeah there we go nothing there great all right so now that shot of shut we can now vent the radiators on the ground floor first okay as you can hear there is simply loads of air coming out so now we just wait Wicked oh yeah as I said said vent every Radiator on the ground floor first and then move upstairs the idea is that we let the air out from the bottom and then just carry on upstairs and let it out like that once you’ve done all those radiators you can think about reinstating your heating system inhibiting it and doing everything like that don’t ask me why but we completely forgot to film an end bit so here I am filming an end bit slightly more tan I hope because I’ve been away woo also I’m wearing a different PR Parts t-shirt which is a bit random so I’ve got one of these on now I don’t never like it as much anyway I hope you found today’s video interesting please subscribe to our videos uh obviously as a said you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook we also do live helpouts on Google if you want to arrange a help out go on there and suggest a time anyway I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s video we’ve got quite a few more coming up if you want any videos made and you’ve got a suggestion then let us know okay on any of the ways go to our website or whatever there’s loads of ways of letting us know comment on this video blah blah blah blah blah so people remember what do you got to do what have you got to do you’ve got to hold tight see you later plumberparts.co.uk honest reviews and advice
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Great video quick question when filling up my gravity system I closed off all the bleed valves on the radiators but took the drain hose off and closed it then started to fill back up now when I start bleeding the down stairs radiators I can hear air coming out and the radiators start bubbling inside but then the air stops and I have to keep going round all the ground floor opening and closing them. I done this for about 2 hours and still no water is coming out the bleed points on all ground floor??? Any suggestions please or do I just have to keep persevering with it
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I have a gravity fed system, but 1of my rads constantly gets air in it , can anyone throw any light on why this happens. Thanks phil
Only gripe with plumbers is they never take there dirty shoes off whilst working indoors
God your so much like me lmao
Can you move to the USA midwest? No one knows how to do anything with hydronic systems here. Everyone I talk to with an older house with hydronic heat has disabled it and had central air installed.
How and when do u put the inhibitor into the rads
Love your videos such fun not too serious….though you was putting in the inhibitor in this video mind you ……ive seen some say drain system then put it in I dont wish to drain whole system ideally im about to replumb a rad I took off for decorating wouof you suggest simply putting it in that 1 ? As it surely wouod circulate right ? Thanks buddy
Voice like an angel x
6 years later and this video is helping me figuring out DIY around the house.
Quality videos . Thanks man.
Any leak seal videos?
Hello. Your video clear and interesting. I tried to follow but failed. Do you have any idea why my heating system can not fill up. No water comes out from the ground floor heater where I tried to let it run out for 10 mins as shown in video? Thanks.
How do you add the inhibitor
Anybody can help me,I drained my central heating system to change a sticky 3port valve,come to top up the system everything is fine but my toilets ain't filling up at all no water in the cistern can someone give me some pointers,cheers guys.
Brilliant! Top bloke! Thanks.
Im trying to get the air out. But theres no noise.. no rush of air or rush of water. I just undo the bleed and ….nothing.
What have i done wrong?
Would this work if you can hear water running round your radiators?
Thanks
After draining down, replacing rads and filling I forgot the step of turning on the water with the drain open. I bled all the rads but when I turn taps on on full and then turn them off the pipes bang/rattle. How do I sort that? Do I need to drain system again?
Don't bother with these stupid videos get a book.
Sorry but water did not too up in to the radiators back. What could be the reason
Class videos. maybe you have one already but if not, somebody should award you with a PhD/professorship (whatever) in plumbing.
I recently changed a radiator on my pressurized system. Pressure of 1 bar holding well, no leaks, all rads nice and hot… except when i go to heat the hot water!? Pressure falls away to nothing, gas boiler shuts off..no sign of leak anywhere!? Could it be an internal hot water tank issue?…tundish a little damp
Superb video thank you. Used this a year or two ago then came back to it when putting bigger rads in. Really clear instruction. You should be a teacher.
Thank you for what you do. For some of us just starting out it’s a huge help. 👍
Thanks for the vids!
Helped us out so much in our first house.
Cheers!!!
Your happiness is infectious pal! Keep it up 🙂
Don't even own a house where I need to know these things. Just subscribed to this channel purely for the iconic ADHD energy.
You sing lovely
So when does the Fernox go in? Stuff it in the header tank before turning the valve back on? I guess that makes the most sense rather than fill the system then put it in the header tank and hope it just mixes after? 🤔
Shouldn't the inhibitor go in the tank before filling the system (drain hose closed off)?
Add more water after bleeding air? Automatic fill system does the job?
I don't suppose I'll still get replies to a 9 year old video but I'm finding these videos very useful and helpful.
I was wondering where to drain the radiators off when you have a flat and no garden to drain the pipes into. Do I just keep opening and closing the lowest drain point into a bucket?
I've seen other videos where they change valves etc without draining the system but the tank has been installed in a nice and inaccessible location so draining my only option
I had no problems draining down and doing the work but once filled again I’ve been chasing airlocks for days now. I get the upstairs rads to come on then I get them all, they heat up nicely then cool down again. I’m now back to not a single rad heating up, HELP!!