I have just installed a new 50 gallon cold water tank as the old one had a crack in it. Having plumbed it in I now seem to have air locks in all but one of the feeds from the tank! Is there a simple way to get rid of them?
2 bathrooms out of commission and an air lock in the hot water circuit.
Suck on the cold tap. Seriously!
Jon
Drain the system down and with all taps open a bit fill it up from the bottom with a hose attached to a drainpoint?
Owain
On 15 Apr 2007 14:02:06 -0700, "Tournifreak" mused:
Not much use if the air lock is in the hot supply. Usually forcing water back up the hot pipe from a mains fed cold supply works. Would help if the OP could confirm where these airlocks are.
s!m0n was thinking very hard :
Feed water into the airlocked taps from a hose fed from a mains tap, it will force the airlocks out.
A less 'messy' (1) option is to connect the hot and cold feeds for the washing machine together and open the cold and then the hot (the airlock is usually in the hot side). If possible have someone in the loft space making sure tyhe tank doesn't overflow or turn the washing machine tap on part way and watch the overflow pipe 'like a hawk' and turn off the cold washing machine tap as soon as water comes out!
(1). Less messy as these connectors will not come off while you are away from them and flood the kitchen, which in my experience hosepipes do as soon as your back is turned!
HTH
John
A less 'messy' (1) option is to connect the hot and cold feeds for the washing machine together and open the cold and then the hot (the airlock is usually in the hot side). If possible have someone in the loft space making sure the tank doesn't overflow or turn the washing machine tap on part way and watch the overflow pipe 'like a hawk' and turn off the cold washing machine tap as soon as water comes out!
(1). Less messy as these connectors will not come off while you are away from them and flood the kitchen, which in my experience hosepipes do as soon as your back is turned!
HTH
John
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