We have just purchased a Worcester-Bosch Greenstar Junior 24
Combi-Condensing boiler and the plumbing merchant said we would need Filling Loop.
However, our builder is saying that we would not need to regularly to up the central heating water? What I don't understand is how th central heating water would be pressurised in the first place without Filling Loop?
I know that larger boilers usually have this incorporated into th bottom of the boiler
-- M.Joshi
Correct
How do you imagine the system will be filled and pressurised in the first place then ?! ;-)
You may well find it does need actually topping up very occasionally; other than that if any maintenance is required it would need doing then. The filling loop should be disconnected from the main when not actually in use.
David
| |We have just purchased a Worcester-Bosch Greenstar Junior 24i |Combi-Condensing boiler and the plumbing merchant said we would need a |Filling Loop.
Correct! | |However, our builder is saying that we would not need to regularly top |up the central heating water? What I don't understand is how the |central heating water would be pressurised in the first place without a |Filling Loop?
Maybe your builder wants to come back every so often and charge you call out fee for each visit. | |I know that larger boilers usually have this incorporated into the |bottom of the boiler.
If the pressure gauge falls below whatever the boiler instructions indicate, you should use the filling loop to increase the pressure to within the limits. This may only be required *infrequently* but it is best to insist on having a filling loop fitted. All plumbing has slight leaks :-(
He is correct to say that you should not need to *regularly* top up the central heating water. If you do, there is probably a leak somewhere. But, obviously as others have said, you do need a way of charging the system. Some boilers have a filling loop built in - nothing to do whether it's a large or small boiler.
Is that a manometer?
Mary
|> We have just purchased a Worcester-Bosch Greenstar Junior 24i |> Combi-Condensing boiler and the plumbing merchant said we would need a |> Filling Loop. | |Is that a manometer?
No it is a short bit of, usually flexible, pipe and a tap.
|On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:14:28 +0000, M.Joshi |wrote: | || ||We have just purchased a Worcester-Bosch Greenstar Junior 24i ||Combi-Condensing boiler and the plumbing merchant said we would need a ||Filling Loop. | |Correct! || ||However, our builder is saying that we would not need to regularly top ||up the central heating water? What I don't understand is how the ||central heating water would be pressurised in the first place without a ||Filling Loop? | |Maybe your builder wants to come back every so often and charge you call |out fee for each visit. || ||I know that larger boilers usually have this incorporated into the ||bottom of the boiler. | |If the pressure gauge falls below whatever the boiler instructions |indicate, you should use the filling loop to increase the pressure to |within the limits. This may only be required *infrequently* but it is best |to insist on having a filling loop fitted. All plumbing has slight leaks |:-(
I should have included bleeding radiators. All water contains dissolved air, and in central heating systems this bubbles out and ends up in, radiators causing the top of a radiator to be cooler than the bottom. Removing this air by bleeding radiators is a common DIY chore. After bleeding radiators the pressure in a combi-condensing boiler reduces, often requiring increasing pressure by use of the filling loop.
No.
The filling loop (see SealedCH FAQ) is like screwfix part
The WB24i has the 'filling loop' built in, though it does come in a separate box with its own price tag.
As is the case with this one.
So it's virtually a manometer :-)
Mary
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