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Help - air in my pipes
mookybargirl
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When running the water, it's making a noise which can only be described as when the tripods are coming on war of the worlds!!
It's so loud and I live in a semi (sorry new neighbours:rolleyes: ). I've already had the boiler serviced a couple of weeks ago and a new pump fitted to the water tank (as normal boiler, not combi). I've bled all of the radiators...
Before I get someone out to look at it and have to write another cheque , does anyone have any advice on what it could be or if there's anything else I can do to try and fix it? All advice muchly appreciated.
It's so loud and I live in a semi (sorry new neighbours:rolleyes: ). I've already had the boiler serviced a couple of weeks ago and a new pump fitted to the water tank (as normal boiler, not combi). I've bled all of the radiators...
Before I get someone out to look at it and have to write another cheque , does anyone have any advice on what it could be or if there's anything else I can do to try and fix it? All advice muchly appreciated.
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Hi,
You could try an old trick a plumber told me many years ago and it does work,
You know those cheap showers that attach to the taps it has a hot and cold feed and then a shower head comes off that.
Take the shower head off and put the connections on the tap and suck on the pipe until the water comes out that useually gets rid of air,
Or yu could try turning all the taps on and leaving them for 20 minutes to run then it should be fine.
When ever i turn my mains off and fir say a new tap i always get air in my system so i just turn the taps on for ages until all the air has gone.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature and avatar. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
If you have a washing machine with hot and cold supply pipes it is easy.
disconnect the pipes from washing machine and then remove one of the flexible pipes completely, now screw the other one onto the other tap, so that you have the hot and cold taps connected together, then open the hot and then open the cold.
The cold water is under pressure and will push the air lock back up into the tank.
switch off taps and then reconnect washer.0 -
weekendwarrior wrote:
The cold water is under pressure and will push the air lock back up into the tank.
switch off taps and then reconnect washer.
The OP has not mentioned a problem with water flow, sounds like water hammer to me.A thankyou is payment enough .0 -
plumb1 wrote:The OP has not mentioned a problem with water flow, sounds like water hammer to me.
Yes you are right, I jumped to the second post and then posted the easy way to remove an airlock. Now where is the smily with red cheeks lol0
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