Radiator drained under floorboards. Problem?
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Hi,
I have been doing a bit of DIY and removing a radiator. I was draining system from draining point but removed and cut a pipe. The system started draining from this point instead as it was lower!
Basically I now have standing water in the void of the suspended floor (ground floor) I guess I'm worried that it won't drain away and cause issues with damp etc? The ground was bone dry before and is ventilated OK. Should I try to get water out or will it be OK to evaporate?
I have been doing a bit of DIY and removing a radiator. I was draining system from draining point but removed and cut a pipe. The system started draining from this point instead as it was lower!
Basically I now have standing water in the void of the suspended floor (ground floor) I guess I'm worried that it won't drain away and cause issues with damp etc? The ground was bone dry before and is ventilated OK. Should I try to get water out or will it be OK to evaporate?
B1gdeano said:
No inhibitor no ??
Its a combination boiler though, so no header tank?
Going to check it tomorrow and if still pooled with no visible reduction will be chucking some sawdust in there!!
You will still need inhibitor inside a combi system, did you drain the entire system or just one radiator?Its a combination boiler though, so no header tank?
Going to check it tomorrow and if still pooled with no visible reduction will be chucking some sawdust in there!!
Without it the boiler internals will start to fill up with crud and rust from the radiators and before too long ita banjaxed
Our central heating system doesn't have a drain down, so I made a system of connections to go between the rad connection in the kitchen and a hosepipe, drained the system down and installed a tap on the rad upstand. It works a treat.
I found the original drain tap in the porch a day later (over a year after my plumber first asked if we had a drain tap and I said no) which is below the slab level of the house and thus lower than the tap I installed. Clever people these house builders from the 30's, they think if everything. Who'd' even thunk a sort of outside location at the very lowest point would be ideal eh?
I found the original drain tap in the porch a day later (over a year after my plumber first asked if we had a drain tap and I said no) which is below the slab level of the house and thus lower than the tap I installed. Clever people these house builders from the 30's, they think if everything. Who'd' even thunk a sort of outside location at the very lowest point would be ideal eh?
toastyhamster said:
We have a Magnaclean, didn't stop our poxy 8mm pipes filling up with crud and preventing radiators working.
8mm's , what a joke those things are . But A magnaclean is not to stop that from happening to the rads .Its to stop it from happening to the heat exchangers etc My plumber was convinced a Magnaclean was required. But when he cut the pipes there was no crud and the system was almost clear. But by then it had been bought 
and I now have big ugly lump over the boiler in my kitchen.
Seems to me Magnaclean is the next panacea after 'powerflush', albeit cheaper.
and I now have big ugly lump over the boiler in my kitchen.Seems to me Magnaclean is the next panacea after 'powerflush', albeit cheaper.
Simpo Two said:
My plumber was convinced a Magnaclean was required. But when he cut the pipes there was no crud and the system was almost clear. But by then it had been bought and I now have big ugly lump over the boiler in my kitchen.
Seems to me Magnaclean is the next panacea after 'powerflush', albeit cheaper.
seems you dont understand what they are for ! Its more to do with filtering out all the crap before it enters the heat exchange unit . And the first time you open it you will understand . and I now have big ugly lump over the boiler in my kitchen.Seems to me Magnaclean is the next panacea after 'powerflush', albeit cheaper.
B1gdeano said:
How would you inject it into the system though? It fills using a filling loop?
Have you got a Towel rail?Simply release the pressure from the system, unscrew one of the top caps from the towel rail & pour it into there with a small funnel/steady hand.
I drained our whole system down, removed a rad, capped it, then refilled it on a Saturday morning.
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