Tip 5 - add a little grease to the Schrader valve before pumping it up. It reduces the failure rate

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Snap. I thought this today as I edited it. I didn't have grease with me on this but I do do it. ;-)

@duncanicook

2 ай бұрын

Yes, little bit of silicone grease.

@TheDickPuller

2 ай бұрын

Add some KY Gel & it’ll slip in lovely!

@joshuasmith7055

Ай бұрын

Nice bit of lube

The PRV cant always twll failed with dripping outside - you can just take pipe off bottom of valve and with pressure; it drips = change prv. If the pressure continues to rise even after what you have done = check filling loop/link isnt passing! ✌️🤟 Legend lad!!

@HeatingGeek

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing

You're really good at explaining your repairs clearly 👍

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍I have to learn it that way too. :-)

Thanks for this, calling an engineer now to come sort my expansion vessel!

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Do it in time and save some money. :-)

Another excellent video Ollie, tackled logically so homeowners can understand.👍😀

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

This video was a bit of a mess because I didn't have time to get it edited correctly. Hopefully I can get ahead with the videos again and get some breathing room. :-)

@normanboyes4983

2 ай бұрын

@@HeatingGeek It got the message across absolutely fine.👍

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Thanks :-)

Great content mate,

@HeatingGeek

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the visit. Im glad you like it :-)

Tidy little video mate! Thanks😊

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

You bet, Thanks for watching it. :-)

@jasonantigua6825

2 ай бұрын

@@HeatingGeek 👍

Very good explanation Ollie. That is the sort of explanation customers and newbies need ❤

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

The video was a bit of a mess but i didn't have time to get it aimed at one type of person. :-) Hopefully it helps people

Miss your videos please do more thank you 🙏🏼

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

I have done 1 a week lately. ;-) Hit the bell and you would know. :-)

As usual great advice.

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. :-)_

As above, really enjoy your videos as they’re one of the best explained

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Thats because I have to understand it myself. I try and make it simple in my own head so I can remember it. :-)

great job new subscriber looks like a great channel

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! I'm trying to get content out every week but have 100 ish older videos. I have created playlists for manufactures too.

8:38 have the same issue with the misses

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

;-)

@ep3thatsall485

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

I buy metal dust caps with shrader removal tool on it from ebay aswell as packs of shrader valves. And when I recharge them I just swap them with a metal dust cap.. great video as always oli..

@CarlAtkinson-zu1zh

2 ай бұрын

Yes most of the time the schradar core will pass, give it a flick with your finger and will reseal, I have replaced an unknown amount of schradars over the years 😊

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Great idea. The metal caps have the red seals in them too. They are nice and soft and don't fail much. Good idea.

Glad you posted this video, perhaps half of the lazy bastard service engineers will now start pumping up vessels during the service visit but probably not 😂😂😂

@daz3745

2 ай бұрын

If they're working for a firm forget it. They just don't have time.

@CarlAtkinson-zu1zh

2 ай бұрын

@@daz3745 don’t have time?, all it takes is carrying a bucket and pump with you while you do a service visit, if you spend ten minutes doing your FGA s only to find that the pressure has risen up to 3bar then checking the vessel before you start makes sense to me

@CarlAtkinson-zu1zh

2 ай бұрын

@@daz3745 I know what you mean, I work for BG on contract and they want you to complete a “boiler service”, in ten minutes!….

@CarlAtkinson-zu1zh

2 ай бұрын

@@daz3745 yet they will try to destroy your whole life if you miss one tiny little ntcs

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

@CarlAtkinson-zu1zh so true.

Slowly working my way through your videos. You explain things brilliantly. Im 2 and a bit years into servicing and repairs and your videos are really helpfull. How do I find the blocked hose vid ? Cheers mate

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Heatline Capris kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJybtrhxabngpag.html ;-)

@lewisconway6431

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate I found it. I had a greenstar yesterday with the exact same issue. I 100 percent would not have took the pressure out the vessel before trying to unblock the hose had I not watched your vid. You may have saved me a nice mess. I booked an 'LD' to get the boiler off the wall and replace the hose but didn't need to. Got lucky that although the prv had been set off, wasn't letting by which is odd as the hose was clearly sludged. Thanks again for the vids and I will be becoming a patron

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

@@lewisconway6431 I'm glad you like the videos. I have learned a lot for my own mistakes. I remember the first boiler I tried to clean the hose on. A glowworm Ci.... Fu%k it went everywhere. With a massive bang as well. I had it all over my face...:-)

I normally use an inert gas for the expansion vessels. I was told air would make the membrane rot.

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

On commercial systems I use nitrogen but in a domestic house how do you do that?

@yannkitson116

2 ай бұрын

@@HeatingGeek I have a small canister with a pressure gauge, the size of a hair spray that clamps on to the valve. Then I charge the expansion vessel to 0.6 bar with the gas and and the rest up to 1.5 bar by filling with water.

I had one going up without the heating, been on due to the cracked secondary heat exchanger as soon as he isolates the water to the boiler stay stable

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

That's true. Very rare though. I have had it on unvented cylinders before too.

I was recently servicing a family members boiler where their filling loop was connected and both values although closed were still letting by a small trickle which was causing over pressurisation.. when i disconnected it it was dripping. So not only the cold feed side was leaking the filling side was also leaking..

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

I get that on ecotecs a lot. What boiler was it?

@asif530

2 ай бұрын

@@HeatingGeek spot on mate it was an ecotec

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

@@asif530 I usually just replace one of the valves tbh. A very costly repair if both are done.

Number 6 check level of inhibitor and add the same brand if need it ,you end up with blocked pipe of the expansion vessel,heat plate exchanger ,the main heat exchanger ,radiators not working properly ...

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

This boiler has never had inhibitor since it was fitted :-) Never. So what should you do in this situation?

1.2bar is quite high I usually blow the vessel upto 1 bar that way you can precharge the vessel with water so that it will last longer between system water repressurising.

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Yes and no. You should fill a vessel to cold fill pressure according to design guides. Usually on domestic I fill between 0.75 and 1.2bar. I usually fill to a lower pressure if the boiler is going to operate at reduced pressure all the time. Like on poor incoming mains water pressure. But if the mains is good and the person overfills a lot i will make the initial charge higher. If you get what I mean.

@duncanicook

2 ай бұрын

Sort of. By draining the boiler and then refilling it you have introduced new air to the system which is in the new water. If you heat that water, it's agitated by the pump, the air will come out and maybe exit the system via the pump aav. So if you pump the vessel to 1.2 then add water upto 1.2/1. 3 bar you have very little water precharge in the vessel to replace the pressure lost by the air leaving the system. So the system water will need to be added to in the very near future. ... So that is why I don't pressurise the vessel with air over 1 bar.

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

@@duncanicook That makes perfect sense. I never thought about it that way. 👍

Hi mate, we're can I get a pump like that please ?

@daryl3414

2 ай бұрын

The one he uses is made by makita

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Right here. amzn.to/3VaK1Cm

Link to the caprice video please

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

It's in the video Bro. But it's also her for you too. Heatline Capris kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJybtrhxabngpag.html

@Exgasman9072

2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate@@HeatingGeek

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

No problem.

the amount of boilers i go to where the vessel is flat is amazing i dont understand how people dont pump them up on a service or brakedown!

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

If someone is only being paid 40 a service do you think they will pump a vessel. BG only paying 24-27. I run the boiler at max rate while I analyse and gas rate it. If the pressure spikes up then I do the vessel. However if I drain a boiler for any reason I always do the vessel. Do you do it every service??

@marksavill367

2 ай бұрын

I hear what your saying I always drain the boiler and pump it every service as I drain it through the filter (if ones fitted) but most of my services are returning customers or boilers I've fitted.

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

@@marksavill367 Its nice when you look after a boiler for several years. You get to know it.

🙈I thought It's was a hole in the plate heat exchanger.."I'll get my coat" 😂.... Another great video knowledge is power👍

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I do appreciate a comment too. It's a rare boiler to have a by thermal heat exchanger tbh. I think this was the last. :-)

I have always wondered why plumbers pay a fortune for LDF when a bottle of water with some washing up liquid does the same? Or is it because LDF sounds cooler than soapy water?

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

It's because we have too. Apparently washing up liquid is corrosive and were not allowed to use it...... Almost like a conspiracy.... I'll put my tinfoil hat away now. :-)

@TheDickPuller

2 ай бұрын

See my post above luv. Shampoo is OK, the Wife’s expensive one is the best!, Why do the a Ladies spend a fortune on Hair & Body products?? A bloke goes into Lidl picks up the first thing; Hair, Body & Car Shampoo combined. That’ll do me, lovely!!! My Wife, Olive, Olive Puller buys all sorts & pays a fortune for it. She says; ‘Oh, this expensive Face Cream makes me look lovely’. I keep telling her, you can’t polish a turd!!!

Brilliant vid again

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man. I appreciate the comment and you watching :-)

Tip #0... Do not attempt this if it means breaking the room seal of your appliance. That is why it needs a GSE and not a diy repair. Also... Did 4 EVs last week, in one house... 1 on each of the 2 boilers and also 2 on the UV cylinders... They were all full of water and needed regenerating air side. Thank God I also have the same makita pump... And the same cable tie around the trigger to keep it on... Why they didn't incorporate this is a mystery lol!

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Have to have the cable tie. Otherwise it's useless.

You should mention to never touch the isolation valves on these.. mistake you'll only make once

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

I use them on this boiler. Not the older ones. What issues have you had with them?

@ununha

2 ай бұрын

It will only happen on vokera

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

@@ununha what will?

Another good one Ollie, perhaps you should explain for the hard of thinking; The Expansion vessel size can be too small on a Combi Boiler for your system. Many are only 8Ltr. Top Dick Puller tip; Make your own Leak Detection Fluid & save(I’m a tight sweaty sock) a fortune!! 1Ltr Water 10ML Shampoo 38ML Glycerine(Baking Section down Asda) This’ll last you for ages, if you want more bubbles - just add more of the Wife’s shampoo. Catch ye👍👍👍

@HeatingGeek

2 ай бұрын

Im sure some are 6L now. But I should have mentioned it. This video wasn't meant to come out tbh. I didn't get a chance to get one together so I used a video I had in the bank so to speak. I'm at home most of today, so after I do some quotes and 1 job I will edit some more stuff together. :-)