Monday brown boxers!

[rocketmanbkk]

So Friends,

Went to change a gate valve today.

All went very well. Until......

Turned water on, checked hot taps, no water, shat myself!! Air locked. Turned tap on, put finger over it, still nothing.

Luckily all cold taps were on main pressure so got a bit of hose pipe and stuck it on taps and opened them, all ok!! Phew.

Never done that before but worked a treat.

What other ways are there to get rid of air locks?

The kitchen had a mixer taps so as there was no outside tap how else could I have sorted it out?

Cheers
Rct

 

[Barry98]

Hoover blow/suck

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Put a Hoover on what? The hot tap?

 

[Kyle87]

Wet vac on vent

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Its a combi tank so vent is incorporated.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

bridge across hot and cold feeds for washing machine if fitted

 

[rocketmanbkk]

Thanks Steveb. That's a good one.

 

[turnpin]

Put your hand over the kitchen mixer spout open the hot and then the cold slowly ...regards Turnpin

 

[cr0ft]

Wetvac on nozzle of tap. Hold flesh of hand around the nozzle to seal it off and get that air out!

 

[LPC]

Another vote for wet vac suckage!

 

[lame plumber]

if you **** yourself over an airlock, what you going to do when you split a full cyl getting the immersion out ?

 

[Ermintrude]

Put your hand over the kitchen mixer spout open the hot and then the cold slowly ...regards Turnpin

My first move two. Use dishcloth under hand to stop spraying!

 

[Ermintrude]

if you **** yourself over an airlock, what you going to do when you split a full cyl getting the immersion out ?

Sit in van till water stops running?

 

[lame plumber]

his crying will drown the van

 

[Nostrum]

Coke or 2 litre Bottle top over mixer tap helps prevent the spraying so im told as it fits over the nozzle.I've always got wet myself.

 

[PlumbersMate]

Crack a nut on gate valve, but only as last resort tbh

 

[SafeGasInstall]

if you **** yourself over an airlock, what you going to do when you split a full cyl getting the immersion out ?

Easy LP , rocket is a good member that is willing to get into the trade and he is not 17 years old spotty teenager !!!
Well done for sorting it out Rocket , next time you could also have all taps open when you filling up the cold water storage tank and air usually clears out when it gets filled up at the same time , same principal applies when you filling up traditional ch system ....
keep up the good work if you get stuck call me or Toxic Ted !
My number is on my web site

 

[mjt]

My first move two. Use dishcloth under hand to stop spraying!

Sometimes helps to close gate valve if it doesn't work straight away or then cap off vent and keep gate valve open- then try keeping some taps open etc if particularly troublesome

 

[lame plumber]

Easy LP , rocket is a good member that is willing to get into the trade and he is not 17 years old spotty teenager !!!
Well done for sorting it out Rocket , next time you could also have all taps open when you filling up the cold water storage tank and air usually clears out when it gets filled up at the same time , same principal applies when you filling up traditional ch system ....
keep up the good work if you get stuck call me or Toxic Ted !
My number is on my web site

well the correct answer is to run around sqealing like a pink piglet looking for towels, if you must know

 

[Dotty]

well the correct answer is to run around sqealing like a pink piglet looking for towels, if you must know

The other option is to stand there with your hand over the split, crying your eyes out and sayin "Oh fk! Oh fk! Oh fk! What am I going to do now?"

 

[AWheating]

or tell the custard "im just gewing to the van.........." and change your phone number

 

[Ermintrude]

Some one must have just split a tank as the a-team are on route?? Thought I was in Bosnia for few seconds!! On the A1 doing 40mph 5 of them. Must have been some leak!!!

 

[Resolute]

I had a particularly difficult airlock to shift once. I tried everything and it just wouldn't work. I eventually got someone to hold a wet vac over the hot tap whilst I checked the tanks and I placed my hand over the vent pipe - that got the water moving!

Sometimes taking the shower head off and lowering the hose can be enough to shift it.

 

[lame plumber]

The other option is to stand there with your hand over the split, crying your eyes out and sayin "Oh fk! Oh fk! Oh fk! What am I going to do now?"

you been there as well then

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

wait until you have a airlock on a old boiler with gravity circs and pull the stat to clear it,now that takes balls in regard to burst cylinders it was the apprentices fault

 

[lame plumber]

wait until you have a airlock on a old boiler with gravity circs and pull the stat to clear it,now that takes balls in regard to burst cylinders it was the apprentices fault

last time I did that, the lady of the house ran off outside squealing, followed by her hubbie, it only took a couple of minutes of thumping and banging to clear the blighter

 

[SafeGasInstall]

wait until you have a airlock on a old boiler with gravity circs and pull the stat to clear it,now that takes balls in regard to burst cylinders it was the apprentices fault

I did it on a viessmann hear only as I could not get the air out of the freeking heat exchanger ..... Had the return pipe on and of as there was a tf1 and it cooked it self in 2min , it did sound just like landy engine starting on a cold morning at 5 am lol

 

[mjt]

Put your hand over the kitchen mixer spout open the hot and then the cold slowly ...regards Turnpin

That usually works

 

[Killy Bing]

That usually works

nice thread revival mjt

 

[WaterTight]

To become a hugely experienced plumber without succumbing to self-regarding machismo, in that respect at least, seems to be a very rare thing. I don't mean that as a criticism. It makes sense I think. Much like you'd expect a dog-fighting war veteran to be lessened in his feminine side.

If an expert can be defined as someone who has made every possibly mistake in a particular field, then all mistakes are not equal in the suffering they inflict. An expert dress-maker has never fought single-handedly to save a pensioner's house from ruin against splitting rusted metal and gushing filthy water. If I ever get to the level of experience as some here I reserve the right to walk around like I've got a pair.

This beer is good.

 

[mutley racers]

To become a hugely experienced plumber without succumbing to self-regarding machismo, in that respect at least, seems to be a very rare thing. I don't mean that as a criticism. It makes sense I think. Much like you'd expect a dog-fighting war veteran to be lessened in his feminine side.

If an expert can be defined as someone who has made every possibly mistake in a particular field, then all mistakes are not equal in the suffering they inflict. An expert dress-maker has never fought single-handedly to save a pensioner's house from ruin against splitting rusted metal and gushing filthy water. If I ever get to the level of experience as some here I reserve the right to walk around like I've got a pair.

This beer is good.

I truly am glad you are back on the forum feller. Your posts always bring a smile to my face