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    Where does the pressure go?

    He he, love the sense of humour on this site. Right, to hopefully put this one to bed. I isolated the bathroom hot tap and it looks like the symptoms have now gone completely. We've always had to grolly the tap shut to stop it dripping. I reckon this is where the pressure has been...
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    Where does the pressure go?

    Thanks again for the replies. No its not a wind up question, just i've never lived in a house with an unvented HW cylinder or had anything to do with them. I am an Electrician but within the aircraft industry. This may go some way to explain why I try to understand everything down to the...
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    Where does the pressure go?

    Thanks again for all of the replies. I'm not doing this every night. My little test was to make sure that turning off the mains didn't affect my CH as I intend to do this when leaving theproperty unoccupied during winter periods. Toilet ruled out as not used while mains was off. 3...
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    Where does the pressure go?

    Hi, thanks for the quick reply. I don't think that there is a problem as such as the system works fine with no loss of pressure (as shown on the pressure vessel) or leaks. I'm just curious as to where the water is going when I turn the mains back on?
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    Where does the pressure go?

    Hi, Could anyone explain what might be happening in my system? I have a sealed gas central heating sysyem (Baxi Solo 3) and Megaflo unvented hot water tank. 4 Hot water taps in the house and a shower off the HW tank. 8 rads in total, small 3 bed terrace. If I turn off the cold water mains and...
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    Frost/Pipe protection

    Many thanks for the quick replies. lame plumber; if I maintain the temp at 8-10 in the house, my loft temp could be considerably lower hense my thought to turn off the mains therefore minimising the potential damage. As an aside, on the tank is the warning below. I know this is to do with...
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    Frost/Pipe protection

    Hello, Apologies if you get asked this question all of the time but I'm trying to get the answer to it for my specific installation. I'm planning to go away soon and due to the cold weather I'm trying to prepare the house as best I can. My intention is to have my central heating running for...
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