Terry nelson asked ... How to remove the flexible shaft from a curved shaft ryobi t?    |    Matt Longmore asked ... Non-start on Flymo XLT 250?    |    John asked ... How to fix my fireplace?    |    Ian Scott asked ... Remove cover off gas boiler?    |    wendy asked ... Old Creda Solar Plus Cooker will not come on?    |    Click here to ask your question

How do you drain a valillant combi boiler and refill it?

I want to add a radiator to my central heating system
I have a vaillant Combi boiler. How do you drain it down and refill it, do you have to turn the pilot light off

This is the only number on it FABRNR 912561077
Terry Girling, December 2008
If you have a pilot light on your combi, you will need to extinguish it. You should have a drain point on your system, on an outside wall, or perhaps on a radiator nearest an outside door. Opening this will drain down the system. To refill your system, if the combi has a pressure gauge on the control panel of the boiler, then you should have a filling loop somewhere on the pipework below the boiler. It consists of a silver coloured braided hose, with a quarter turn valve at one or both ends. Open these to refill the system, remembering to turn them both off when the correct system pressure is reached (about 1.5 bar).

Scott, December 2008
link Click here to see other fixes for Vaillant.