How do I fill the central heating water pressure?

[mfrancis]

Hi

I have a Valliant COMBIcompact VCW GB 240 H bolier - how do i top up the central heating water? It doesn't have a loop. Is there a valve somewhere?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards
Michael

[rrose]

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hello I have a Valliant COMBIcompact VCW GB 240 H bolier - how do i top up the central heating water? It doesn't have a loop. Is there a valve somewhere?

Thanks in advance for your help

[toscal]

Normally if you look where the central heating pipes come out of the boiler, there will be either a tap, sometimes its red, blue or another colour. This could be your filling loop. Look at the tap, to make sure its not the pressure overflow. Otherwise, look at the 2 pipes for the central heating going to the boiler, one should have what looks like a screw in it. Turning this will allow you to feed the hot water system.
What pressure do you have, if its less than 1bar then it needs filling up.
Any chance of taking a photo of the central heating pipe going to the boiler.

[mfrancis]

Hi - great thanks - to what email address shall I send the photo?

[toscal]

just post it on this forum.

[mfrancis]

Hi

Here are photos - yikes!

https://picasaweb.google.com/mikefrancis418/Boiler#

[Geps]

That looks to be at 1 bar and so you don't need to fill it.

[toscal]

isn't that the underside of a Saturn 5 rocket
In picture 2 the pipe to the right of the yellow (gas inlet) pipe, there looks like some sort of valve (almost in the center of the photo), this could be it. But I am not 100% sure, so be careful.
Some vaillants had a removable filling loop.