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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 1, 2018 7:46:51 GMT
So, sometimes there are pipes all over the place, it can be confusing.
Shall we discuss how to identify a one pipe system easily?
S & Y plans can be identified by the 2 or 3 ports.
Cheers
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Post by tomplum on Mar 1, 2018 9:04:46 GMT
I'll do some drawing later to help you Rocky,
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Mar 1, 2018 10:05:48 GMT
I'll do some drawing later to help you Rocky, Cheers. When you look in the airing cupboard you’re sometimes faces with pipes all over the place. It’s the same under the floor, how can pipes be identified (flow, return, hot & cold water etc.) Sometimes it’s hard to trace them! |
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Post by endfeed on Mar 1, 2018 18:31:33 GMT
From cold with f+r switch boiler on heating and which pipe gets hot first is flow.... unusual find mains pipe is darker in colour than other pipes....hot water pipe run hot water if pipe gets hot in should be your h/w pipe..
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Post by crowsfoot on Mar 1, 2018 21:15:23 GMT
It's just something that you have to put down to experience, even then it can be confusing when handling a lot of pipes.
I knew a young plumber who once connected the cold water to the gas by mistake he then turned on and cold water came out the gas-fire (what an horrific moment that must have been for him)!
A one piper....mmmm (thinks)...the only sure way I know is to take up a floorboard near a radiator and if both the rad feeds are taken from the same one pipe, then it's a one pipe system (even though there're could well be two pipes present).
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Post by endfeed on Mar 1, 2018 21:34:26 GMT
I put a towel rad in for a mate,combi boiler and it was on a one pipe system. Lifted floor boards,2 pipes there as normal but both flow pipes feeding rad, confused me for a short while,then it clicked ha ha one pipe system 😂
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