OT: Re-pressurising Boiler

Also it will never, ever, close properly again and will leak until you turn to cheap gin to block out the "drip, drip, drip"

very true mr Dammit,bit of shit/muck from water in system will lodge in there and drip drip drip

Had Vaillant boiler grief myself this morning, Google it, and what was the most useful link in the end? This thread.

Cheers LFGSS, I owe you a beer. Especially you BQ. http://vaillantservice.co.uk/ were great.

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cut the green wire.. .always the green

I re-pressurised my boiler this afternoon. It is via an external filling hose like in the pic above. All went fine, but the valve on the boiler has not closed properly after filling and is thus leaking / slight spurts. I am guessing it is a fairly standard one way affair. The open/close valve to allow the mains water in is on the mains side and there is not an option to open/close on the boiler side.

Teh internet suggested a bit of muck may be stuck and not allowing it to close. The suggested fix is to give it another quick blast of water to dislodge whatever is there and then the valve should close ok. I've done this twice but to no avail. I am now leaning towards thinking that I might need a new valve. Moar internet wisdom suggests this means I need to drain the system to fit it - something I wouldn't fancy my chances of getting right.

The problem is not exactly fixed, but temporarily dealt with as the valve cap is a proper screw on job and I've tightened it with a spanner.

Dammit, if you happen across this, is that what you were referring to?

Also it will never, ever, close properly again and will leak until you turn to cheap gin to block out the "drip, drip, drip"

Anyone else - any ideas?
Any plumbers fancy a quick cash job in New Cross Gate?

Epic thread dredge.
I just re-pressurized my boiler. It was a bitch to find the refill loop as they'd hidden it behind cabinet panels that had been siliconed in place.
Once I worked out where it was it took seconds to sort.

I feel like a grown up now....

@Edmundro should have called me dude!

I was 5mins away from calling you when I worked out where they hid the loop. Knew it had to be somewhere.

It was 4ft away from the boiler hidden behind a panel next to the oven instead of right inside the housing where there's a handy space for it.
Having watched the manufacturers installation and maintenence vids for my exact boiler it is clear it was installed by a student of Escher.

Have whacked the heating on just to feel proud of my work.