Draining The Central Heating System; Flushing The Central Heating System - WarmFlow GS25A Manual

6.4 Draining the central heating system

If the ENTIRE SYSTEM needs to be drained:
Switch on the boiler, select Heating Only
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Mode and allow the boiler to fire. Refer to
Section 3.6 for how to operate the appliance;
Isolate the electricity and gas supplies to the
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boiler and wait for the boiler to cool down;
Connect a hosepipe to the system drain
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point and locate the other end of the hose in
a suitable drain;
Open the boiler drain valve, located on the
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bottom of the pump manifold (see Figure
36);
Open the air vents on the radiators, starting
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with the highest and moving down the
system to the lowest;
When the system has been drained, close
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the radiator air vents and the boiler drain
valve.
If ONLY THE BOILER needs to be drained:
Switch on the boiler, select Heating Only Mode and allow the boiler to fire. Refer to Section 3.6 for how to
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operate the appliance;
Isolate the electricity and gas supplies to the boiler and wait for the boiler to cool down;
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Close the isolating valves on the heating circuit flow and return pipes;
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Connect a hosepipe to the system drain point and locate the other end of the hose in a suitable drain;
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Open the drain valve located at the bottom of the boiler on the pump manifold (see Figure 36);
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6.5 Flushing the central heating system

Refer to the detailed instructions in Section 5.3.
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Figure 36: Boiler drain valve
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