Well, discovered yesterday that draining the central heating system also turns the boiler off- DoH!
I should have figured that out beforehand- it was only when E said that she had to re-adjust the manual shower to get more warmth that the penny dropped - The low water level detector had shut it down.
So hastily turning off the power to boiler and pump I switched the "Water Otter" (immersion heater) on to give us hot water. Luckily both washing machine and dishwasher are cold fill only.
Today started to fill the system again, spanners, hose for emergency system drainage etc. to hand in case of leaks. I was pleasantly surprised that neither radiator sprung leaks- considering there were nine new joints per radiator that could have leaked, I was lucky.
Will restart the boiler today and hope no damage was done.
Addendum 14th Sept. Phew- boiler had a secondary overheat trip switch which needed re-setting and off it went, heating side Pump tested as well to check for air blockage, needed bleeding then nice hot radiators emerged!
Next job, replace a leaking fitting in the caravan water syetem, new piece arrived yesterday.
Thursday sees me off to a new mosaics/ceramics course which I booked back in May- time flies!
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