air in shower pipes
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antony636
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air in shower pipes

by antony636 » Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:36 pm

hello folks, a nice easy question for you if you please, can anybody tell me please if there is a device for expeling re-acuring trapped air in a shower suply. i would be very gratefull for any help thanks :D

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by plumbbob » Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:12 pm

You've got to find out why air is being drawn into the pipework to be trapped in the first place. There has to be something wrong with the existing installation.

Trying to remove the trapped air is not going to succeed because some areas of the pipe are under vacuum instead of pressure.

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