On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:41:07 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

Ed Sirett wrote:

If you have something of a height drop on the hose you may be able to get
the hose 'syphon' or 'draw' much of the water out of the pipe work this
should make the installation of a drain point easier.

Or install a self cutting tap of the type used for washing machines as a
drain point.

.... and use an old washing machine hose to drain the system... neat.

The hole made by these taps is pretty small - OK when fed with mains
pressure but as a draining method it might be quite slow. Or are you
suggest doing this as a one off prior to installing a more effective drain?

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