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win41 GDPR opt-out	Cold water feed getting hot Dec 19^th, 2010, 11:59am Hi, I have noticed that my cold water feed pipe get hot, in fact hot right up to ceiling, is this normal? I have a conventional gravity feed system Thanks It is the main cold feed from the expansion tank and is connected into the central heating pump
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thescruff Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Who said plumbing was easy. Posts: 6037 Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Plumber	Re: Cold water feed getting hot Reply #1 - Dec 19^th, 2010, 2:07pm Need more information. If you mean the cold feed for the heating, it could be normal, but if you mean the cylinder cold feed, you have a back feed.
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win41 GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0	Re: Cold water feed getting hot Reply #2 - Dec 19^th, 2010, 7:57pm Thanks for the reply, it is the main cold water feed from the expansion tank that comes into the top of the central heating pump .
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thescruff Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Who said plumbing was easy. Posts: 6037 Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Plumber	Re: Cold water feed getting hot Reply #3 - Dec 20^th, 2010, 3:20pm Yes that would be normal in most cases, Posting a pic showing the pipe and pump layout would be good. It should go. Boiler > vent pipe > cold feed > pump > by-pass > MV.
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greg GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0	Re: Cold water feed getting hot Reply #4 - Dec 20^th, 2010, 10:57pm It is a feed pipe, but also an expansion pipe so as Scruff said, quite normal
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