FabSwingers.com forum: plumber advice needed

By *atalie.. OP Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

I have One ice cold radiator in the back bedroom, bled all the radiators including this bloody one till it dragged through hot water, then started the heating again and its still ice cold...any ideas what the chuff is wrong with it please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Firstly did it used to work but has now stopped ?

Does the rad you're bleeding have a thermostatic rad valve ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pin stuck on thermo valve?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

turn all the others off, see if it gets warm then open each radiator a half turn to see if they can all be warm. turn up your pump if you can.

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By *atalie.. OP Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

"Firstly did it used to work but has now stopped ?

Does the rad you're bleeding have a thermostatic rad valve ?"

Yes its got a valve with numbers 1-5, and yes it just stopped working about 3 days ago

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By *homCrownMan
over a year ago

West Fife

Have you opened other rad valves recently? Could be imbalance in flow to all rads..

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By *atalie.. OP Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

"turn all the others off, see if it gets warm then open each radiator a half turn to see if they can all be warm. turn up your pump if you can."

Done that been on utube and nothing stil no heat

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By *atalie.. OP Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

"Have you opened other rad valves recently? Could be imbalance in flow to all rads.."

No but noticed bathroom radiator needed bleeding and it sees to have gone tits up since then, but it is sons room and he might not have noticed it was working because hes special like that lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Make sure that the thermo isn't stuck ,they some times get stuck .Try giving the metal part of the valve a light tap ,this may be enough to loosen the pin

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By *atalie.. OP Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

"Make sure that the thermo isn't stuck ,they some times get stuck .Try giving the metal part of the valve a light tap ,this may be enough to loosen the pin "

Can this light tap lead to flooded house, we always leave the valves on 5 never touch them, so could this happen? and thanks for trying t help me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Make sure that the thermo isn't stuck ,they some times get stuck .Try giving the metal part of the valve a light tap ,this may be enough to loosen the pin

Can this light tap lead to flooded house, we always leave the valves on 5 never touch them, so could this happen? and thanks for trying t help me

Unless you use a club hammer. No

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As long as you're not using a sledge hammer you'll be ok

Have you turned all the other rads of and see if this rad stays hot ?

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

first check to see the valve on other end is open the amount of people that dont open them you would be surprised at

heres a way to run it

shut all the other radiators down including your circulator bathroom

leaving the cold one running this forces the water down this radiator only do it for 5 mins though if it dosnt flush through with red hot water into it then its the valves or a bad air lock in it

as the flush through should shift it if it has done reopen the other radiator valves again as they might be some air in the system

sticking valves open to full on give them a spanner knock at valve point where it enters the radiator then screw it down again and repeat a few times this normally losens them

radiator staying cold always in one room becareful of this one if near the bathroom / circulator radiator as if its fully open it will rob from the other radiators as its an open valve

most radiators are set around 3 - 3.5 in each room and its up to them how much more heat they want in a room

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

another query is your boiler bar pressure around 1 bar 1.5 bar pressure usually in the green if not it needs topping up as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ok,dodgy builder head on.

Sucks air thru teeth...

Gonna cost u.need a new boiler I reckon, new rads, new doors and roof retiled.

Normally I would charge 30grand but had a cancellation and can do it tomorrow.

10grand cash

Five upfront now for materials.

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By *entleman JackMan
over a year ago

Loughborough

Turn off the valves to all of the other radiators.......... except the one which is cold.

then turn your room thermostat to a high setting, and the thermostat on your central heating boiler also. Turn your contoller to hot water off / central heating on, and this will blast the hot water straight through the cold radiator to expel any air- or sludge which is there.

Once the bad radiator has been working again for a good few minutes, open up the other radiator valves gradually one by one, till the whole system is nicely hot.

If there is a room such a bathroom where a radiator is highest, be prepared to bleed a lot of air out after the purge.

Good luck and happy swinging!

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By *atalie.. OP Woman
over a year ago

Bolton

"Ok,dodgy builder head on.

Sucks air thru teeth...

Gonna cost u.need a new boiler I reckon, new rads, new doors and roof retiled.

Normally I would charge 30grand but had a cancellation and can do it tomorrow.

10grand cash

Five upfront now for materials.

Bloodyhell that's well cheap...Deal or no deal that's the question

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