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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4603 Location: Lampeter
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Posted: Tue Dec 03, 19 2:53 pm Post subject: Problem Radiator |
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One upstairs rad won`t warm,and won`t bleed the normal way to rectify the problem.
Its the bathroom rad,and pipes come up into the room and travel 8ft to connect to rad,under normal practice when bleeding one feels the heat rise in the rad as the air is released,not with this one,
Before starting the rad and the 8ft length of pipe is cold,start bleeding and the pipe slowly starts to warm till it reaches the rad,the panel doesn't warm from the bottom up as normal,but as I carry on bleeding,i`m pulling warm water out of the bleed nipple and the top of the rad warms but does not warm the rad lower down.
All other rads in the house work,i`ve even turned the other upstairs rads off thinking the pressure will force through.
Its oil central heating from a Worcester boiler,after pulling out a few buckets of water from this rad over a few nights,firstly I thought it may have a blockage in the lower part of the rad,not I`m starting to think its possibly the pump as this is the furthest rad from the boiler and pump which is alongside the boiler.
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dpack
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4603 Location: Lampeter
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derbyshiredowser
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4603 Location: Lampeter
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4603 Location: Lampeter
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46054 Location: yes
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derbyshiredowser
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4603 Location: Lampeter
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Posted: Wed Dec 04, 19 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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The downstairs hallway is the permanent on rad,it made more sense to me as the heat rises and warms the stairs and landing,i had the plumber change it from the bathroom as I couldn't dry myself after bathing,it was like a sauna,
Yes header tank in attic,i presume filling the system,as when I did drain off at the cock in the hallway ,over 12 yrs ago,i just let it fill up on its own and everything worked till now.
Just to clarify,the central heating system here is separate from the hot water system,heating by Worcester boiler,hot water by Rayburn |
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derbyshiredowser
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 980 Location: derbyshire
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Posted: Wed Dec 04, 19 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Ty Gwyn wrote: |
The downstairs hallway is the permanent on rad,it made more sense to me as the heat rises and warms the stairs and landing,i had the plumber change it from the bathroom as I couldn't dry myself after bathing,it was like a sauna,
Yes header tank in attic,i presume filling the system,as when I did drain off at the cock in the hallway ,over 12 yrs ago,i just let it fill up on its own and everything worked till now.
Just to clarify,the central heating system here is separate from the hot water system,heating by Worcester boiler,hot water by Rayburn |
You don't say whether or not you put an inhibitor in when you filled it 12 years ago but you are going to get a build up of silt within the system in 12 years. However a systematic bleeding as per dpack seems a good place to start. Yes filling the system it will do on its own but you still need the bleeding. |
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4603 Location: Lampeter
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