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    Two Bedroom Rads won't work - Scratcher

    Winter 2015-6 : Two upstairs Bedroom radiators are not working. Radiator 1 - had been switched off for couple of years because it hissed. Slight but constant noise. Fault became apparent because Radiator 2 became half hot recently. All summer the system had...
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    Thermostat on high rads turnt low

    Hi we have recently had our outhouse converted and we have 2 new radiators and a towel rad out there, It still gets pretty cold out there even though its all insulated now, i was wondering if i could turn my thermostat right up and adjust my radiators in the main house to a low setting, so the...
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    Rads sound like running water

    Some of my Rads sound like there not full and running water in them but they are red hot my system is not a combination but boiler and hot water cylinder type any suggestions
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    2 rads won't heat up!!

    New boiler fitted all other rads down stairs heating up 2 bedroom ones on 10mm pipe won't heat up changed the valves and balanced still stone cold hot in the corner of but nothing else doing my head in I've flushed them out with a hose at a loss now
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    poor heat from rads downstairs

    Help needed please. I had a combi boiler installed with some replacement downstairs rads. There was a system flush and a magna clean fitted. The problem is the downstairs radiators will not heat up much. They wont go beyond lukewarm. The upstairs ones get lovely and hot. There is no air in the...
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    Bleed Valve Keys Won't Fit On Older Rads (Inc. Pictures)

    Just a quick one. I have two different bleed keys (see photo), and neither will fit on the bleed valves of some older rads. I'm not 100 per cent sure, but I think they may fit on the square screw that turns, but it's the circular collar around the screw that's stopping the key sliding over the...
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    Sizing rads for ground source

    Hiya guys traditional heating systems work at ∆t50, so what do ground source heat pumps work at? ∆t25/∆t30; I need to size radiators for a customer with a heat pump as some of their existing ones are to small Thanks
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    Rads different temperature

    Some rads get very hot and some get warm .if I screw the lockshield valve in a little on the hottest ones ,will this make the warm ones get hotter ? Thanks
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    6 of 14 Rads not heating up

    Hi,<br><br>Any advice on the following problem would be gratefully received.<br><br>I have an old house from 1959 and have started to get problems with my radiators. &nbsp;There was one rad that was temperamental but the 'disease' seems to have spread and I now have six of my 14 rads that are...
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    Cast iron rads

    Any one know the best place to source these? Cheers
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    Vokera Unica 36HE Boiler coming on and heating Rads when it shouldn't.

    Boiler is a Vokera Unica 36HE, possibly fitted approx 5years ago. Thermostat is a Salus RT500RF, fitted at the same time asthe boiler. The boiler works fine when just on hot water only. The problem is when it is on heating and hot water. On occasions the boiler fires up and starts to heat...
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    hot rads when the hot water is on

    I have a system boiler, when the hot water only is on, the water in the hot return backs up the radiator return loop heating the radiators. the motorised valve on the tank is working fine, the tank thermostat is working, i replaced the heating motorised valve so that is fine. from cold, when the...
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    Potterton profile, ch works ok. hw works but rads get hot also.

    Going to this job tomorrow. The central heating works ok, goes on on and off when it should. The boiler fires ok when there is a demand for HW but then the rads get hot too. Apparently it's had a brand new three port put in last week but the fault still continues. Programmer? What else...
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    Two rads + room thermostat - omit TRVs on one, or both?

    Hi Guys - just a quickie! I'm aware that a TRV shouldn't be fitted to a rad in a thermostat-controlled room, but does that apply to all rads, when more than one is fitted in the room - regardless of how they may be proportioned? Cheers
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    moving into house with electric storage and rads ALL CHANGE!

    Hello all, im moving into a 3 bed semi with electric storage heaters, ripping everything out as Transco or ? are piping gas around the area, there will be a 2 storey side extension and a rear single storey extension added in 12-18 months making it a 4/5 bed with bathroom, shower room, and 2 en...
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    Trvs on rads in the same room

    Can someone confirm please I'm correct in thinking if you have 2no rads in the same room you only put a trv on one of the rads? If so what's the science behind this and is it also a building reg recommendation ?
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    Re-piping rads from above - what's a reasonable price?

    Would anyone be so kind as to give a rough range of reasonable cost for re-piping work? First quote seems pricey. (North of England). In a nutshell: Unfindable leak in concrete in downstairs CH circuit. We therefore have five rads that need to be repiped from above. They are all either...
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    Buying rads online

    Looking for a site which lets you choose the delivery date. Reason being I'm hoping to get them delivered to a relatives (GULP) on the weekend when they're in!! :willy_nilly: Plus I'd be interested in any brand recommendations you guys have, was looking at stelrad and quinn just now. I only...
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    Are there any Central heating guys who remember rads sold in 80s?

    I'm trying to find the makers of some radiators that I recall from the 1980s. The whole front panel was a grille/ expanded mesh front (one piece of metal, grille cut into it). I think they used less water than the standard rads of the day, and they warmed rooms really quickly. The front grilles...
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    Upstairs 8 rads Hot, 8 rads downstairs of which 3 dont get hot.

    Hi, I have a central heating problem, I have 16 rads, 8 upstairs and 8 downstairs 3 of the downstairs ones dont heat up has much as the ones upstairs. We've changed the pump, had powerflush done twice over the last 6 years, i done the last one by hiring a powerflusher, and done each...
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