central heating with no sludge pipe?!

[Greg6721]

hi guys i am a joiner in need of some plumbing advice! i have started to have problems with my central heating system(upstairs radiators hot downstairs cold- thought the system might need flushed!)

i live in a 11 year old house, i have a potterton boiler in the kitchen and hot water tank upstairs. the problem i have is as follows- i cannot for the life of me find a sludge pipe coming out of the building on the ground floor. the whole floor is covered in laminate flooring so i was hoping that i could get some guidance before starting to lift it inorder to see if i can find anything that might help me under the floor!

any help or pointers would be much appreciated

 

[Winston]

Greg what do you mean by a sludge pipe? Do you mean you can locate a drain off point. If not turn boiler off. Isolate water going into F&E Tank if you have one,close the temp valve or trv,Undo nut on the rad gentl turn the valve round. Place container under the rad to collect water, open the vent up a bit to help. connect 3/4 nut to the rad valve with a peice off copper then jubilee clip then a hose open temp valve/trv to drain down.

Hope this is of help and what you were after.

 

[Greg6721]

Greg what do you mean by a sludge pipe? Do you mean you can locate a drain off point. If not turn boiler off. Isolate water going into F&E Tank if you have one,close the temp valve or trv,Undo nut on the rad gentl turn the valve round. Place container under the rad to collect water, open the vent up a bit to help. connect 3/4 nut to the rad valve with a peice off copper then jubilee clip then a hose open temp valve/trv to drain down.

Hope this is of help and what you were after.

winston, thank you for your help!

yes by sludge (as it is known up in glasgow anyway) i meant drain off point. i cant find one for my central heating system making me think it could be a closed system?

my main concern just now is that the radiators downstairs in my house are not heating up at all, making me thing there could be a blockage in pipes between the upstairs and downstairs meaning there isnt any sort of quick fix and that i will need to find out a way of flushing out the system !

 

[stevetheplumber]

winston, thank you for your help!

yes by sludge (as it is known up in glasgow anyway) i meant drain off point. i cant find one for my central heating system making me think it could be a closed system?

my main concern just now is that the radiators downstairs in my house are not heating up at all, making me thing there could be a blockage in pipes between the upstairs and downstairs meaning there isnt any sort of quick fix and that i will need to find out a way of flushing out the system !

this is classic pump not working symptoms
check that the pump is working as on older conventional systems upstairs will get hot with out the pump but downstairs will not
maybe gravity hot water as well so you wouldnt know till the heating goes on
even if pump is running feel if its very hot this is also a sign its knackered

 

[Greg6721]

this is classic pump not working symptoms
check that the pump is working as on older conventional systems upstairs will get hot with out the pump but downstairs will not
maybe gravity hot water as well so you wouldnt know till the heating goes on
even if pump is running feel if its very hot this is also a sign its knackered

thanks steve, i will check it tomorrow and i hope you are right! a new pump i can handle, trying to find out how to drain the system without a sludge pipe i cant!

thank you guys for your help!

Greg