Daughter just moved into new house only upstairs rads working?

[nickjaxe]

Hi guys my daughter moved into a new house yesterday well its new to her but quite an old house,

It has a Worcester 19/24 CBI mains gas boiler, it seems to fire up ok but the whole downstairs is like an ice box with non of the rads getting warm at all....she tells me that the inlet pipe to one of the downstairs rads is very very slightly warm but thats it,

She tells me there seems to be no sign of a water pressure/contents gauge,

The upstairs rads all seem fine bar the one in the main bed room which is stone cold....I did ask her if she is sure that the rad valves are turned on....and she tells me they are,

I have not had a look for myself so I must take her word for this,

The house is 150 years old and has been unoccupied for around 18 months and I see that Worcester discontinued this boiler in 2006,

The house is quite large with 4 bedrooms I wonder if this boiler is big enough for this house,

Any ideas guys what maybe her problem maybe guys.

Nick.

 

[nickjaxe]

Well looks like she is getting somewhere...I told her to turn off the rads that where working upstairs to try and force to water through the non working rads as you guys suggested...she tells me today that all but one of the downstairs rads is now working,

So thanks for your advice guys....fingers crossed.

Nick.

Nick.

 

[stevetheplumber]

chances are its the pump stuck open the bleed screw and spin it or give it a sharp tap with a hammer

 

[nickjaxe]

Any tips on trying to locate the pump...as I say she only moved in last Friday and its a 150 year old house...the boiler is mounted on the wall in the kitchen.

Nick.

 

[Destroyer2813]

Normally next to the cylinder or maybe by the boiler

 

[dancinplumba]

where do pipes go ?up or down ? could be under floor

 

[PlumbBobBob]

it could be anywhere, one house i do work in is it in the back of a kitchen cupboard close to the boiler downstairs from the hot cylinder.

 

[dontknowitall]

Follow the top large pipe out of the boiler - nearly always on this one.

 

[parsonsplumbing]

Its probely system boiler so maybe its in boiler

 

[nickjaxe]

Not an easy fix this one....the heating engineer called yesterday spent an hour looking for the pump and gave up....without ripping up all the floorboards where do you go.

Nick.

 

[dontknowitall]

I'd expect it to be boxed in somewhere if you can't find it easily.

 

[nickjaxe]

They tell me they have found it...its already set at position 3...but at least they now know where it is....thanks for your help guys.