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DS1970
Hello
I recently removed a surplus radiator from a downstairs room and it was so old that the valves were quite seized up and as a result lost a significant amount of water in the process before managing to fully close the valves.
For a few days after removing the radiator the central heating in the rest of the house worked as normal but now there is no heating downstairs at all. Heating upstairs works fine. Hot water is also working as normal.
I originally suspected that the system would have lost water pressure and this was the reason but the boiler is not a combi boiler, it is a Potterton 50e, and there is no obvious way of topping up the water pressure as you would with a combi boiler. I presume this should happen automatically with this type of system but obviously something is up as there is no downstairs heating. I have bled the downstairs radiators but again to no avail. What can I do?
My regular plumber is away and if possible I want to fix this myself unless there is a fault with the boiler. There must be other things I can try before going down that route.
The boiler is set to 'sealed system' as opposed to 'gravity'. There is a header tank in the loft but I presume this is just for the hot water.
Any advice would be most appreciated. Many thanks.
I recently removed a surplus radiator from a downstairs room and it was so old that the valves were quite seized up and as a result lost a significant amount of water in the process before managing to fully close the valves.
For a few days after removing the radiator the central heating in the rest of the house worked as normal but now there is no heating downstairs at all. Heating upstairs works fine. Hot water is also working as normal.
I originally suspected that the system would have lost water pressure and this was the reason but the boiler is not a combi boiler, it is a Potterton 50e, and there is no obvious way of topping up the water pressure as you would with a combi boiler. I presume this should happen automatically with this type of system but obviously something is up as there is no downstairs heating. I have bled the downstairs radiators but again to no avail. What can I do?
My regular plumber is away and if possible I want to fix this myself unless there is a fault with the boiler. There must be other things I can try before going down that route.
The boiler is set to 'sealed system' as opposed to 'gravity'. There is a header tank in the loft but I presume this is just for the hot water.
Any advice would be most appreciated. Many thanks.