Recent content by casper76

Ah okay. Should I remove the whole TRV and put the old one back or will just removing the top of the TRV do the trick?

I have recently fitted TRV's to all my rad's. Prior to fitting the valves were just what I would call normal valves on all the rads. There is a thermostat on the wall in the living room which shut the boiler off once it reached its temperature. Now since the change the rad's are hot but the...

Do you mean the wall thermostat or the rad one? Sorry if i'm being a bit thick- new to all this? I have to use the wall thermostat now to shut of the boiler where as before it would shut itself off once it reached its tempreture?

I have recently fitted new TRV's to all my rad's bar the bathroom. Now the main rad in the sitting room shuts off after a short period of time and will not come back on. All the other rad's stay hot. I have also noticed the boiler stays on all the time now and doesn't shut off like it used to...

Thanks for the advise. I'm off to find my largest hammer!!!!!! :lol:

Hi, This is my first time here so I apologise if this topic has been discussed already. I have a Powermax 155 combi boiler with an open vented primary system for central heating and a sealed hot water system. (As you can guess I'm no plumber) I have recently changed my radiator valves and...