Recent content by ChrisWarks

Yes we have but it's left fully open. When we bought the house there was no room thermostat fitted. We fitted one later but don't use the one on the radiator.

Thermostatic valves are fitted to all the rads apart from the two new ones in the bathroom, which have just the standard chrome valves that came with the radiators. Turning them off pushes the noise from one bathroom rad to the other. This is probably a dumb question but what would the...

Armo, In that case we definitely have an open vent system. There is a hot water cylinder and two tanks in the loft. The noise problem only started after we installed the new radiators. The original bathroom radiator was always fine, but we've had to bleed the hall radiator regularly ever...

Thanks Warmadmax There's definitely no evidence anywhere of a leak and our plumber put fresh corrosion inhibitor in the system after the drain down (Sentinel sounds very familiar!). How do I know if I have an open vent system? It's a standard boiler, not a combi - not sure if that helps...

Hi We need some basic advice in layman's language please. Plumbing is pretty alien to us! We had new bathrooms installed last year. Part of the work in the main (upstairs) bathroom involved moving a radiator from one wall to another and also installing pipe work under the floor to fit an...