Recent content by motoloco

That sounds serious Kev. What's the remedy?

I've been distracted on other projects this week, but today have undone the TRV side of the rad and drained it. Water flows when the TRV is turned on. Unfortunately the lockshield nut appears seized and won't budge, but I don't think any water is flowing from that side when the valve is...

OK Kev, I'll give it a go and post back later. Cheers

the boiler is a Gloworm Ultimate (I guess about 20 years old), which seems to work ok and runs quietly. The boiler is downstairs (immediately below the cold rad) and the pump is upstairs (the pump is a Grunflos and is quiet too)

Do you mean what type/make of boiler is it?

Well you live and learn! I've only been in the house a couple of months, and the rad's never worked in that time

Yes it does

Hi from a newbie I've recently moved house and the heating /hot water works fine, apart from one upstairs rad that stays cold. Both pipes to it are also cold. I've bled it and water comes out and drained off some water via the bleed screw and it fills up again. The pin on the TRV moves...