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the letting agent is sending round a plumber this afternoon so hopefully that will sort it.

well yes that's the easy and only option. just wandering if anyone can deduce what the problem is.. so i can learn.. ta.

i have a baxi combi 80he boiler, if that helps.

I previously posted about a cold rad, the thermostat pin had become stuck, i've fixed this issue and for a few days this was fine, lovely and warm. now i have a small leak on the lockshield valve side just under the nut to the pipe. i've not got the tools to fix it, or the know how, but taped...

cross over cable was the easiest thing for me when i had to do it. depends on file sizes and what not. burning 4.8gb to dvd could be the answer, would give you a back up too.

it probably just needs balancing.

there are a lot of little bits and pieces you could do. 1. use thicker curtains, and net curtains underneath. keep them short enough to avoid any radiators underneath the sills. if you don't have any rads in the way. try full length very thick curtains. 2. use hot water bottles, only the...

you could try looking at your councils planning site, and look for the planning permission to put this wall in place, or the original build if it's new. you could then query it with them and that might speed up the VOA side of the council. they need to inspect and re-evaluate you'll...

use a key to bleed them all, (turn key a quarter turn until you have water dribbling out. (have a rag handy) that should solve most of the issues. do you have trv's? if so the pin might be stuck, take off and clean it/fiddle with it. and connect up again. if these don't help let us...

sorry to state the obvious. get shorter curtains? or use a blind?

are you sure when you put it back on the pin isn't getting stuck, that's just happened to me, i took it off fiddled with it, now it works fine! try taking it back and say it doesn't work. you should get refund then buy a decent one!

managed to get at the pin, it was surrounded by brown grit, cleaned it up and refitted. now i have a lovely warm bedroom . thank you for all the help.

any further advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated. thanks

no it's cold both sides of the trv, however it is very hot on the other side of the rad, well the pipe before the rad, this is set to open (parallel to the pipe!?) after i removed the cap, and where it joins to the radiator is hot but the bottom of the radiator is still cold, the top is very...