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Don't think so. The heat it has seems constant over the whole surface area and I've tried bleeding it several times and get water out straightaway with no obvious sign of air in it.

Thanks Guys, Not touched any lockshields. Bolier has 'high/low' switch. Is on high during winter. Nothing has changed and nothing is different as far as I know, rad just lost it's heat from one winter to the next. I usually run system with pump (replaced when flushed/balanced) on speed 2...

Had a look around the many posts on radiator balancing but didn't see an answer to this question, so.... How often should you need to balance radiators? Reason I ask is this - had system powerflushed and balanced Jan 2009. For the rest of that winter all rads lovely and hot. Winter 2009/2010...

Oops. RTV? I meant TRV of course. Dyslexic? Me. Nerev.

Thanks guys. I'll look at the RTV and how the lockshield is set. In theory as the rad is one of the first in the system and the system was balanced when it was powerflushed 18 months ago it should be OK - but you never know. The furthest rad in the system isn't getting as hot as it used to (but...

Hi Folks. Over the last few weeks my boiler has got a bit noisy when the heating is on but not when the hot water is on and not when both heating and hot water are on together. It's a 20 year old Ideal Elan. System powerflushed and balanced 18 months ago. Boiler had new circuit board and fan...

Hi folks, I've got some security grilles attached to some of my windows. They're attached on the inside with some screws into the masonry. These screws have tamper proof heads - i.e. can be turned on way (to tighten up) but not the other - so I can't undo them. To make it worse they are quite...

Mother-in-law has a problem which I entered on another post. While I was looking at her pipework (the house, not her personally) I noticed one of the radiators is a double panel one where the front panel gets nicely hot but the rear panel stays cold. Each panel has its own bleeds screw. Front...

My Mother-in-law has a radiator in the bathroom that noremally heats up when the hot water is on. But it is no longer getting hot. It does get hot OK when the heating is on which (I think) suggests no problem with the radiator itself. Can someone tell me how these systems usually work? I...

Cheers Bahco, Good to see your signature - 48 weeks without smoking. Well done. If it helps, I stopped 22+ years ago and even now if someone lights one up near me I think how nice it smells..... They do say you are always an ex-smoker, never a non-smoker. Good luck with it.

Thanks chaps. I'll have a bash at it tomorrow night. The tank is 20 years old and no doubt full of crud. It's not likely to split as I undo the nut is it? As a matter of interest, if the worst comes to the worst, are cylinders these days made to a standard in terms of positions of fittings...

Hi Chaps, Spent a fortune on the hot water/central heating system over the last year and finally thought everything was hunky dory. Now I've spotted a dribble from my hot water tank where the heating coil enters or leaves (not sure which - it's the top one). Might just need a bit of goo...

Hi, CH system powerflushed, balanced, new pump, and new 3 position valve a couple of weeks ago. Everything working fine - rads all scalding, boiler quiet etc. Bliss. Then suddenly today just one radiator is taking longer than usual to heat up. If I put the heating on for a single hour it takes...

Thanks guys. I checked my insurance policy and it looks like its covered so have called the insurance companys 24 hour emergency helpline. DIY is all very well when it's appropriate but with a hectic weekend coming up I'm going for the cop out. Just waiting for contact now from the appointed...

Got a wet patch appeared on my carpet in the hallway. Warm and worse when the central heating is on. Cools down and not so wet when the heating is off. Bit of a clue I guess. The pipework for the downstairs rads goes in the concrete floor. How deep is it likely to be buried? Would you expect a...

To offer a punters perspective. £210 for a new gas valve and full service doesn't sound too bad to me, especially if the old boiler (the Baxi not the customer) was out of action at the time. But I don't like "surprises" so I agree with Breezer - a quote beforehand means no-one gets a surprise.

Oops, sorry. Getting me thanks to posters a bit mixed up. Thanks anyway guys. Now I really am going for that shower....

Thanks robertito - I had wondered about noise. And thanks Rico. A great summary. I'd never heard of a venturi shower so will definitely do a bit of research. And talking of showers. Just got home from work and I stink, so.......

Thanks JohnD Yes my cold water comes from a tank in the loft. Not sure of the capacity but it's a bl**dy big coffin shape. Also not sure of the capacity of my hot water cylinder but when it's hot I can usually get two quick showers and a bath out of it and that's with my missus running...

Hi, Got an Aquilisa gravity fed shower - one of those with a thermostatic cartridge. Works OK but sometimes wish it had a bit more oomph! so am thinking of an upgrade. Now I know nothing about showers so will be getting someone in to do it, but thought I should at least try and understand the...