i had 2 radiators that wouldnt work.
A gas safe plumber (friend of a friend) came round to have a look. He told me the bedroom radiator wasnt working because the valve had blown and didnt seem to sure about the front room radiator. He had a fiddle with all the radiator valves, and cleaned a boiler valve that was full of muck.
After he had gone, the bedroom radiator with the so called blown valve started working as it did previously, and the radiator in the front room got luke warm for about 20 mins, went cold and is still cold now. The bedroom rad is still working fine.
I was going to do chemical flush the system myself to see if that would help, so i drained the system via the non-working front room rad, releasing air via the bleed valve in process. But for some reason, the kitchen radiator remained full of water, all the others emptied, or seemed to empty fine. So why did this one not empty? There is a drain part on the kitchen radiator valve aswell but its corroded/worn so badly it wont budge so i cant empty it that way.
Can anyone just by reading this shed some light as to why the front room rad wont work? I dont want to put the sludge remover into the system if its not flowing round properly. Would a damaged valve be the answer??
Please give fool/female proof answers only because i really dont have a clue about the technical side of plumbing and central heating!!
thanks in advance
A gas safe plumber (friend of a friend) came round to have a look. He told me the bedroom radiator wasnt working because the valve had blown and didnt seem to sure about the front room radiator. He had a fiddle with all the radiator valves, and cleaned a boiler valve that was full of muck.
After he had gone, the bedroom radiator with the so called blown valve started working as it did previously, and the radiator in the front room got luke warm for about 20 mins, went cold and is still cold now. The bedroom rad is still working fine.
I was going to do chemical flush the system myself to see if that would help, so i drained the system via the non-working front room rad, releasing air via the bleed valve in process. But for some reason, the kitchen radiator remained full of water, all the others emptied, or seemed to empty fine. So why did this one not empty? There is a drain part on the kitchen radiator valve aswell but its corroded/worn so badly it wont budge so i cant empty it that way.
Can anyone just by reading this shed some light as to why the front room rad wont work? I dont want to put the sludge remover into the system if its not flowing round properly. Would a damaged valve be the answer??
Please give fool/female proof answers only because i really dont have a clue about the technical side of plumbing and central heating!!
thanks in advance