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Except it was back again this morning grrrr. Repeated as above, more gurgling then hot radiators. Bleed and bleed and bleed? With heating turned off

An update. We have heat all over the house :) Left it for today. Then tonight I opened all the lock shields fully (as they were originally) Opened all temp valves fully. Started bleeding from the bottom of house up. Turned on pump and "rocked" the speed between 3 and 1 a few times. A rather loud...

Thanks, we can only try lol At least we know it's not blocked, as when the upstairs ones were closed, the hot water made it to the downstairs ones. It's not sludge as they get hot all over and the one that was initially removed was flushed, and that one is one of the cold ones. I still worry...

I was told by another on here I should never have touched the balancing, so I am totally confused over which is the correct advice, sorry

Dilalio. Do you think if I could afford a plumber I wouldn't have called one. We aren't all walking money bags. Regards a good clean of parts, I am glad we bought new as ours were knocking on a bit anyway, so I am happy in knowing this at least has been done. I was advised a few times to...

Hi Burnerman. The water coming out is murky but not jet black. The pressure when bleeding upstairs is fine, but downstairs it tends to trickle. Thanks

Ok and there I was thinking I was getting advice from genuine people. For your information, on examining the old pump, it was knackered. The changeover valve was also jammed solid. The F and E was emptied and all the slimey crap flushed down the bog and tank cleared. One of you advised the...

Is it possible I have bought an unsuitable pump? Flomasta. Got a feeling after reading review on Amazon that it might be under powered at 25/130?

Completely closed the lock shields on all upstairs rads, and the downstairs ones are now red hot, so do I fully open the upstairs ones again, or just half turn?

Hi guys, an update. Pipe cut, blockage cleared and all put back together. Fired up hot water and central heating. Have hot water. Have hot radiators upstairs, but nothing happening downstairs. Been trying the balancing trick of closing upstairs rads, but it's not really having any effect. Any...

We have tried a rod in the pipe, it comes out covered in black muck but still no water, so it is looking like we will have to cut pipe and rejoin using a compression fitting. We haven't ran the pump, only long enough yesterday to realise the back boiler wasn't staying lit and there must be a...

Thank you both for your replies. There is indeed lots of water in the F and e tank, so i presume as you say that the rads etc haven't filled properly. We have just used a magnet on the pipes in the airing cupboard and found that it sticks right on the bend leading to the cold feed pipe to the...

So, The Novice, you are saying we raised off the ballcock in the wrong tank? How would this affect the heating not working? Sorry for all the questions :)

Thanks Ian, will look at that next :) The level of water in the F and E is quite high

Any ideas where to start? lol